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1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) PANEL 3: LEGISLATION, REGULATION & ENFORCEMENT This panel reviewed legislative and regulatory approaches for addressing distracted driving, enforcement issues and public attitudes. 1.) Dr. Bill King Bill King is Divisional Director of the Southeast Child Safety Institute, a child injury prevention program of Children’s Hospital of Alabama. His Division includes the Regional Poison Control Center, the Pediatric Telephone Triage program, the Alabama Safe Kids Campaign, the Think First program, and the Children’s Connection Line. Bill has practiced at Children’s Hospital since 1978. King received his BS in Pharmacy from Samford University and his Masters and Doctorate from the UAB School of Public Health. King is Professor of Pediatrics in the UAB School of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in the UAB School of Public Health. He has authored numerous works in the peer reviewed literature. King has served on the Alabama Child Death Review Team, the National Safe Kids Campaign Technical Advisory Committee and in other state and local advisory committees. He has received several recognitions and awards for his work in childhood injury prevention including two U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission awards of service, Outstanding Service Award to Child Injury Prevention by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the William Henry Sanders Award in recognition of service to the public health by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. 2.) Col. J. Christopher Murphy J. Christopher Murphy was sworn in as director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety in December 2006, upon his appointment by Gov. Bob Riley. Col. Murphy’s focus for public safety is improved effectiveness and efficiency, and his leadership has sparked adultbased trooper training, increased traffic safety, improved Driver’s License services, construction of a new academy in partnership with Postsecondary Education, and leadership development. The colonel commands almost 1,500 employees who staff the Administrative, Alabama Bureau of Investigation, Driver’s License, Highway Patrol, Protective Services, and Service divisions. A 30-year law enforcement veteran, Col. Murphy began his career with the Auburn Police Department. He then served as a special agent with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation before joining the U.S. Secret Service. Col. Murphy’s tenure with the Secret Service included protective details for presidents, vice presidents and foreign heads-of-state; and criminal investigations, including financial and computer crimes. Upon retirement from the service in 2006, Col. Murphy was special agent in charge of the Birmingham District, managing offices in Alabama and Mississippi. A native of Birmingham, Col. Murphy earned an undergraduate degree at Auburn University and a master’s degree at Troy University. Col. Murphy and his wife have three sons. 3.) Mr. Terry Henderson Terry Henderson is the State Coordinator – Alabama Office of Highway Safety (AOHS) of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) – Law Enforcement and Traffic Safety Division (LETS). The Alabama Office of Highway Safety manages all grant funding received from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Mr. Henderson coordinates the activities of the nine Alabama Community Traffic Safety Program Coordinators, the Child Passenger Safety Coordinator and the Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor and Department Program Managers. The major goal for the AOHS is to reduce Traffic Fatalities and major injuries resulting from Highway Traffic Crashes. Mr. Henderson is a member and Co- Chairman of the State Safety Coordinating Committee, Chairman of the State Traffic Records Coordinating Committee, and serves as the Alabama Senior Law Enforcement Liaison. He is also a member of the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board and Emergency Medical Services for Children Advisory Board. Mr Henderson is a native of Chambers County, a graduate of Auburn University, and currently resides in Ashland, Ala. 4.) Sen. JT “Jabo” Waggoner J.T. “Jabo” Waggoner, a Birmingham native, is serving his fifth term in the Alabama Senate after serving 1966- 1983 in the House of Representatives. Sen. Waggoner is president of Birmingham Business Consultants, LLC. He received his B.A. degree from Birmingham Southern College and his J.D. degree from Birmingham School of Law. He and his wife, Marilyn are the parents of four children: Scott (deceased), Mark, Lyn Waggoner Kilpatrick, and Jay. He serves on the following boards: United Cerebral Palsy, Metropolitan Development Board, Better Business Bureau, Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau, Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, and Pinnacle Bank. He served as head coach of the Birmingham Touchdown Club and was president of the Birmingham Tip-Off Club. Pursuant to Senate Rule 47(i), Sen. Waggoner was elected Senate Minority Leader in the 2002-2006 quadrennium, and re-elected for the current quadrennium on Jan. 16, 2007. Under the provisions of Rule 47(j), Sen. Waggoner, as Senate Minority Leader, is a voting member of all Senate Standing Committees, except the local legislation committees and the Rules Committee. Sen. Waggoner has the longest record of service of any legislator from Jefferson County in Alabama history. 