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Linda Rothman

ResearcherToronto Metropolitan University

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Linda Rothman

Researcher

Health Sciences

Toronto Metropolitan University

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
18 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 8 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Publications

189

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Research

Built Environment Population Health Collisions Injuries Intervention Evaluation Road Traffic Injuries Spatial Analysis Time Trend Analysis

Latest papers

Expanding automated speed enforcement in British Columbia, Canada: opportunities and barriers, with cross-country comparisons to Victoria, Australia.
Traffic injury prevention · 2026
Insights into vulnerable road user injury trends in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Canadian city trends 2012-2022.
Journal of safety research · 2026 · first author
Pedaling towards safer streets: evaluating the impact of cycling infrastructure on road safety.
Accident; analysis and prevention · 2026 · senior author

All 51 publications

Latest funding

Speed, Safety, and Equity: Unveiling the Impact of Automated Speed Enforcement on Collisions in Canadian Cities
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$501,076
Guelph's Active Healthy Public Spaces (GAHPS) and lessons from Copenhagen- Integrating research and practice to address healthy urban public spaces and equitable mobility
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$67,955
The Effect of COVID-19 Policies on Road Traffic Injury Among Vulnerable Road Users in Canadian Cities
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
$416,925

All 5 grants and awards

51 publications.

Expanding automated speed enforcement in British Columbia, Canada: opportunities and barriers, with cross-country comparisons to Victoria, Australia.

Pearson L, Oakey M, Karbakhsh M, Rothman L, Newhouse E, Beck B

Traffic injury prevention2026

DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2026.2693607 PMID: 42441736

Insights into vulnerable road user injury trends in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Canadian city trends 2012-2022.

Rothman L, Howard A, Winters M, Saunders N, Macpherson A, Hagel BE, Macarthur C, HubkaRao T, Pike I, Zubair S, Cloutier MS, Harris MA, Chevrier T, Zanotto M, Fuselli P, Batomen B

Journal of safety research2026First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2026.04.017 PMID: 42744516

Pedaling towards safer streets: evaluating the impact of cycling infrastructure on road safety.

Batomen B, Wen R, Lyeo J, Ranganathan C, Sadrmanesh O, Howard A, Hagel B, Winters M, Zanotto M, Macarthur C, Harris MA, Rothman L

Accident; analysis and prevention2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2025.108308 PMID: 41232206

Risky driving behaviors at school drop-off across Canadian municipalities: Findings from the Child Active Transportation Safety and the Environment (CHASE) study.

Pitt TM, Macpherson A, Fridman L, Hagel BE, Winters M, Cloutier MS, HubkaRao T, Fuselli P, Howard A, Rothman L

Traffic injury prevention2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2025.2478153 PMID: 40205785

Measuring inequities in transportation injuries in a Canadian commuter cohort: impacts of individual versus neighbourhood income.

Yeo RE, Branion-Calles M, Rothman L, Winters M, Harris MA

Injury epidemiology2025

DOI: 10.1186/s40621-025-00615-8 PMID: 41035102

Automated speed enforcement reduced vehicle speeds in school zones in Toronto: a prospective quasi-experimental study.

Howard AW, Batomen B, Zubair S, Cloutier MS, Macpherson AK, Rothman L

Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/ip-2024-045561 PMID: 40713060

Emergency department visits for concussion in children and youth by age, sex and material deprivation in Ontario, Canada, 2010-2020: a population-based study.

Macpherson AK, Harkins J, Sergio LE, Sadrmanesh O, Emery C, Rothman L

Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/ip-2024-045556 PMID: 40645644

Motor vehicle collision (MVC) emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalisations in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sammy A, Medeiros A, Batomen B, Rothman L, Harris MA, Harrington DW, Macarthur C, Richmond SA

Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention2025

DOI: 10.1136/ip-2024-045269 PMID: 38871438

Vulnerable road user injury trends following the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Canada: An interrupted time series analysis.

Batomen B, Macpherson A, Lewis J, Howard A, Ruth Saunders N, Richmond S, Anne Harris M, Saskin R, Zagorski B, Macarthur C, Fuselli P, Rothman L

Journal of safety research2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2024.02.007 PMID: 38858038

Building CapaCITY/É for sustainable transportation: protocol for an implementation science research program in healthy cities.

Winters M, Fuller D, Cloutier MS, Harris MA, Howard A, Kestens Y, Kirk S, Macpherson A, Moore S, Rothman L, Shareck M, Tomasone JR, Laberee K, Stephens ZP, Sones M, Ayton D, Batomen B, Bell S, Collins P, Diab E, Giles AR, Hagel BE, Harris MS, Harris P, Lachapelle U, Manaugh K, Mitra R, Muhajarine N, Myrdahl TM, Pettit CJ, Pike I, Skouteris H, Wachsmuth D, Whitehurst D, Beck B

BMJ open2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085850 PMID: 38631827

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Built Environment Dear Professor Rothman, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Expanding automated speed enforcement in British Columbia, Canada: opportunities and barriers, with cross-country comparisons to Victoria, Australia." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Speed, Safety, and Equity: Unveiling the Impact of Automated Speed Enforcement on Collisions in Canadian Cities" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Linda Rothman

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Expanding automated speed enforcement in British Columbia, Canada: opportunities and barriers, with cross-country comparisons to Victoria, Australia.

Insights into vulnerable road user injury trends in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Canadian city trends 2012-2022.

Pedaling towards safer streets: evaluating the impact of cycling infrastructure on road safety.

Risky driving behaviors at school drop-off across Canadian municipalities: Findings from the Child Active Transportation Safety and the Environment (CHASE) study.

Measuring inequities in transportation injuries in a Canadian commuter cohort: impacts of individual versus neighbourhood income.

Automated speed enforcement reduced vehicle speeds in school zones in Toronto: a prospective quasi-experimental study.

Emergency department visits for concussion in children and youth by age, sex and material deprivation in Ontario, Canada, 2010-2020: a population-based study.

Motor vehicle collision (MVC) emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalisations in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vulnerable road user injury trends following the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Canada: An interrupted time series analysis.

Building CapaCITY/&#xc9; for sustainable transportation: protocol for an implementation science research program in healthy cities.

Speed, Safety, and Equity: Unveiling the Impact of Automated Speed Enforcement on Collisions in Canadian Cities

Guelph's Active Healthy Public Spaces (GAHPS) and lessons from Copenhagen- Integrating research and practice to address healthy urban public spaces and equitable mobility

The Effect of COVID-19 Policies on Road Traffic Injury Among Vulnerable Road Users in Canadian Cities

Social risk factors and the influence of the built environment on children and youth's active school transportation and pedestrian motor vehicle collisions in Toronto, Canada

Injury Risks among Canadian Bicycling and Walking Commuters: A new application of the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC)

Frequent collaborators

Linda Rothman

Andrew Howard

Andrew Howard

Alison Macpherson

Marie-Soleil Cloutier

Meghan Winters

Pamela Fuselli

Brice Batomen

Meghan Winters

Ian Pike

Teresa To

Brent Hagel

Kristian Larsen

Astrid Guttmann

Andy Willan

Karen Laberee

Christopher Meaney

Sarah Moore

Daniel Fuller

Martine Shareck

Guy Faulkner

Bonnie Lashewicz

Natasha Saunders

Carol DeMatteo

Yan Kestens

Patricia Collins

Nazeem Muhajarine

Sara Kirk

Carolyn Emery

Kelly Russell

Building CapaCITY/É for sustainable transportation: protocol for an implementation science research program in healthy cities.