Case Garza
Graduate Research Assistant, People, Health, and Place Lab
Ph.D. in Prevention Science, The University of Texas at Austin, expected 2029
M.S. in Health Behavior and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, 2025
B.S. in KHE: Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, The University of Texas at Austin, 2021
B.S. in ALD: Youth and Community Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, 2021
Email: casegarza@austin.utexas.edu
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Ph.D. in Prevention Science, The University of Texas at Austin, expected 2029
M.S. in Health Behavior and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, 2025
B.S. in KHE: Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, The University of Texas at Austin, 2021
B.S. in ALD: Youth and Community Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, 2021
Email: casegarza@austin.utexas.edu
View Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Case is a Doctoral Student in Prevention Science in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at The University of Texas at Austin, where he works as a Graduate Research Assistant in the People, Health, and Place Lab and is a Doctoral Student Affiliate of the Center for Research to Community Impact (CRCI).
His research focuses on understanding how built, social, and policy environments shape physical activity and active living opportunities in historically under-resourced communities, with an emphasis on advancing health equity among youth. Broadly, he is interested in the implementation and contextual adaptation of place-based interventions that promote active living through parks, playgrounds, public open spaces, and active transportation infrastructure.
His work integrates community-engaged and mixed-methods approaches, including GIS and spatial analysis, direct observation methods, and implementation science frameworks, to examine how place-based environments and interventions can better support equitable opportunities for physical activity and wellbeing.
Prior to beginning his PhD, Case worked as a secondary science teacher and instructional leader in a Title I public school. These experiences continue to shape his commitment to community-engaged, equity-focused, and translational public health research.
His research focuses on understanding how built, social, and policy environments shape physical activity and active living opportunities in historically under-resourced communities, with an emphasis on advancing health equity among youth. Broadly, he is interested in the implementation and contextual adaptation of place-based interventions that promote active living through parks, playgrounds, public open spaces, and active transportation infrastructure.
His work integrates community-engaged and mixed-methods approaches, including GIS and spatial analysis, direct observation methods, and implementation science frameworks, to examine how place-based environments and interventions can better support equitable opportunities for physical activity and wellbeing.
Prior to beginning his PhD, Case worked as a secondary science teacher and instructional leader in a Title I public school. These experiences continue to shape his commitment to community-engaged, equity-focused, and translational public health research.
