Physical Activity in Adults and Older Adults, Effects of the Built Environment on Physical Activity, Monitoring Activity with Accelerometers and GPS Devices
PhD, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (Health Promotion, Education and Behavior)
SM, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA (Health and Social Behavior)
MS, Northeastern University (Clinical Exercise Physiology)
BA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (Psychology)
Dr. Troped’s research interests include examining individual, interpersonal and environmental influences on physical activity, design and evaluation of physical activity interventions, and testing the effects of light intensity physical activity on health outcomes in older adults. His recent research has included studying environmental correlates of bike share use in Boston using spatially dynamic geographic approaches.
Physical Activity and Public Health
Theories of Behavior Change
Research Methods
Health Promotion Program Planning
American College of Sports Medicine
American Public Health Association
Delta Omega Society (honorary public health society)
Faculty Fellowship for Study in a Second Discipline (multilevel statistics), Purdue University
