Group Leader: Mehri M. Mohebbi, Ph.D.
Mehri M. Mohebbi, Ph.D., leads the Transportation Health Program at the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI). She earned her Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Arts, and Planning (DAAP). Dr. Mohebbi’s work focuses on advancing health, access, and inclusion in transportation systems across diverse communities. She has extensive experience leading collaborative planning processes and developing both in-person and online engagement strategies that bring community perspectives into transportation decision-making.
Dr. Mohebbi currently serves as an APA Foresight Scout and contributes to the TRB International Coordinating Council, integrating futures thinking and global perspectives into transportation and health research. She also completed a certificate in AI for Decision Making through The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and is currently an Executive MBA candidate at the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida.
Focus
The Transportation Health Program examines the connections between mobility, public health, and inclusive planning. Its mission is to:
- Conduct interdisciplinary research that integrates health, access, and inclusion into transportation planning and engineering.
- Strengthen community impact through partnerships with nonprofit, governmental, and grassroots organizations.
- Provide professional training for practitioners and policymakers whose work intersects transportation, public health, and community well-being.
- Advance AI-enabled transportation while addressing algorithmic bias and monitoring potential disparate impacts.
Our contributors collaborate with partners from nonprofit, governmental, and private organizations across the nation and internationally.