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Areas of Expertise

Determinants of Physical Activity in Adults and Older Adults, Built Environment and Physical Activity, Use of Accelerometers and GPS in Physical Activity Studies, Evaluation of Physical Activity Interventions

Degrees

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)

Professional Publications & Contributions

• Richards E, McDonough MM, Lyle R, Edwards N, Troped PJ. Development and testing of the Dogs and Walking Survey (DAWGS) In press: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
• Ben-Joseph E, Lee JS, Cromley EK, Laden F, Troped PJ. Virtual and actual: Relative accuracy of on-site and web-based instruments in auditing the environment for physical activity. Health and Place 2013;19:138-150
• James P, Troped PJ, Hart JE, Joshu CE, Colditz GA, Brownson RC, Ewing R, Laden F. Urban sprawl, physical activity, and body mass index: Nurses’ Health Study and Nurses’ Health Study II. American Journal of Public Health 2013; 103(2):369-375
• Heath GW, Troped PJ. The role of the built environment in shaping the health behaviors of physical activity and healthy eating for cardiovascular health. Future Cardiology 2012; 8(5):677-679
• Troped PJ, Tamura K, Whitcomb HA, Laden F. Perceived built environment and physical activity in U.S. women by sprawl and region. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2011;41(5):473-479
• Starnes HA, Troped PJ, Klenosky DB, Doehring AM. Trails and physical activity: a review. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2011;8(8):1160-1174
• Troped PJ, Wilson J, Matthews CE, Cromley EK, Melly SJ. The built environment and location-based physical activity. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2010;38(4):429-438
• Eyler AA, Brownson RC, Aytur SA, Cradock AL, Doescher M, Evenson KR, Kerr J, Maddock J, Pluto DL, Steinman L, Tompkins NO, Troped P, Schmid TL. Examination of trends and evidence-based elements in state physical education legislation: a content analysis. Journal of School Health 2010;80(7):326-332
• Wall HK, Ballard J, Troped P, Njike VY, Katz DL. Impact of home-based, supervised exercise on congestive heart failure. International Journal of Cardiology 2010;145(2):267-270
• Troped PJ, Whitcomb HA, Hutto BE, Reed JA, Hooker SP. Reliability of a brief intercept survey for trail use behaviors. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2009;6(6):775-780
• Cradock AC, Troped PJ, Fields W, Melly SJ, Simms SV, Gimmler F, Fowler M. Factors associated with federal transportation funding for local pedestrian and bicycle programming and facilities. Journal of Public Health Policy 2009;30(S1):S38-S72
• Eyler AA, Brownson RC, Evenson KR, Levinger D, Maddock JE, Pluto D, Troped PJ, Schmid TL, Carnoske C, Richards KL, Steinman LE. Policy influences on community trail development. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 2008;33(3):407-427
• Troped PJ, Oliveira MS, Matthews CE, Cromley EK, Melly SJ, Craig BA. Prediction of activity mode with global positioning system and accelerometer data. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2008;40(5):972-978
• Eyler AA, Baldwin J, Carnoske C, Nickelson J, Troped PJ, Steinman L, Pluto D, Litt J, Evenson K,Terpstra J, Brownson R, Schmid T. Parental involvement in active transport to school initiatives: A multi-site case study. American Journal of Health Education 2008;39(3):138-147
• Eyler AA, Brownson R, Doescher M, Evenson KR, Fesperman CE, Litt JS, Pluto D, Steinman LE, Terpstra JL, Troped PJ, Schmid TL. Policies related to active transport to and from school: A multi-site case study. Health Education Research 2008;23(6):963-975
• Peterson KE, Dubowitz T, Stoddard AM, Troped PJ, Sorensen G, Emmons KM. Social context of physical activity and weight status in working-class populations. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2007;4:382-397
• Austin SB, Kim J, Wiecha JL, Troped PJ, Feldman HA. School-based overweight preventive intervention lowers incidence of disordered weight-control behaviors in early adolescent girls. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 2007;161(9):865-869
• Troped PJ, Wiecha JL, Fragala MS, Matthews CE, Finkelstein DM, Kim J, Peterson KE. Reliability and validity of YRBS physical activity items among middle school students. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2007;39(3):416-425
• Wiecha JL, Finkelstein D, Troped PJ, Fragala MS, Peterson KE. School vending machine and fast food restaurant use are associated with sugar-sweetened beverage intake in youth. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2006;106:1624-1630
• Troped PJ, Cromley EK, Fragala MS, Melly SJ, Hasbrouck HH, Gortmaker SL, Brownson RC. Development and reliability and validity testing of an audit tool for trail/path characteristics: The Path Environment Audit Tool (PEAT). Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2006;3(S1):S158-S175
• Rodriguez DA, Brown AL, Troped PJ. Portable global positioning system units to complement accelerometry-based physical activity monitors. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2005;37(11):S572-S581
• Troped PJ, Saunders RP, Pate RR. Comparisons between rail-trail users and nonusers and men and women’s patterns of use in a suburban community. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2005;2(2):169-180

Additional Information

Profile
Philip Troped joined the Department of Exercise and Health Sciences in January 2013 after teaching for six years at Purdue University.  Professor Troped’s research interests include examining multi-level determinants of physical activity, design and evaluation of physical activity interventions, and objective assessment of physical activity with accelerometers and portable global positioning system (GPS) units. 

He recently was the Principal Investigator on a National Cancer Institute-funded study investigating the influence of the neighborhood built (person-made) environment on physical activity and obesity among older women living in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and California. In part this study focused on examining the effects of both perceived and objective built environment measures on different physical activity outcomes, including walking for leisure and utilitarian purposes.  His work has also been funded by the Active Living Research Program (The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Teaching Expertise
Physical Activity and Public Health, Theories of Behavior Change, Research Methods, Epidemiology

Professional Memberships/Affiliations
American College of Sports Medicine
American Public Health Association
Delta Omega Society (honorary public health society)

Awards and Accomplishments
Faculty Fellowship for Study in a Second Discipline (multilevel statistics), Purdue University, 2011