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Framing Plenary - Jennifer D. Roberts, Assistant Professor; Director of the Public Health Outcomes and Effects of the Built Environment Laboratory; and Co-Director of NatureRx@UMD, University of Maryland
Jennifer D. Roberts, Assistant Professor; Director of the Public Health Outcomes and Effects of the Built Environment Laboratory; and Co-Director of NatureRx@UMD, University of Maryland
About the Presenter
Jennifer Roberts
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland
Dr. Jennifer D. Roberts is an Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland College Park, School of Public Health. She is also the Director of the Public Health Outcomes and Effects of the Built Environment (PHOEBE) Laboratory. Her research interests focus on the relationship between the built environment and physical activity in addition to its impact on obesity and other public health outcomes. Ongoing research, such as her Physical Environment and Active Transportation (PEAT) Study, has incorporated state of the art techniques in order to capture the role and relationship of physical activity determinants. Crosscutting issues including exposure (e.g. recreational deserts) and outcome (e.g. childhood obesity) health disparities have also been addressed in her research and physical activity public health program. Finally, with the forthcoming Purple Line light rail as an expansion of the Washington D.C. area transportation system, her Purple Line Impact on Neighborhood, Health and Transit (PLIGHT) Study, a pre- and post- natural experiment, will explore how contextual effects (e.g., built environment; “sense of community”) impact active transportation.
Jennifer D. Roberts, Assistant Professor; Director of the Public Health Outcomes and Effects of the Built Environment Laboratory; and Co-Director of NatureRx@UMD, University of Maryland
Description
Date: Tuesday, September 14
Time: 10:00 AM - 10:25 AM