Columbia University Medical Center MD-PhD Program

Gina S. Lovasi, PhD

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Gina S. Lovasi, PhD
Gina Schellenbaum Lovasi is an assistant professor in Epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the effects of local urban infrastructure on health and health behaviors, as well as differences in these effects across population subgroups, such as young children and adults with different racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic backgrounds. Lovasi received her PhD and MPH in epidemiology from the University of Washington, where her research examined neighborhood walkability and neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics as determinants of physical activity and cardiovascular risk. Lovasi came to Columbia University as a RWJF Health and Society Scholar in 2006, and continues to work with this interdisciplinary training program as associate director. Lovasi is an investigator with the Built Environment and Health (www.beh.columbia.edu/about) project, conducting research within New York City exploring how physical and social environments could be changed to better support physical activity and a healthy weight. She also convened an interdisciplinary working group on Social Networks and Health, and co-organized a conference on the intersection between social network and spatial analysis (www.capturingcontext.org).

Departments and Divisions

  • Department of Epidemiology

NIH Grants

  • COMMUNITIES DESIGNED TO SUPPORT CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH FOR OLDER ADULTS (Federal Gov)

    Sep 1 2015 - Apr 30 2019

    COMMUNITIES DESIGNED TO SUPPORT CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH FOR OLDER ADULTS (Federal Gov)

    Sep 1 2015 - Apr 30 2019

    LINKING DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS WITH CHILDHOOD OBESITY (Federal Gov)

    Aug 10 2011 - Jul 31 2016

    LINKING DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS WITH CHILDHOOD OBESITY (Federal Gov)

    Aug 10 2011 - Jul 31 2016

    A RIO DAS PEDRAS COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS (Private)

    Apr 21 2014 - Dec 31 2015

    SUPPORTINGEVIDENCE-BASED INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SPACES: A PROPOSAL FOR LITERATURE SYNTHESES, SECONDARY ANALYSES, AND SPATIAL VISUALIZATIONS (Private)

    Sep 15 2014 - May 14 2015

    COLUMBIA CENTER FOR CHILDREN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - ADMIN CO RE (Federal Gov)

    Nov 1 2003 - Sep 23 2014

    QUANTIFYING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NYC POLICY INITIATIVES ON CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION (Private)

    Sep 1 2013 - Aug 31 2014

    COLUMBIA CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - ADMIN CORE (Federal Gov)

    Nov 1 1998 - Jul 31 2014

    THE URBAN FOREST CHILDHOOD ASTHMA AND COMMUNITY AIR QUALITY (Federal Gov)

    Dec 1 2009 - Jun 30 2012

    META-ANALYSIS OF BUILT ENVIRONMENTS AND SOCIAL CONTEXT AS PR EDICTORS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND OBESITY (Private)

    Jan 15 2011 - Jan 14 2012

    NATIONAL CHILDREN'S STUDY - QUEENS VANGUARD CENTER PROPOSAL (Federal Gov)

    Sep 30 2005 - Mar 3 2011

    OBESITY,PHYSICAL; ACTIVITY AND BUILT SPACE IN NEW YORK CITY (Federal Gov)

    Sep 7 2005 - Jul 31 2010

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