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)

Built Environment Change over Time Using Google Street View Assessments of Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) Cities.
(2025 Jun 4)
J Urban Health
Mooney SJ, Smith CM, Spalt EW, Piepmeier L, Gassett AJ, Gunning G, Carlson JA, Evenson KR, Chambers EC, Daviglus M, Lovasi GS, Gullón PT, Hirsch JA, Plascak JJ, Rundle AG, Fry D, Bader MDM, Kaufman JD, Kaplan R
Mental and Physical Health-Related Risk Factors Among Females Who Died by Firearm Suicide.
(2025 Apr 1)
JAMA Netw Open 8(4): e255941
Prater LC, Noghrehchi P, Duan N, Takagi-Stewart J, Mooney SJ, Hefner JL, Goldstein EV
Advancing Active Transportation Through Mobility Justice and Centering Community.
(2024)
Health Equity 8(1): 720-730
Baquero BI, Berney R, Romano EFT, Hicks O, Getch R, Hall C, Mooney SJ, Rosenberg D, Shannon KL, Saelens BE, Hoerster KD
Neighborhood Disinvestment Predicts Shorter Cancer Survival Time among Black Women Diagnosed with Invasive Breast Cancer.
(2025 May 2)
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 34(5): 684-690
Plascak JJ, Xing CY, Mooney SJ, Rundle AG, Schootman M, Qin B, Zeinomar N, Llanos AAM, Iyer HS, Pawlish KS, Ambrosone CB, Demissie K, Hong CC, Bandera EV
Distributed lag models for retrospective cohort data with application to a study of built environment and body weight.
(2025 Jan 7)
Biometrics 81(1):
Bobb JF, Mooney SJ, Cruz M, Vernez Moudon A, Drewnowski A, Arterburn D, Cook AJ
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