What we've been up to
2025 SAVIR Annual Conference and NYC Open Streets
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Several TRIPS Lab team members attended the 2025 SAVIR Annual Conference in New York City April 7th-9th. SAVIR is the leading organization promoting excellence in research related to injury and violence prevention. In addition to several presentations from TRIPS Lab and UI Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) affiliates, a few folks got an exclusive tour of the 34th Open Streets corridor in Jackson Heights, Queens.
Pae presents research at 2025 Rural Health Summit
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
The University of Iowa hosted the 2025 Rural Health Summit on Friday, February 28th. Students, faculty, staff, and practicioners gathered to celebrate rural health research, resources, and partnerships. TRIPS Lab member, Gilsu Pae presented a poster on related research titled "Exploring varied definitions of rurality and their impacts on motor vehicle collision studies."
Amir Ghanbari featured in UI 'Dare to Discover' campaign
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
PhD student and TRIPS Lab member, Amir Ghabari, studies crashes involving vulnerable road users, such as bicyclists and pedestrians, with the goal of identifying risk factors and developing strategies to reduce these incidents. In a little over three years at UI, Amir has already left his mark on the field of traffic safety.
Article published on driver licensing renewal policies and older driver crash involvement
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Motor vehicle crashes are the second leading cause of injury death among adults aged 65 and older in the U.S. A common state-level approach to mitigating older adult crash risk is the implementation of driver license renewal policies. These policies vary by state and their effectiveness is not well documented. TRIPS Lab members examine this topic further in an article published in Injury Epidemiology.
Hamann and Ghanbari present research at the TRB Annual Meeting 2025
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
The 140th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting included a presentation and a poster from TRIPS Lab team members Dr. Cara Hamann and PhD student Amir Ghanbari. Hamann spoke on her work related to older driver safety and Amir presented on his work related to e-bike safety.
Investigating charge and conviction rates in alcohol-related crashes
Friday, December 20, 2024
Alcohol impairment is a major contributor to road traffic crashes and has increased across the United States in recent years; however, little is known about conviction outcomes related to alcohol-involved crashes. A recent paper published in the Journal of Safety Research explores the charges and conviction outcomes of such crashes in Iowa between 2016-2019.
Meet Cara
Cara Hamann (PhD), Director of the TRIPS Lab, is interested in the safety of bikes, pedestrians, and other vulnerable road users. When she was a student, a simple piece of advice from a faculty mentor sparked an idea and set her on a path to public health. Learn more about Cara and her work here.
