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Daniel Fuller, Ph.D.
Canada Research Chair in Population Physical Activity
Assistant Professor
School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
Physical Education Building PE 2024 Memorial
University of Newfoundland St. John’s, NL
A1C 5S7
Tel: (709) 864-7270
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.walkabilly.ca/

Research Overview

My research involves using mobile health technologies including smartphones and wearable devices to understand and increase physical activity at the population level. This work is focused on understanding how the urban environment influences our physical activity and transportation decisions. The interdisciplinary nature of my work means that I published in a variety of venues including public health, transportation, and computer science journals. I believe my work is innovative because I collaborate and publish novel work with colleagues for many disciplines.

I have published 45 peer reviewed academic papers since 2016 and currently have 13 papers submitted and under review. I have received funding for two major research projects; the INTErventions, Research, and Action in Cities Team (Co-PI) a $2M CIHR Team Grant in 2016 and an additional $1M of funding through CIHR for the period 2020-2026 for which I am the nominated principal applicant. I am also funded through the Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (Co-I and team lead) a $5M CIHR Consortium, where the funding ended in 2020. Along with that funding my Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) was renewed in July 2020 for an additional 5 year term. Finally, I also have funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation John Edwards Leaders Fund. The value of my CRC award including the renewal is $1.5M.

I have published in major journals in my field including the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (IF = 3.3), the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (IF = 6.9), and the British Journal of Sports Medicine (IF = 12.0). I have also published in well respected computer science and transportation journals including ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems (IF = 2.3) and Transportation Research Record (IF = 1.1).

My vision is

A physically active Canadian population

My mission is

To conduct research that will help design urban and rural environments that equitably increase physical activity for the entire population

Research Program

My research program began in the field of healthy cities, with my PhD focused on evaluating the impacts of a public bicycle share program on cycling, crashes, and mobility. My research continues to focus on healthy cities and evaluating the impact of different built environment and urban policy changes on health. However, my field has also begun to collect Global Positionning System (GPS) and accelerometer data on a large scale. As a result, I have taken what I call a methodological detour with my research. This detour is focused on the scale up of physical activity and mobility measurement using multiple devices including commercial wearables and GPS. As a result of this work, I have collaborated with computer science and geography researchers, in order to develop new methods to understanding wearable device and GPS data.

Healthy Cities

My healthy cities research is focused on evaluating the impact of natural experiments, where the researcher does not control the implementation or the distribution of participants to intervention groups. I have published a number of studies using state of the art methods in this field. Most recently, I have published about the impact of bicycle share programs on crashes in 8 North American cities and on the effect of a public transit strike on cycling in Philadelphia. See example publications below.

  • Brandon Calles M, Hosford K, Winters M, Gauvin L, Fuller D. The impact of implementing public bicycle share programs on bicycle crashes: the International Bikeshare Impacts on Cycling and Collisions Study (IBICCS). Transport Findings. 1020. September. https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.16724
  • Fuller, D., Luan, H., Buote, R., Auchincloss, A. H. Impact of a public transit strike on public bicycle share use: An interrupted time series natural experiment study. Journal of Transportation and Health. 2019;13:137-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2019.03.018

Commercial Wearable Devices

My commercial wearable device research is focused in two broad areas. First, in understanding the reliability and validity of commercial wearable devices and developing new methods for predicting physical activity types from multiple commercial wearables. Second, my work is focused on developing methodological tools to simply other researchers working with these types of data. This work is done using the R Statistical Programming Language https://cran.r-project.org/. See example publications below.

  • Fuller, D., Colwell, E., Low, J., Orychock, K., Tobin, M., Simango, B., Buote, R., van Heerden, D., Slade, L., Luan, H., Taylor, G. A. N., Cullen, K. Systematic Review of the Reliability and Validity of Commercially Available Wearable Devices for Measuring Steps, Energy Expenditure, and Heart Rate. JMIR MHealth. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2020;8(9):e18694. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/18694
  • KhataeiPour S, Brondeel R, Rahimipour Anaraki J, Fuller D. activityCounts: Generate ActiLife Counts. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/activityCounts/index.html

Global Positionning System Methods

My research using global positioning systems is focus on developing new metrics for understanding human behaviour and mobility from GPS data. These data are highly complex and I have been working with different collaborators to try and understanding how these data can be used to predict the transportation mode a person is using and more generally to understanding how movement patterns can be used to predict social group membership or even the city where you live. See example publications below.

