NC Policy Collaboratory COVID-19 Research Spotlight
Featuring HSRC Director Randa Radwan
Q: Can you explain the goal of your research and how the project is structured?
A: COVID-19 is affecting the health of communities large and small across North Carolina, and we are interested in understanding how the pandemic is impacting people’s travel in the state. Our goal is to research the interrelationships between public health policies, executive actions, mobility changes, traffic safety, and the transmission and impacts of COVID-19 to inform policy decisions and decision makers in North Carolina. This project is led by the UNC Highway Safety Research Center and brings together a team of multidisciplinary research partners from across the UNC System, including UNC-CH’s Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, and the NC State University Department of Statistics.
