The BGU Center for Integrative Transportation Innovation (CITI) and the
School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences
Invited Seminar – Prof.
Jennifer Mindell, UCL
05/03/2020
10:00 Oren Auditorium, Building 26
CITI in collaboration with the School of Public Health,
Faculty of Health Sciences is happy to host Prof. Jenny Mindell from University
College London for the inauguration of the Center's seminar series.
Driven
to distraction, or a move in the right direction?
Abstract
Transport provides many benefits, particularly access to
education, employment, services, shops, and social networks. Walking and
cycling (including to and from public transport) can provide enough physical
activity to meet health recommendations. However, motor vehicles cause noise
and air pollution; injuries & fatalities; community severance; stress; loss
of land for social purposes; and increased sedentary behaviour. There are
marked inequalities in benefits and harms from transport, particularly in car-oriented
societies. Professor Mindell will focus on her recent research on older
people’s walking speed and the barrier effect of busy roads to illustrate some
of these issues.
Bio:
Dr Jennifer Mindell is Professor of Public Health at UCL,
where she conducts research on transport and health, particularly community
severance (the barrier effects of busy roads) and road casualty rates for
different travel modes. She is Founding Editor of the international,
award-winning Journal of Transport and Health. Her main role is
leading the UCL team working on the Health Survey for England. A public health
doctor, she is based in UCL’s Research Department of Epidemiology & Public
Health but works across faculties, for example to develop tools to measure the
effects of busy roads on local communities. Jenny is on the Executive of the
International Professional Association for Transport & Health (IPATH) and
of the Transport and Health Science Group (THSG), and is convenor of the
network for Mobility and health in Latin America, MoviSaL.
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