Special Topics Working Group, Child Health
| When |
Feb 11, 2016
from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM |
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| Where | 2101C Morrill Hall |
| Contact Name | Tiffany Pittman |
| Contact Phone | 301-405-6403 |
| Attendees |
Loza Asnake Gniesha Dinwiddie Gabriel Eicholtz Jakaiyha Frisby J. Gordon Shahrazad Hired Nicholas John Jasmine Leonard Tsitsi Moyo Liana Sayer |
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About the Speaker
Dr. Roberts is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and a Faculty Associate at the Maryland Population Research Center. Her research and teaching interests focus on the relationship between the built environment and physical activity in addition to its impact on obesity and other public health outcomes. More specifically, much of her research has explored the dynamic relationship between environmental, social and cultural determinants of physical activity and using empirical evidence of this relationship to infer complex health outcome patterns. Future and ongoing research, such as her Built Environment and Active Play (BEAP) Study will also incorporate state of the art techniques, such as spatial analysis and geographic information system modeling in order to objectively capture the role and relationship of these determinants on physical activity. Finally, crosscutting issues including exposure (e.g. recreational deserts) and outcome (e.g. childhood obesity) health disparities will also be addressed in both her research and teaching physical activity and public health programs.
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