Built Environment and Community Health (BEACH) Laboratory

  • Welcome to the BEACH!
  • Team Members
  • Current Research
    • Neighborhood Park Equity Project
    • Examining socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in pedestrian and bicycle crashes across South Carolina
  • Past Research
    • Natural experiment to assess health impacts of improved greenspace
    • Development of a Childhood Obesogenic Environment Index
    • Electronic Community Park Audit Tool (eCPAT) Project
    • ParkIndex
    • Partnerships to Improve Community Health (PICH)
    • Healthy Neighborhoods Project
    • Parks, Environmental Justice, & Childhood Obesity
    • Park Hop
    • Healthy Young People Empowerment (HYPE)
    • Kansas City Parks and Physical Activity Project
    • Evaluation of the Spartanburg Healthy Schools Initiative
  • Research Partners
  • Contact Us

American Academy of Health Behavior Scientific Meeting 2024

In April 2024, several members of the BEACH Lab hit the road to Savannah, GA to share some of our recent research at the American Academy of Health Behavior’s Annual Scientific Meeting. We had three posters in the same session,…

By Erin Looney | May 29, 2024 | Uncategorized |
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American Public Health Association Annual Meeting 2023

In November 2023, several members of the BEACH Lab made the short drive to Atlanta to represent USC at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting. We attended numerous sessions, shared our own research through posters and presentations, and…

By Erin Looney | November 29, 2023 | Uncategorized |
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2023 International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Meeting

From June 15-17, 2023, Dr. Kaczynski attended the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Meeting in Uppsala, Sweden (just a short train ride from Stockholm). In addition to attending several interesting sessions, I presented a poster entitled…

By Erin Looney | July 7, 2023 | Uncategorized |
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What's New at the BEACH?

  • American Academy of Health Behavior Scientific Meeting 2024
  • American Public Health Association Annual Meeting 2023
  • 2023 International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Meeting
  • Congratulations Kara Davis, BEACH Lab PhD student
  • James E. Clyburn Health Equity Lecture 2023
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