Student - College of Education

Sara Le

Graduate Student Affiliate, Center for Research to Community Impact (CRCI)
Graduate Research Assistant, People, Health, and Place Lab
Ph.D. in Prevention Science, The University of Texas at Austin, expected 2028
M.S. in Health Behavior and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, 2024
B.A. in Kinesiology, Southwestern University, 2022

Email: sal4393@austin.utexas.edu
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Growing up as an Austin native, Sara graduated from Southwestern University with a degree in Kinesiology and continued her education at The University of Texas at Austin, pursuing a Ph.D. in Prevention Science. Sara is a graduate research assistant in the People, Health, and Place Lab and a graduate student affiliate of the Center for Research to Community Impact (CRCI). Sara's research interests focus on Physical Activity and Health, Built Environment, Geospatial Epidemiology, and Noncommunicable Disease Prevention.

Sara's area of research focuses on the built environment in physical activity and health disparities. Her research interests are in physical activity, active transportation, walkability, and non-communicable disease prevention.

Sara's work involves geospatial analysis using GIS, mixed-methods, direct observation methods, and dissemination and implementation science. Her research goals are to provide environmental access to healthy and sustainable living in communities.

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,...