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)

Neighborhood Physical Disinvestment and Incident Diabetes between visits 1 and 2 of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).
(2026 Mar 16)
J Urban Health
Smith CM, Spalt EW, Gallo LC, Carlson JA, Allison M, Thyagarajan B, Chambers EC, Pirzada A, Daviglus M, Cordero C, Qi Q, Austin E, Fretts AM, Ornelas I, Kaplan R, Kaufman JD, Mooney SJ
Pharmacy access and shingles vaccinations in the US: a propensity score matching analysis.
(2026 Mar 7)
Vaccine 75(): 128256
Wittenauer R, Shah PD, Bacci JL, Mooney SJ, Stergachis A
Investigating the Role of the Environment on Physical Activity Interventions (the InSPACE Project): Protocol for a Pooled Secondary Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
(2026 Jan 22)
JMIR Res Protoc 15(): e83151
Youngbloom AJ, Rowland M, Mooney SJ, Singer K, Szpiro A, Saelens BE
Limitations (with apologies to Sir Philip Sidney).
(2025 Dec 29)
Epidemiology
Mooney SJ
Kernel Density Bandwidth Specification in Neighborhood Violence Prevention Research.
(2025 Dec)
J Urban Health 102(6): 1152-1162
Zewdie HY, Asa N, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Morrison CN, Mooney SJ
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