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

Contact Us

For any questions about our research projects or ways to get involved with the BEACH Laboratory, please feel free to contact any group member or visit our student recruitment page.

Andrew Kaczynski, PhD

E-mail: atkaczyn@mailbox.sc.edu

Shirelle Hallum, MPH

E-mail: shallum@email.sc.edu

Anna Chupak, BA

E-mail: alchupak@email.sc.edu

Farnaz Hesam Shariati, MEng

Email: farnaz@email.sc.edu

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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