On the Road Across the Lifespan
On the Road Across the Lifespan
Year: 2025 | Competency/Strategic Skill: Policy Development, Public Health Fundamentals | Priority Topic: N/A | Setting: Online | Format: On-Demand | Sponsor: Emory University/Central Office; Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory University (IPRCE); Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Overview:
This is a 90-minute recording of a live webinar on December 15, 2025, from 10:30 am – 12 pm ET.
Join us for an insightful webinar focused on transportation safety across all stages of life. From the earliest years to aging adults, ensuring safety on the road is a shared responsibility that evolves with age and experience. This session will highlight key aspects of transportation safety, providing valuable information and practical strategies for everyone involved in travel, passengers, or drivers.
Presenters:
Maneesha Agarwal, MD, is an associate professor in pediatrics and emergency medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and an attending physician in pediatric emergency medicine at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. She completed her undergraduate and medical school degrees at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill followed by pediatrics residency in the Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.
Dr. Agarwal is a grant-funded injury prevention researcher whose work spans poisoning prevention, child passenger safety, teen driving, firearm safety, consumer product safety, and adverse childhood experiences. She is the co-founder of the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Injury Prevention Program (CHIPP) and serves as a pediatric injury prevention expert for the Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory.
Dr. Agarwal serves on national committees for the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Injury Free Coalition for Kids, where she has helped shape policy and educational initiatives to reduce childhood injuries. She is a sought-after speaker at national conferences and has contributed to technical reports and policy statements on helmet use and injury prevention. Through her leadership and advocacy, Dr. Agarwal works to advance evidence-based strategies that keep children safe in vehicles, on bikes, and in all aspects of daily life.
Elizabeth Head, MPH, specializes in aging and injury prevention. As deputy director for Injury Prevention at the Georgia Department of Public Health, Elizabeth manages staff working on injury prevention across the lifespan. She also coordinates Georgia’s CDC BOLD project. This project aims to incorporate public health into dementia work happening in the state. Ms. Head works with national, state, and local partners to achieve equitable and sustainable approaches to Injury Prevention.
Jonathan Rupp, PhD, MS, is a Professor in the Emory Department of Emergency Medicine, Director of the Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE), and Vice Chair for Innovation and Discovery in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Rupp’s research incorporates aspects of engineering, epidemiology, and behavioral science to further knowledge on the causes of injury and violence and to develop, test, and implement interventions to prevent injury, violence, and overdose.
His research involves (1) monitoring rates of seat belt use and distracted driving in the State of Georgia, (2) characterizing the factors that influence injury in motor-vehicle crashes, (3) developing tools that safety engineers can use to assess the performance of occupant protection systems, (4) leading surveillance of adverse and positive childhood experiences in the Georgia, and (5) studying ED based methods to reduce suicide.
Lin Snowe, CPST-I, is Senior Program Coordinator at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and serves on the state office team of Safe Kids Georgia. Her work focuses on supporting over 30 local statewide coalitions with programming and coalition development/management with the goal of preventing unintentional injuries in children. Her primary areas of work have been with underserved communities and building partnerships with key stakeholders to effectively disseminate injury prevention education and safety equipment where needed. She is an executive member of the Georgia Child Passenger Safety Board and is a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician Instructor, with active involvement in Georgia’s occupant safety task teams. Lin graduated from Northeastern University in Boston with a B.S. in Business Administration and has spent most of her professional career in medical devices and technology sales.
Learning Objectives: By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Describe key trends in transportation safety data and its impact on transportation policy and guidelines.
- Identify how to promote a responsible driving culture.
- Apply strategies and programs that promote safe driving practices and policies.
CERTIFICATE: The course contains two modules: a module to access the webinar and an evaluation module. After accessing these modules, learners will earn a certificate of completion.
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31680, Public Health Training Centers for $4,348,992. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
