SUNGMIN LEE

Dissertation Proposal Defense

April 10, 2017

I have successfully finished my Dissertation proposal defense. The over-arching goal of this dissertation is to understand the heterogeneity of falls in relation to neighborhood environmental features through multifaceted research approaches.

I am glad to meet my great interdisciplinary Committee (Landscape Architecture+Transportation+Architecture+Public Health). Thanks a lot, Drs. Chanam Lee, Wei Li, Susan Rodiek, Marcia G. Ory.

Conference Oral Presentation at APHA 2016

November 02, 2016

This presentation is one of the chapters in my Dissertation, which was presented at 2016 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting & Expo, Aging and Public Health Section in Denver, CO. This paper also received the Winner of Rural and Environment Research Award given by Aging and Public Health Section, American Public Health Association and  published in The Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Poster presentation at ALR 2016

February 01, 2016

This abstract, entitled "Fear of Outdoor Falling among Community-Dwelling Middle-Aged and Older Adults: The Role of Neighborhood Environments” was selected for the Excellence in Safety Research for Active Living Poster Award, which was sponsored by the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation at the Active Living Research (ALR) Conference and was published in The Gerontologist.

Conference Oral Presentation at CELA 2017

May 28, 2017

This presentation was presented at CELA 2017 in Beijing. This study, a part of the Walking School Bus (WSB) study funded by the National Institute of Health grant, is to examine the associations between street conditions/ design and crime incidents around 14 elementary schools with high proportions of low-income and minority students. This study shows that certain variables in the three environmental domains were associated with the likelihood of crimes. Streets with more items associated with neighborhood social disorder (e.g., graffiti, whole or broken bottles) were also associated with high crime rates. ​

Conference Oral Presentation at CELA 2015

March 25, 2015

This presentation was presented at CELA 2015 in Manhattan, KS. This study is to: identify the environmental risk factors of outdoor crime in three different spatial scales (point-location, line-street segment, and polygon-neighborhood); generate hotspots of outdoor crimes; and examine the built environmental risk factors frequently found in those hotspots. The results from this pilot study can help develop evidence-based planning, design, and policy strategies for creating safe neighborhood environments.

Webinar by the American Walks

August 03, 2016

This presentation on “Effective Walking and Walkability Interventions” Webinar (August 3, 2016) was conducted by Dr. Chanam Lee. As a growing number of evidence-based strategies to improve walking and walkability, this presentation highlights the specific strategies of walkability interventions. Sungmin Lee was involved in help conceptual idea and design of presentation slides.