Promoting Physical Activity and Health by Urban Design, November 4, 2003, Harvard School of Public Health

Speakers and Slides

Promoting Physical Activity and Health by Urban Design

Boston Area — Designing the Model City for Health

Harvard School of Public Health and the Harvard Design School
with associated partners including Boston Greenspace Alliance, WalkBoston, Charles River Conservancy, Boston Society of Architects, and the South Bay Harbor Trail.

Funding provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Harvard School of Public Health, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation, and with special thanks to the Federal Reserve Bank.

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November 4th Conference Agenda, Federal Reserve Bank

8:30 Arrival/sign in — posters around room of Rails-to-Trails award winners and 29F parks.

9:00-9:10 Walter Willett and Anne Lusk welcome.

9:10-9:15 Renata von Tscharner Charles River Conservancy, Founder — A view of Boston. Slides (10MB)

9:15-9:30 Walter Willett, M.D., Dr.P.H. Harvard School of Public Health, Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Chair, Department of Nutrition — Introductory Health Issues/research needs. Slides (0.2MB)

9:30-9:45 Howard Frumkin, M.D., Ph.D. Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Professor and Chair of Environmental and Occupational Health — Suburban life and obesity. Slides (18MB)

9:45-10:00 Ted Landsmark, M.E.D, J.D., Ph.D. Boston Architectural Center, President — Minority Issues/research needs.

10:00-10:15 John Pucher, Ph.D. Rutgers University, Professor, Department of Urban Planning — Lessons from the Netherlands and Germany — Teleconference facilitated by Mark Fenton, host of "America's Walking" on PBS. Slides (0.04MB)

10:15-10:30 Anne Lusk, Ph.D. Harvard School of Public Health, Visiting Scientist — Two Conference Outcomes for Consideration. Slides (4MB)

10:30-10:45 coffee break (time allotted provides flexibility)

11:00-11:15 Ichiro Kawachi, M.D., Ph.D. Harvard School of Public Health, Professor of Social Epidemiology, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health and Director of the Harvard Center for Society & Health — Neighborhood Environments and Health. Slides (0.5MB)

11:15-11:30 Alex Krieger, FAIA, Harvard Design School, Professor in Practice of Urban Design and Chairman of the Department of Urban Planning and Design — How planners can respond to design issues.

11:30-11:45 Barbara Ferrer, Ph.D., MPH, Boston Public Health Commission, Deputy Director — Boston STEPS Community Action Plan. Slides (0.1MB)

11:45-12:00 Steve Gortmaker, Ph.D. Harvard School of Public Health, Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health and Director of the Harvard Prevention Research Center — The Physical Environment and Walking to School. Slides (1.2MB)

12:00-1:00 Lunch — Box lunch provided in the New England and Boston rooms — 4th floor

1:00-1:30 Ben Hamilton-Baillie, Loeb Fellow, Architect, Urban Planner — Health, Transport & Humanizing Streets — Teleconference facilitated by Ken Kruckemeyer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Associate at the Center for Transportation and Logistics. Main Conference Room. Slides (18MB)

1:30-1:45 JudyAnn Bigby, M.D. — Brigham & Women's Hospital, Medical Director of Community Health Programs, Office for Women, Family and Community Programs — Realities related to physical activity and strengths of the populations.

1:45-2:00 Explanation about break out groups and time for redistribution into other rooms.

2:00-2:30 Coffee break on the 3rd floor and convene to other floors for discussion.

2:30-3:30 Work groups and discussions:

Urban issues: Sylvia Stevens-Edouard, MS, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Director of Community Relations; Brian Gibbs, Ph.D., Harvard School of Public Health, Instructor in Public Health Practice and Director of the Program to Eliminate Health Disparities in the Division of Public Health Practice; Walter Willett, M.D., Dr.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health, Chair, Department of Nutrition — 4th Floor New England Room
Suburban issues: Jerold Kayden, Lawyer and Planner, Harvard Design School, Associate Professor of Planning; Phil Troped, Ph.D., Harvard School of Public Health Prevention Research Center, Research Associate; Anne Lusk, Ph.D., Harvard School of Public Health, Visiting Scientist — 4th Floor Boston Room
Safe Routes to School: Don Eunson, Planner and Landscape Designer, WalkBoston, Assistant Project Manager — 3rd Floor AV-3
Boston specific greenways (Somerville Trail, South Bay Harbor Trail, Rose Kennedy Greenway): Bryce Nesbitt, Electrical Engineer, Friends of the Community Paths, with assistance from Jennifer Hill, Executive Director, Groundwork Somerville; Mike Tyrrell, Architect and Founding Planner of the South Bay Harbor Trail — Main Conference Room Slides (8MB)
Senior issues: Mark Fenton, MS — University of North Carolina, Physical Activity Program Manager and Host of "America's Walking" series on PBS — 3rd Floor AV-4
Campus travel issues: Ken Kruckemeyer — Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Research Associate and Private Consultant — 3rd Floor AV-1

3:30-4:30 Key Speakers for each group would report out to the whole group. — Main Conference Room

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