A growing range of studies have begun to document the health and well-being benefits
associated with contact with nature. Most studies rely on generalized self-reports following …

We develop models to investigate the effects of transportation, land-use, and built
environment variables along with demographic and socio-economic factors on people's …

Smartphones have emerged as a promising type of equipment for monitoring human
activities in environmental health studies. However, degraded location accuracy and …

Consumer-level activity trackers can potentially be used for population monitoring of
physical activity, without suffering from the recall and social desirability bias that occur in self …

Urban transportation planning and land-use policies play a pivotal role in every society and
are the subjects of interest in many academic fields. Creating a tool that measures the …

Type 2 diabetes is known to be associated with environmental, behavioral, and lifestyle
factors. However, the actual impacts of these factors on blood glucose (BG) variation …

This paper presents a methodology that addresses the need to assess disabled children's
mobility and access in the context of the built environment. A novel combination of …

This study presents a unified framework to understand the weekday recreational activity
participation time-use of adults, with an emphasis on the time expended in physically active …

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is known to be associated with environmental,
behavioral, and lifestyle factors such as a sedentary lifestyle, overly rich nutrition, and …

I would like to express my most gratitude to my advisor, Dr. Randall Guensler, for his
continuous guidance, encouragement, support and understanding. His dedication to quality …