Christian Jerome

Research Psychologist @National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA

Washignton, DC, US

I manage a program of research that helps direct the agency to issue safety regulations for advanced technologies and safety applications. The objective of this research program is to determine guidelines for the development of connected vehicle interfaces which will help to minimize driver workload by eliminating distractions related to Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC)-based devices as a contributing factor to crashes due to poorly designed controls and displays. This goal is aimed at controlling the ever-present and growing threat to safety represented by driver distraction, which is a factor in many crashes. The approach is to evaluate driver distractions and other human factors related to ITS, leveraging the convergent findings of epidemiological studies, experimental studies, and analyses of crash data.

University of Central Florida

Ph.D., Applied Experimental and Human Factors Psychology