Dr. Kelly is an Assistant Professor at Saint Louis University School of Public Health. Dr Kelly’s initial training focused on psychological (BA) and cultural factors (MA) related to healthy behaviors. To enhance her understanding of these factors and the impact they have on health behaviors, while also expanding her capacity to intervene appropriately, she earned a master’s degree in public health from Saint Louis University School of Public Health in St. Louis, Missouri. Her doctoral work built on this initial training by providing her with the opportunity to examine how social, cultural, environmental and political factors also impact health behaviors and how these factors vary across race and class.

Over the last 7 years, Dr. Kelly has been actively engaged in various stages of the research and intervention process, including designing, implementing and evaluating physical activity and nutrition interventions, conducting environmental audits of the physical and social environment, analyzing data using Geographic Information Systems, developing, implementing and analyzing surveys, and organizing a community forum to engage community members and advocacy groups in the process of creating change to improve health.

Education
PhD-Saint Louis University
MPH-Saint Louis University
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Publications

• Promoting physical activity in communities: Approaches for successful evaluation of programs and policies
• Translating research into practice: Using concept mapping to determine locally relevant intervention strategies to increase physical activity
• The association of sidewalk walkability and physical disorder with area-level race and poverty