Student - College of Education

Eliana Glenn is a graduate student in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education pursuing a Master of Science in Health Behavior and Health Education. Her research interests include healthy aging and the role of accessible design on physical activity in older adults. Eliana is the Peer Education Graduate Assistant in the Longhorn Wellness Center and a member of the People, Health & Place lab.

Prior to pursuing her graduate degree, Eliana was the lab manager for the Edwards Lab in the Texas A&M Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, where she identified a novel bacteriophage and assisted on research projects analyzing the microbiome of C4 switchgrasses for biofuel production.

Deborah Salvo (Supervisor)
My research interests and expertise center in the reduction of spatial health disparities in access to environments that enable physically active lifestyles. Specifically, my work focuses on understanding the context-specific relations between the built environment and physical activity; documenting and ameliorating geospatial health disparities; and using and improving objective measures to quantify physical activity and geospatial exposures (social & built environment). I also lead capacity building efforts for the fields of physical activity, public health,...