Tho Bella Dinh-Zarr
Public health scientist and former NTSB vice-chairman.
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Tho Bella Dinh-Zarr, an American public health scientist, focuses her work on preventing injuries. She became the 42nd member of the National Transportation Safety Board, where she also held the roles of vice-chairman and acting chairman. Prior to joining the NTSB, she served as the U.S. director and road-safety director for the FIA Foundation until 2014. Her career blends public health research with practical transportation safety advocacy, influenced by her doctoral dissertation on interventions to increase seatbelt use and her later efforts to combat drunk driving through lower blood alcohol concentration laws.
Quick Facts
- Office
- 42nd Member of the National Transportation Safety Board
- Took office
- March 2015
- Left office
- December 2018
- Preceded
- Deborah Hersman
- Succeeded
- Michael Graham
- President
- Barack Obama
- Education
- Rice University(BA); University of Texas School of Public Health (MPH,PhD)
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Background
Dinh-Zarr's path to transportation safety began early. In high school, she worked at the Railroad Museum on Galveston Island, built latrines in Paraguay, and later studied Latin American literature in Chile during college. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Spanish from Rice University, then a Master of Public Health and a PhD from the University of Texas School of Public Health. Her PhD dissertation was titled 'Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to increase the use of safety belts.' At the NTSB, Dinh-Zarr was known for her support of 0.05% BAC laws to prevent drunk driving and positive train control (PTC). She cast the dissenting vote on a proposal to lessen the importance of PTC. Dinh-Zarr helped investigate disasters such as the sinking of the El Faro and the 2016 Hoboken train crash. After her term ended, she co-founded the .05 Saves Lives Coalition, whose mission is to advocate for a .05 BAC law in every state.
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