Sara's research has focused on the nexus between community health, design of the built environment and policies that shape human behaviors. Over the past decade, Sara has been working in the neighborhoods of Denver and Boulder on a variety of issues related to the built environment and health, including active mobility, urban greenness, sun safety, climate responsive design and integrated ecology. As an interdisciplinary educator and researcher, Sara employs methods of community engagement, and a variety of quantitative and qualitative research methods to study and teach topics across the fields of environmental health, equity and urban ecology.
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Healthy community design emphasizing walkability and sun safety, design for urban green spaces and green infrastructure, planning and policy determinants of healthy communities, community engagement in design, and the application of technology in planning and design
