Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in transportation and safety research. In today's post, meet Program and Policy Analyst Noelani Fixler. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I grew up in the Hudson Valley, New York, not so patiently awaiting the day I could get my drivers license to gain autonomy. After high school I moved to Los Angeles, where I continued to drive in the largely car-dependent city. When I transferred from community...
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in transportation and safety research. In today's post, meet Research Data Analyst Liza Lutzker. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
Professionally, I’m trained as an epidemiologist with experience in environmental and occupational health and also infectious diseases. For the past decade, I’ve also been involved as a volunteer pedestrian...
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in transportation and safety research. In today's post, meet Program and Policy Analyst Areli Ariana Balderrama. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
My name is Areli Ariana Balderrama (they/them), and I grew up in Northern California, surrounded by a rich agricultural community that shapes my understanding of community, equity, and justice. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Comparative Literature with a minor in...
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work, and interest in transportation and safety research. In today's post, meet transportation safety researcher Matthew Raifman. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I’m originally from Baltimore, Maryland and arrived in California a few years ago after a long detour in Washington, D.C. and many years studying in Boston, Massachusetts. I have a B.A. in economics...
The UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) has announced the 2024 ITS awards, where three SafeTREC leadership and staff members and one alum have been recognized for their contributions towards creating a culture of excellence and increasing the research portfolio of SafeTREC and the ITS community.
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in transportation and safety research. In today's post, meet Lecturer and Visiting Policy Analyst Glenn Shor. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
My career and expertise as a public policy analyst and researcher are in occupational safety and health (OSH) - the prevention of injury at work- and workers’ compensation (WC) – the...
