Growing as an Austin native, Sara graduated from Southwestern University in Kinesiology and continued her education here at the University of Texas at Austin pursuing in Health Education and Health Behavior. Prior to her graduate studies, she was a Collegiate Athlete and served her community coaching high school tennis in Vietnamese-populated areas throughout Austin; with the intend of engaging in daily physical activity and developing students' character. Sara's area of research focuses on built environmental factors and spatial epidemiology. She hopes to promote physical activity in minority populations and also help with urban research to provide environmental resources and develop health policies to those in need.
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,...
Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Graduate Fellowship, College of Education (2023 - 2024)
