Built Environment and Community Health (BEACH) Laboratory

  • Welcome to the BEACH!
  • Team Members
  • Current Research
    • Natural experiment to assess health impacts of improved greenspace
    • Neighborhood Park Equity Project
    • Examining socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in pedestrian and bicycle crashes across South Carolina
  • Past Research
    • 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

Melissa Fair, MPH 

E-mail: melissa.fair@furman.edu

Ellen Stowe, MPH

E-mail: ewstowe@email.sc.edu

Marilyn Wende, MSPH

E-mail: mwende@email.sc.edu

Shirelle Hallum, MPH

E-mail: shallum@email.sc.edu

Kara Davis, M.Ed

E-mail: kara.davis@furman.edu

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