Can a new emergency response system reduce or increase the gender gap of traffic fatalities? The case of Dominican Republic.

Presenter: José Ignacio Nazif-Munoz

Bio: My main research interests are assessing and explaining the impact of transportation innovations on public health outcomes, both nationally and globally, with special attention to gender gaps. These interests come directly from my work experience and education. After working as Director of road safety studies in Chile (2004-2008) and becoming road safety consultant for United Nations (2009-present), I completed my PhD in 2016. My dissertation evaluated the impact of three road safety policies for more than 180 countries for the period 1950-2012. This work was awarded the best dissertation of the Faculty of Arts at McGill University in 2016. In 2016, I became post-doctoral fellow at the Institute for Health and Social Policy at McGill University. This experience allowed me to acquire and apply unique quantitative methods to complement my sociological knowledge on the social determinants of health in the context of injury prevention policies. I am currently a research scholar at the T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health under the supervision of Dr. John Spengler. This position is helping me to understand, measure and master the complexities of studies that require the integration of environmental perspectives when assessing traffic outcomes.