  • Roy A, Fuller D, Stanley K, Nelson T. Global Positioning Systems and accelerometer data: A machine learning approach. Transport Findings. September. https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.14520
  • Zhang R, Stanley K, Fuller D, Bell S. Differentiating Population Spatial Behavior using Representative Features of Geospatial Mobility (ReFGeM). Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems. 2020:6(1). https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3362063

Research Leadership

The BEAP (Built Environment and Active Populations) Lab is a multidisciplinary lab that is focused on achieving our vision and mission. The lab is home to students with training in kinesiology, public health, computer science, and anthropology. We have developed detail documentation and introduction to the Lab (https://github.com/walkabillylab/labguide/blob/master/Guide.md).

The lab has produced a number of different publicly available products in the R Statistical Programming Language. These include functions that will extract the time zone from global positioning system data (https://github.com/walkabillylab/LocationToTimezone), and implementation of the Sedentary Sphere algorithm (https://github.com/walkabillylab/SedentarySphere).

The lab has also developed an iOS app titled PASS (Physical Activity, Sleep, Sedentary Behaviour) Mobile. The app collects data from FitBit and Apple Watch. We are planning further developments of the app to include Garmin and Samsung wearable devices. The app is not publicly available on the app store but I plan to release the app in the 2020-2021 academic year.

Speakers Invited to Memorial University

  1. Dr. Amy Auchincloss, Professor, School of Public Health, Drexel University. October 20th - November 3rd, 2016.
  2. Dr. Kevin Stanley, Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan. September 26, 2016.
  3. Dr. Steven Hoffman, CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health, York University. October 17-18, 2016.

National Leadership

I am currently the Neighbourhoods Factors Team co-lead with Dr. Michael Widener, Unviersity of Toronto, of the Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (CANUE). CANUE is a $5 Million grant funded by the CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health with the vision to:

  • Increase scientific understanding of the interactions among the physical features of the urban environment and health. This understanding will lead to cost-effective actions that promote healthy childhood development and aging, reduce the burden of chronic disease, and minimize the impact of changing environments.

Workshops

I hosted 2 workshops in 2017-2018.

  1. "The Future of Walkability Measurement in Canada" workshop on attended by 18 researchers from across Canada. November 16 and 17, 2017.
  2. "Itinerum Smartphone App" workshop with Dr. Zachary Patterson from Concordia University. Approximately 20 students attended. October 20th 2017.

Publications

I published 45 peer reviewer scientific articles in since 2016. I also have 13 publications currently under review.

Authorship norms for my discipline are as follows. First author typically conceptualized the study did the majority of the data analysis and writing. In the case of students (identified in italics here) the supervisor is the last author.

