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)

Mitigating the risk of bias exacerbation when controlling for unmeasured spatial confounding for binary exposures.
(2025 Nov 7)
Am J Epidemiol
Li D, Cruz M, Mooney SJ, Cook AJ, Bobb JF
Can we Interpret Analyses of Etiological Heterogeneity when Molecular Markers are Used to Classify Tumors?
(2025 Nov 5)
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
Mooney SJ, Rundle AG
Relationship between neighborhood walkability, perceived neighborhood features, and depression among treatment-seeking veterans.
(2025 Oct 27)
Acta Psychol (Amst) 261(): 105786
Williams AL, Gray KE, Gunnink E, Mooney SJ, Saelens BE, Nelson KM, Simpson TL, Hoerster KD
The Association Between Vacant Lot Redevelopment and Violent/Firearm Violent Crime: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis From 2007 to 2023.
(2025 Oct 23)
Am J Public Health
Asa N, Zewdie HY, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Wagenaar BH, Mooney SJ
The role of sidewalk availability in gentrification: A longitudinal study of U.S. neighborhoods and racial/ethnic composition.
(2025 Dec)
SSM Popul Health 32(): 101868
Abdi N, Szpiro A, Mooney SJ, Nguyen Q, Hirsch JA, Saelens BE
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