The Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC), a program of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, is a center involving academics, governmental officials, and community-based organizations in California. With sponsored funding, the Center’s objective is to prevent injuries from traffic collisions through projects encompassing research, training, public service, and/or policy. Please see the details below and upcoming review date for our open position.
Postdoctoral Scholar
The Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) at the University of California, Berkeley is searching for a postdoctoral scholar to collaborate on research to support pedestrian and bicyclist safety monitoring projects.
Key Responsibilities
(i) Develop an approach to incorporating risk into existing methods of identification or prioritization of spots, corridors, and systemic hotspots using pedestrian and bicyclist exposure estimates.
(ii) develop an approach to incorporating equity considerations into the identification or prioritization of spots, corridors, and systemic hotspots.
(iii) support and enhance existing Excel macro-based tools for pedestrian and bicyclist safety monitoring.
Collaborate on research on various projects related to the Safe System approach and pedestrian and bicyclist safety. Disseminate research results through presentations and publications; mentor graduate and undergraduate students.
Final date for applications: Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 11:59pm (PT). Applications will be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Questions? Please email safetrec@berkeley.edu