D. Alex Quistberg

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Alex Quistberg is Associate Research Professor in the Urban Health Collaborative and the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health. He also has a courtesy appointment as Adjunct Professor in the School of Medicine in Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia.

His current research focuses on the epidemiology of road traffic safety, the built environment, and global and urban health. His work implements methods to measure the built environment objectively, including from geographic information systems (GIS), virtual audits, and artificial intelligence via computer vision and deep learning. He currently leads the Built Environment, Pedestrian Injury, and Deep Learning (BEPIDL) study funded by the Fogarty International Center at NIH and the Urban Health and Climate Change in Informal Settlements in Latin America Study (ESCALA) study funded by the Lacuna Fund. Both these grant are in partnership with the Universidad de los Andes, and the latter also with Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia. He is also a co-investigator of the SALURBAL project, funded by Wellcome Trust. His work has primarily focused on improving safety for walking and biking, including the evaluation of policies on road safety outcomes. He is affiliated with The Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR) and the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER).

Experience

  • –present
    Associate Research Professor, Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel University
  • 2023–present
    Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes
  • 2017–2023
    Assistant Research Professor, Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel University
  • 2015–2017
    Research Scientist, Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington
  • 2012–2015
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington
  • 2007–2012
    Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington
  • 2005–2007
    Research Coordinator, Center for Injury Research & Prevention, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • 2001–2005
    Research Assistant, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
  • 2000–2002
    Research Assistant, Investigational Drug Service, University of Pennsylvania
  • 1997–1998
    Research Assistant, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania

Education

  • 2012 
    University of Washington, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
  • 2010 
    University of Washington, Masters of Public Health (MPH)
  • 2003 
    University of Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Grants and Contracts

  • 2024
    Association between temperature condition and road injury risks in California: a multi-city time-stratified case-crossover study
    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Drexel Climate Change and Urban Health Research Center
  • 2023
    Climate Change and Urban Health in Latin America (SALURBAL-Climate)
    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Wellcome Trust
  • 2023
    Climate Change, Built Environment and Health in Informal Settlements
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Lacuna Fund, Meridian Institute
  • 2020
    Built Environment, Pedestrian Injuries and Deep Learning (BEPIDL) Study
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health
  • 2019
    Road Safety Policy Evaluation in Leon, Mexico and Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Bloomberg Philanthropies Healthy Cities Initiative
  • 2017
    SALURBAL: Salud Urbana en America Latina (Urban Health In Latin America)
    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Wellcome Trust
  • 2014
    Pedestrian Safety Campaign Evaluation
    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding Source:
    University of Washington Transportation Services
  • 2012
    Training in Pediatric Injury Prevention
    Role:
    Trainee
    Funding Source:
    The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
  • 2010
    Pedestrian safety in Lima, Peru: A case-control study measuring the effect of pedestrian bridges, crosswalk signalization, and transit stops on pedestrian injury
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Thomas Francis, Jr. Global Health Fellowship
  • 2008
    Amauta Peru Practica Program
    Role:
    Practicum Student
    Funding Source:
    Department of Global Health, University of Washington

Professional Memberships

  • The Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research
  • The Society for Epidemiologic Research
  • The International Society for Urban Health

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