5.) Rep. Jim McClendon Jim McClendon retired from his private optometry practice upon beginning his first term in the Alabama Legislature in 2002. He currently is serving his second term. McClendon did his undergraduate work at Birmingham Southern College and received his Doctor of Optometry from the University of Houston. He served in the Navy Medical Service Corps in Vietnam and afterwards taught clinical optometry at UAB. He was in private practice in Leeds and Moody, Ala., for many years. He is a past president of the Alabama Optometric Association and a former board member of St. Anne’s Home and the Jefferson County Health Planning Commission. He was a founding director of the Davis Lake Fire Department and serves on several committees at First United Methodist Church of Springville. McClendon also serves on several House standing committees and joint House-Senate committees. He is chairman of the State Safety Coordinating Committee and member of the Joint Prison Oversight Committee, Joint Sunset Committee, House Health Committee and the House County and Municipal Government Committee. 48 uab utc annual report 2009-2010
UAB UTC Featured in RITA Spotlight Newsletter Each month, RITA’s University Transportation Centers Program publishes a much anticipated, widely disseminated newsletter highlighting noteworthy findings or other significant accomplishments reported by one of the University Transportation Centers in its national network. This past June, 2010, the UTC Spotlight Newsletter featured findings from the UAB UTC study which examined and analyzed the impact of urban sprawl on delays emergency service providers are likely to experience while traveling to an emergency site as well as from such sites to appropriate hospitals or trauma centers. By way of background, urban sprawl is an increasingly common development pattern in the US, characterized by low-density construction, poor street connectivity, and single-use zoning. Urban planning and public health research show that urban sprawl increases trip distances and traffic density for personal automobile travel, which decrease travel efficiency. These findings led researchers to hypothesize that urban sprawl may also be associated with delays in the movement of emergency medical service (EMS) personnel and equipment to a site and subsequently to a tertiary care facility such as a trauma center. As described in his recently completed research project report, Urban Sprawl and Pre-hospital Emergency Care Time, Matthew Trowbridge, MD, MPH, and his team measured the relationship between county-level urban sprawl and EMS response times in the US. Dr. Trowbridge determined urban sprawl to be associated with increased EMS response time and a higher probability of delayed EMS arrival following motor vehicle crashes. The probability of delayed EMS arrival is nearly twice as high in counties with prominent sprawl characteristics compared to counties with less urban sprawl. UAB UTC’s research confirmation of urban sprawl’s association with increased EMS response times underscores the importance of considering future land use and its potential impact on the delivery of emergency care services. Moreover, we know the lagging of medical infrastructure behind residential development in sprawling suburban areas distances such communities from major trauma and tertiary care centers. Less expensive home prices in sprawling urban areas tend to attract lower income populations, including the elderly, who often have limited access to transportation. Data have confirmed that both demographic groups are at higher risk for emergency medical issues and the need for EMS services. EMS service is increased per capita in the same sprawling areas where it is more difficult and expensive to provide. Working to reconfigure street networks in existing suburban areas to reduce their sprawling characteristics will take time. In the interim, it is reasonable to consider reorganizing pre-hospital and hospital resources to better compensate for the impact of urban sprawl on emergency response. The results of this research, combined with information from other related UAB UTC-sponsored research projects, are being used to help develop land use and public safety recommendations. It is hoped these recommendations will help change the way communities are planned and the way hospital and other health care resources are allocated. The UAB UTC is working to help achieve livable, sustainable, and healthy communities through projects like Urban Sprawl and Pre-hospital Emergency Care Time and other complementary research efforts. For a copy of the UTC Spotlight Newsletter featuring this UAB UTC research project or for additional information about this project or the other UAB UTC-sponsored projects, we invited you to visit the UAB UTC website, www.uab.edu/utc. Specific Accomplishments 49
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