Faculty

Steve Mooney

Associate Professor, Epidemiology


Education

PhD Epidemiology, Columbia University, 2016
MS Epidemiology, Columbia University, 2012
BS Computer Science, Yale University, 1998

Contact


Box 351619
Department of Epidemiology
Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, 868
Seattle, WA 98195

Research Areas

Research Interests

Dr. Mooney is interested, broadly, in how cities affect health, and how we can know whether they do. His research focuses on built environment influences on pedestrian injury and physical activity, augmented with a stable of side projects digging into epidemiologic methodology.

Recent Publications (PubMed)

"Once thriving": using Google street view virtual audits to measure neighborhood disinvestment in the Jackson, MS Tri-County area.
(2026 Jul 20)
Am J Epidemiol
Barber S, Fry D, Whitley J, Figgers F, Coomes DM, Edwards JR, Beady H, Mayes R, Fortenberry M, Hyde B, Mooney SJ
Cross-Sectional Associations of Neighborhood Walkability with Baseline Physical Activity and Sedentary Time among US South Asian Adults in the SAHELI Study.
(2026 Jul 20)
Am J Prev Med
Thangada ND, Lancki N, Mooney SJ, Kandula NR, Siddique J
its2s: a Python package for two-stage interrupted time series analysis using machine learning.
(2026 Jul 6)
medRxiv
Wilner LB, Casey JA, Mooney SJ, Do V, Ma Y, Benmarhnia T, Dey AK
A Misclassification Framework for Identifying Systematic Error in Pedestrian Crash Prediction: Evidence from Seattle, WA.
(2026 Sep)
Accid Anal Prev 235(): 108633
Douglas G, Mooney SJ, Prendez DM, Boyle LN
Physical Activity Patterns and Kidney Function Changes Among Hispanic/Latino Adults: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
(2026 Jun 3)
J Phys Act Health
Rivas-Nieto AC, Alver SK, Mooney SJ, Mossavar-Rahmani Y, Xue X, Lash JP, Kaplan R
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