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)

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
Intimate Partner Violence Google Searches Before and After the Dobbs Decision.
(2025 Oct 13)
Am J Epidemiol
Neumann K, Farkas K, Tanveer M, Mooney SJ, Altman M, Santaularia NJ
Neighborhood disorder and ovarian cancer survival in black women.
(2025 Jul 30)
Am J Epidemiol
Pierson C, Mooney SJ, Lawson A, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV, Bondy M, Collin LJ, Cote ML, Hastert TA, Huels A, Johnson CE, Khanna N, Mandle HB, Peres LC, Ratnapradipa KL, Terry P, Schildkraut JM, Peters ES
Neighborhood environment and incident diabetes, a neighborhood environment-wide association study ('NE-WAS'): Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).
(2025)
PLoS One 20(7): e0329282
Smith CM, Spalt EW, Gallo LC, Carlson J, Allison M, Sotres-Alvarez D, Cordero C, Qi Q, Chambers EC, Daviglus M, Pirzada A, Talavera GA, Kaplan R, Kaufman JD, Mooney SJ
Longitudinal Association Between Walkability and Physical Activity in Twins.
(2025 Sep)
Am J Prev Med 69(3): 107950
Duncan GE, Avery AR, Pilgrim MJD, Amram O, Mooney SJ, Rundle AG
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