Aaron uses geospatial analytics to consider how, where, and why our public built environments impact health behaviors such as physical activity and recreation. He develops crowdsourcing approaches and uses emerging sensor technologies to study and visualize the interaction between built environments and community health behaviors. He is currently using webcams, web apps, GPS, and accelerometers in data collection. Other interests include infrastructure that supports workplace health, park use and accessibility, and geospatial decision support systems.
Roles
Publications
- Can building design impact physical activity? A natural experiment (2018)
- How segregation makes us fat: Food behaviors and food environment as mediators of the relationship between residential segregation and individual body mass index (2018)
- Relationships between characteristics of urban green land cover and mental health in US metropolitan areas (2018)
- Does availability of worksite supports for physical activity differ by industry and occupation? (2018)
- Examining motivations to play Pokemon Go and their influence on perceived outcomes and physical activity (2017)
- Neighborhood walkability and active ageing: A difference in differences assessment of active transportation over ten years (2017)
- Examining motivations to play Pokemon GO and their influence on perceived outcomes and physical activity (2017)
- Actigraphy-derived daily rest-activity patterns and body mass index in community-dwelling adults (2017)
- Moving targets: Promoting physical activity in public spaces via open streets in the US (2017)
- "Can we walk?" Environmental supports for physical activity in India (2017)