Position

• Assistant Professor - Kinesiology

Academic Background

• Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
  PhD Health and Kinesiology,
• California State University, Chico, Chico, CA
  M.A. Kinesiology
• California State University, Chico, Chico, CA
  B.S. Exercise Physiology,

Sample Courses

• KINE 298 Chronic and Communicable Disease Prevention
• KINE 319 Introduction to Research Methods for Health and Exercise Science

Teaching Philosophy

philosoply:....

Research and Interests

• Physical activity and public health
• Built environment effects on physical activity
• Measurement of the built environment for physical activity research
• GIS methods for examining spatial relationships between the built environment and physical activity
• Demographic and psychosocial moderators and mediators of relationships between the built environment and physical activity

Notable Academic Appointments and Awards

• 2012 - Assistant Professor, California Polytechnic State University
• 2012 - Nominated Outstanding Dissertation Award, Purdue University
• 2011 - Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, Purdue University
• 2010 - Purdue Research Foundation Award, Purdue University
• 2010 - Carol J. Widule Outstanding Graduate Student Scholar Award, Purdue University
• 2009 - Purdue Research Foundation Award, Purdue University
• 2008 - Alfred P. Sloan Indigenous Graduate Scholar Award, Purdue University
• 2007 - David M. Ross Graduate Fellowship, Purdue University
• 2006 - Lecturer, California State Univeristy, Chico

Publication Highlights

• Starnes HA, Troped PJ, Klenosky DB, Doehring AM. Trails and physical activity: a
  review. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2011;8(8):1160-1174.
• Troped PJ, Tamura K, Whitcomb* HA, Laden F. Perceived built environment and
  physical activity in U.S. women by sprawl and region. American Journal of Preventive
  Medicine. 2011;41(5):473-479.
• Troped PJ, Whitcomb* HA, Hutto B, Reed JA, Hooker S. Reliability of a brief intercept
  survey for trail use behaviors. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2009;6(6):775-
  780.

(*published under former name Whitcomb)

Presentation Highlights

• Starnes HA, McDonough MH, Laden F, Troped PJ. Invariance Tests of the Abbreviated
  Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale. American College of Sports Medicine 59th
  Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2012, podium presentation) [Medicine & Science in
  Sports & Exercise 44(5):S19, 2012].
• Orstad S, Starnes HA, Troped PJ. A Review of Perceived Versus Objective
  Neighborhood Physical Environment Measures Related to Physical Activity. 33rd Annual
  Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans, LA (2012, podium
  presentation).
• Tamura K, Puett RC, Starnes HA, Hart JE, Laden F, Troped PJ. Does physical activity
  spatially cluster? Preliminary findings from an analysis of older women living in three
  states. 113th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington,
  DC (2011, poster presentation).
• Tamura K, Puett RC, Starnes HA, Hart JE, Laden F, Troped PJ. Are overweight and
  obesity clustered? Spatial examination of older women in three U.S. states. 23rd
  Congress of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona, Spain
  (2011, podium presentation).
• Whitcomb* HA, Tamura K, Ben-Joseph E, Cromley E, Puett R, Melly S, James P,
  Laden F, Troped PJ. Factorial validity of a neighborhood walkability scale for older
  adults. American College of Sports Medicine 58th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2011,
  poster presentation), [Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 43(5):570, 2011].
• Whitcomb* HA, Troped PJ, Tamura K, Orstad S. Accelerometer validation of the
  International Physical Activity Questionnaire among community trail users. American
  College of Sports Medicine 57th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD (2010, poster
  presentation), [Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 42(5):250, 2010].
• Whitcomb* HA, Cromley EK, Tamura K, Melly SJ, Laden F, James P, Puett R, Ben-
  Joseph E, Troped PJ. Validation of a commercial geographic information systems
  database of walking and bicycling destinations. Active Living Research Annual
  Conference, San Diego, CA (2010; poster presentation).
• Troped PJ, Laden F, Puett R, Ben-Joseph E, Whitcomb* HA, James P, Tamura K, Melly
  S. Effects of the built environment on physical activity and obesity on a large sample of
  older women living in three U.S. states: preliminary findings. Active Living Research
  Annual Conference, San Diego, CA (2010; poster presentation).
• Troped PJ, Laden F, Whitcomb* HA, Tamura K. Perceptions of the built environment,
  walking and BMI in a large cohort of U.S. women. American College of Sports Medicine
  56th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA (2009; podium presentation) [Medicine & Science in
  Sports & Exercise 41(5):48, 2009].
• Troped PJ, Whitcomb* HA, Hutto BE, Hooker SP. Reliability of a brief intercept survey
  for trail use behaviors. American College of Sports Medicine 55th Annual Meeting,
  Indianapolis, IN (2008; poster presentation) [Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  40(5):S205-S206, 2008].

(*published under former name Whitcomb)

Memberships:

• Society of Behavioral Medicine
• American Public Health Association
• American College of Sports Medicine
• Public Health Student Association, Purdue University
• American Indian Science and Engineering Society
• Society for the Advancement of Chicanos & Native Americans in Science
  Health and Kinesiology
• Graduate Student Organization, Purdue University
• The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phit.

 

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