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American public official
Tho Bella Dinh-Zarr
42nd Member of the National Transportation Safety Board
In office
March 2015 – December 2018
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byDeborah Hersman
Succeeded byMichael Graham
Personal details
EducationRice University
University of Texas School of Public Health

Tho Bella Dinh-Zarr is an American public health scientist, specializing in injury prevention. Dinh-Zarr was the 42nd Member of the National Transportation Safety Board, and served as vice-chairman and acting chairman.

Education

Dinh-Zarr attended public schools in Galveston, Texas. She graduated from Ball High School in Galveston, and Rice University where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Spanish. She has a Master of Public Health (MPH) and a Doctorate (PhD) from the University of Texas School of Public Health. Her PhD dissertation was "Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to increase the use of safety belts". In high school, Dinh-Zarr worked at the Railroad Museum on Galveston Island, built latrines in Paraguay, and in college she studied Latin American literature in Chile.

Career

Dinh-Zarr was the U.S. director and road-safety director of the FIA Foundation until 2014. While 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 the proposal to lessen the importance of PTC. Dinh-Zarr helped to investigate disasters such as the sinking of the El Faro and the 2016 Hoboken train crash. After her term ended, Dinh-Zarr co-founded the .05 Saves Lives Coalition, its mission to advocate for a .05 BAC law in every state.

References

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  2. "Bella Dinh-Zarr". Fia Foundation. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  3. Dinh-Zarr, Tho Bella (2019-10-09). "I'm forever grateful to the BHS Class of '89". Galveston Daily News. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
  4. Dinh-Zarr, T. B.; Sleet, D. A.; Shults, R. A.; Zaza, S.; Elder, R. W.; Nichols, J. L.; Thompson, R. S.; Sosin, D. M.; Task Force on Community Preventive Services (November 2001). "Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to increase the use of safety belts". American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 21 (4 Suppl): 48–65. doi:10.1016/s0749-3797(01)00378-6. ISSN 0749-3797. PMID 11691561.
  5. "Stories in STEM with the Honorable Bella Dinh-Zarr | Calendar of Events | Amherst College". www.amherst.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-09-11. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  6. ^ "Dinh-Zarr Breaks Bounds to Push Train-Control Technology". www.enr.com. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  7. "Utah's tough new DUI law could save 1,500 lives each year if other states copied it, says National Transportation Safety Board member". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  8. Li, David K. (2016-05-17). "Divided NTSB agrees to blame engineer for fatal Amtrak wreck". New York Post. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  9. "NTSB: El Faro's data recorder crucial to investigation". www.firstcoastnews.com. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  10. Almasy, Jason Hanna, Deborah Feyerick, Steve (2016-09-29). "Hoboken train crash: 1 dead, more than 100 injured". CNN. Retrieved 2022-02-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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