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Phil Troped

Philip J. Troped

Associate Professor

Education:Ph.D. (2000), Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
S.M. (1994), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
M.S. (1990), Northeastern University, Boston, MA
B.A. (1979), University of Massachusetts, Amherst
 
Office:LAMB 106B
Office Phone:(765) 49-69486
Office Fax:(765) 49-61239
Email:
ptroped@purdue.edu
 
Web Site:MPH Program -- http://www.purdue.edu/hhs/hk/mph
 
Specializations:

Physical Activity and Public Health
evaluation of behavioral interventions; perceived and objective environmental influences on physical activity; measurement of physical activity with accelerometers and GPS devices

 
Courses:HK 445 - Principles of Epidemiology
HK 590W - Physical Activity and Public Health
HK 610 - Research Methods in Health and Kinesiology
HK 621 - Public Health Seminar
HK 676 - Theoretical Foundations of Health Behavior
HK 690 - Physical Activity Assessment and Data Analysis

Academic Appointments:

  • Associate Professor of Public Health, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (2010-present)
  • Assistant Professor of Public Health, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (2006-2010)
  • Research Associate, Department of Society, Human Development and Health and Harvard Prevention Research Center, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA (2001-2006)

Academic Affiliations:

  • Faculty Associate, Center for Aging and the Life Course, Purdue University (2009-present)
  • Member, Oncological Sciences Center, Purdue University (2006-present)

Research Interests:

Dr. Troped’s current research interests include environmental and policy determinants of physical activity, design and evaluation of physical activity interventions, and measurement of physical activity with accelerometers and portable global positioning system (GPS) units. He currently is the Principal Investigator on an NIH-funded study investigating the influence of the built environment on physical activity and obesity among older women living in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and California.

Memberships in Professional Organizations:

  • American College of Sports Medicine
  • Society of Behavioral Medicine
  • Delta Omega Society for Public Health

Recent Publications:

  • Troped PJ, Whitcomb HA, Hutto B, 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.

Journal Activities - Reviewer:

  • American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • International Journal of Obesity
  • Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
  • Journal of Physical Activity and Health
  • Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
  • Pediatric Exercise Science
  • Preventive Medicine

Recent Podium and Poster Presentations:

  • Troped PJ, Laden F, Whitcomb HA, Tamura K. Perceptions of the built environment, walking and BMI in a large cohort of US women. American College of Sports Medicine 56th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA (May 2009; podium presentation) [Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 41(5):48, 2009].
  • Troped PJ, Wilson J, Matthews CE, Cromley EK, Melly SJ. Associations between the built environment and location-based physical activity. Active Living Research 2009 Annual Conference, San Diego, CA (February 2009; podium presentation)
  • Cradock A, Melly S, Fields B, Troped PJ, Gimmler F, Barrett J. Federal transportation policy implementation, economic investment in low resource communities through Safe Routes to School. Active Living Research 2009 Annual Conference, San Diego, CA (February 2009; poster presentation).
  • Whitcomb HA, Tamura K, Milius L, Laden F, Melly S, James P, Puett R, Cromley E, Ben-Joseph E, Troped PJ. Exploratory study of environmental effects on physical activity and overweight in older women: research update. GIS Day, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (November 2008; poster presentation).
  • Troped PJ, Whitcomb HA, Hutto BE, Hooker SP. Reliability of a brief intercept survey for trail use behaviors. American College of Sports Medicine 55th Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN (May 2008; poster presentation) [Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 40(5):S205-S206, 2008].
  • Cradock A, Troped PJ, Fields B, Melly S, Cox L, Lou Y, Goodrich B, Simms S, Gimmler F, Fowler M. An imperative for active living research: understanding the impacts of federal transportation legislation on local pedestrian and bicycle improvements. Active Living Research 2008 Annual Conference, Washington D.C. (April 2008; podium presentation).
  • Eyler A, Brownson RC, Cradock A, Doescher M, Evenson K, Kerr J, Maddock J, Pluto D, Schmid T, Steinman L, Troped PJ, Whitcomb HA. How common is evidence-based state physical education legislation? A content analysis. Active Living Research 2008 Annual Conference, Washington D.C. (April 2008; poster presentation).
  • Troped PJ, DeMano AM, Whitcomb HA, Klenosky DB. Trails and physical activity: a review of the transdisciplinary evidence. Active Living Research 2008 Annual Conference, Washington D.C. (April 2008; poster presentation).
  • Troped PJ. Using accelerometry and wearable GPS units to measure trail users’ physical activity: preliminary findings. GIS Day, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (November 2007; poster presentation).
  • Troped PJ. Using GIS to examine relationships between built environment and physical activity. GIS Day, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (November 2007; podium presentation).
  • Eyler A, Troped PJ, Schmid T, Pluto D, Maddock J, Levinger D, Evenson K, Brownson RC, Carnoske C. Exploring the role of policy in the development of community trails: a multi-site case study. Active Living Research 2007 Annual Conference, Coronado, CA (February 2007; poster presentation).
  • Troped PJ, Eyler A, Brownson RC, Coleman K, Doescher M, Evenson K, Pluto D, Schmid T, Terpstra J. Policy effects on successful walk/bike-to-school initiatives: early findings from a case study. American College of Sports Medicine, 53rd Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (June 2006; podium presentation) [Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 38(5):54, 2006].
  • Troped PJ. Concurrent measurement of free living physical activity with accelerometers and global positioning system units: opportunities to understand the environmental context of activity. American College of Sports Medicine, 53rd Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (June 2006; podium presentation) [Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 38(5):76, 2006].
  • Troped PJ. Development and testing of a methodology to audit walking trail characteristics. American College of Sports Medicine, 52nd Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN (June 2005; podium presentation) [Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 37(5):S51, 2005].
  • Troped PJ. Development and reliability and validity testing of an audit tool for trail/path characteristics: the Path Environment Audit Tool (PEAT). Active Living Research 2005 Annual Conference, Coronado, CA (February 2005; podium presentation).

Recent Research Grants:

  • 2007-2010 Exploratory Study of Environmental Effects on Activity/Overweight in Older Women, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute Role: Principal Investigator
  • 2007-2009 An Integrative Examination of Psychosocial and Environmental Predictors of Youth Physical Activity, Kinley Trust Grant Competition, Purdue University Role: Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. Alan Smith)
  • 2007-2009 Special Interest Project 10, Massachusetts-Maine Policy Research Network Participating Center, Harvard University and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Role: Principal Investigator, Purdue subcontract
  • 2007 Predicting Physical Activity Mode from Accelerometer and GPS Data, Purdue University, College of Liberal Arts, Research Incentive Grant Role: Principal Investigator
  • 2006-2007 Special Interest Project 5-2004, Massachusetts-Maine Policy Research Network Participating Center, Harvard University and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Role: Principal Investigator, Purdue subcontract
  • 2006 Contribution of Trails to Adults’ Physical Activity - Supplemental Funding for Data Analysis, U.S. Forest Service. Role: Principal Investigator
  • 2004-2006 Contribution of Trails to Adults’ Physical Activity, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Active Living Research Program, Role: Principal Investigator
  • 2004-2006 Special Interest Project 5-2004, Massachusetts-Maine Policy Research Network Participating Center, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Role: Principal Investigator
  • 2003-2005, Developing and Evaluating Objective Measures of Outdoor Recreational Areas, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Active Living Research Program, Role: Principal Investigator

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