Published and in Press Peer Reviewed Papers

In Press

None

Published

  1. Wasfi R, Poirier Stephens Z, Sones M, Laberee K, Gough M, Pugh C, Fuller D, Winters M, Kestens Y. Recruiting Participants for Population Health Intervention Research: Effectiveness and Costs of Recruitment Methods for the INTErventions, Research, and Action in Cities Team (INTERACT) study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/21142
  2. Diaz F, Abbasi J, Fuller D, Diab E. Canadian Transit Agencies Response to COVID-19: Understanding Strategies, Information Accessibility and the Use of Social Media. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. 2021: 12, 100465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2021.100465.
  3. Fuller D, Bell S, Firth C L, Muhajarine N, Nelson T, Stanley K S, Sones M, Smith J, Thierry B, Laberee K, Poirier Stephens Z, Philips K, Kestens Y, Winters M. Wave 1 results of the INTerventions, Research, and Action in Cities Team (INTERACT) cohort study: Examining the spatio-temporal measures for urban environments and health. Health & Place. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102646
  4. Fuller D, Rahimipour Anaraki J, Simango B, Dorani F, Bozorgi F, Luan D, Basset F. 2021. Predicting lying, sitting, walking, and running using Apple Watch and Fitbit data. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. 2021;7:e001004. doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2020-001004.
  5. Sones M, Firth CL, Fuller D, Holden M, Kestens Y, Winters M. Situating social connectedness in healthy cities: A conceptual primer for research and policy. Cities and Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2021.1926657
  6. Brondeel, R., Kestens, Y., Rahimipour Anaraki, J., Stanley, K., Thierry, B., Fuller, D. Converting raw accelerometer data to activity counts using open source code in MATLAB, Python, and R – a comparison to ActiLife activity counts. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour. 2021;(4)3, 205–211. https://doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2019-0063
  7. Alhassan J A K, Gauvin L, Muhajarine N, Fuller D. Improving health through multisectoral collaboration: enablers and barriers. Canadian Journal of Public Health. doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00534-3
  8. Firth, C.L., Thierry, B., Fuller, D., Winters, M., Kestens, Y. Gentrification, Urban Interventions, and Equity (GENUINE): a map-based gentrification tool for Canadian Metropolitan Areas. 2021. Health Reports. https://www.doi.org/10.25318/82-003-x202100500002-eng
  9. Lotoski L, Fuller D, Stanley K, Rainham D, Muhajarine N.The effect of season and neighbourhood built environment on GPS-derived home area sedentary behaviour in 9-14 year old children. 2021. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021, 18(4), 1968 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041968.
  10. Whitehurst, D., DeVries, D., Fuller, D., Winters, M. An economic analysis of health-related benefits of bicycle infrastructure investment in three Canadian cities. 2021. PLOS One. 2021, 16(2): e0246419. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246419
  11. Firth CL, Poirier Stephens Z, Cantinotti, M, Fuller D, Kestens Y, Winters M. Successes and failures of built environment interventions: using concept mapping to assess stakeholder perspectives in four Canadian cities. Social Science and Medicine. 2021;268:113383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113383
  12. Bree. S., Fuller. D., Diab, E. Access to Transit? Validating Local Transit Accessibility Measures Using Transit Ridership. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 2020;141:430-442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2020.09.019
  13. Hosford, K. Laberee, K. Fuller, D. Kestens, Y. Winters, M. Are They Really Interested but Concerned? A Mixed Methods Exploration of the Geller Bicyclist Typology. Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour. 2020;75:26-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2020.09.018
  14. Fuller, D., Colwell, E., Low, J., Orychock, K., Tobin, M., Simango, B., Buote, R., van Heerden, D., Slade, L., Luan, H., Taylor, G. A. N., Cullen, K. Systematic Review of the Reliability and Validity of Commercially Available Wearable Devices for Measuring Steps, Energy Expenditure, and Heart Rate. JMIR MHealth. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2020;8(9):e18694. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/18694
  15. Brandon Calles M, Hosford K, Winters M, Gauvin L, Fuller D. The impact of implementing public bicycle share programs on bicycle crashes: the International Bikeshare Impacts on Cycling and Collisions Study (IBICCS). Transport Findings. 2020. September. https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.16724
  16. Roy A, Fuller D, Stanley K, Nelson T. Classifying Transportation Mode from Global Positioning Systems and accelerometer data: A machine learning approach. Transport Findings. 2020. September. https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.14520
  17. Nelson, T., Ferster, C., Laberee, K. Fuller, D., Winters, M. Crowdsourced data for bicycling research and practice. Transport Reviews. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2020.1806943
  18. Firth CL, Fuller D, Wasfi R, Kestens Y, Winters M. Causally speaking: challenges in measuring gentrification for population health research. Health & Place. 2020. 63, 102350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102350
  19. Auchincloss, A., Michael, Y., Fuller, D., Li, S., Niamatullah, S., Fillmore, C., Setubal, C., Bettigole, C. Designing bikeshare to promote equity: baseline analysis of the Drexel Neighborhood Transportation Study (DNTS) cohort. Journal of Transportation and Health. 2020, 16, 100836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2020.100836
  20. Zhang R, Stanley K, Fuller D, Bell S. Differentiating Population Spatial Behavior using Representative Features of Geospatial Mobility (ReFGeM). Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems. 2020:6(1). https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3362063
  21. Hosford, K., Winters, M., Gauvin, L., Camden, A., Dube, A-S., Friedman, S. M., Fuller, D.. Evaluating the impact of implementing public bicycle share programs on cycling: The International Bikeshare Impacts on Cycling and Collisions Study (IBICCS). International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2019:16, 107. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-019-0871-9
  22. Hosford, K., Winters, M., Fuller, D.. Commentary on: Burn Calories, Not Fuel! The effects of bikeshare programs on obesity rates. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 2019:75, 121-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2019.08.028
  23. Fuller, D., Stanley, K. G. The future of activity space and health research. Journal of Health and Place. 2019:58, 102131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.05.009
  24. Thigpen, C. Winters, M. Fuller, D. Gauvin, L. Therrien, Nelson, T. Who is ready to bicycle?: Categorizing and mapping bicyclists with behavior change theory. Transport Policy. 2019:83, 11-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2019.07.011
  25. Engler-Stringer, R. Fuller, D. Abeykoon, A.M. H. Olauson, C. Muhajarine, N. Perspectives on the Failure of New Grocery Store Interventions in Former Food Deserts. Health Education and Behaviour. 2019, 45(5). https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198119853009
  26. Breslin, S., Shareck, M., Fuller, D. Research ethics for mobile sensing device use by vulnerable populations. Social Science and Medicine. 2019;232:50-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.04.035
  27. Fuller, D., Luan, H., Buote, R., Auchincloss, A. H. Impact of a public transit strike on public bicycle share use: An interrupted time series natural experiment study. Journal of Transportation and Health. 2019;13:137-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2019.03.018
  28. Luan, H., Ramsay, D., Fuller, D. Household income, active travel, and their interacting impact on body mass index in a sample of urban Canadians: A Bayesian spatial analysis. International Journal of Health Geographics. 2019;18(4). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-019-0168-x
  29. Branion-Calles M, Nelson T, Fuller D, Gauvin L, Winters M. Associations between spatial access to bicycle-specific infrastructure, sociodemographic characteristics, and city-wide safety perceptions of bicycling: a cross-sectional survey of bicyclists in 6 Canadian and U.S. cities. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 2019, 123: 229-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2018.10.024
  30. Kestens Y, Winters M, Fuller D, Bell S, Berscheid J, Brondeel R, Cantinotti M, Datta G, Gauvin L, Gough M, Laberee K, Lewis P, Lord S, Luan H, McKay H, Morency C, Muhajarine N, Nelson T, Ottoni C, Poirier Stephens Z, Pugh C, Rancourt G, Shareck M, Sims-Gould J, Sones M, Stanley K, Thierry B, Thigpen C, Wasfi R. INTERACT: A comprehensive approach to assess urban form interventions through natural experiments. BMC Public Health. 2019;19(1):51. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6339-z
  31. Fuller D, Neudorf J, Lockhart S, Plante C, Roberts H, Bandara T, Neudorf C. Individual- and area-level socioeconomic inequalities in diabetes mellitus in Saskatchewan between 2007 and 2012: a cross-sectional analysis. Canadian Medical Association Journal Open. 2019;7(1):E33-E39. https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20180042
  32. Hosford, K., Lear, S A., Fuller, D., Teschke, Therrien, S., Winters. Who is in the near market for bicycle sharing? Identifying current, potential, and unlikely users of a public bicycle share program in Vancouver, Canada. BMC Public Health. 2018, 18: 1326. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6246-3
  33. Winters M, Fischer J, Fuller D, Gauvin L, Whitehurst DGT, Nelson T. Equity In Spatial Access To Bicycling Infrastructure In Mid-Sized Canadian Cities. Transportation Research Board. 2018, 2672:36. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118791630
  34. Hosford, K., Fuller, D., Lear, S A., Teschke, K., Gauvin, L., Brauer, M., Winters. Evaluation of the impact of a public bicycle share program on population bicycling in Vancouver, BC. Preventive Medicine Reports. 2018, 12:176-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2018.09.014
  35. Winters M, Branion-Calles M, Therrien S, Fuller D, Gauvin L, Whitehurst DGT, & Nelson T. Impacts of Bicycle Infrastructure in Mid-Sized Cities (IBIMS): protocol for a natural experiment study in three Canadian cities. BMJ Open 2018;8:e019130. https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019130
  36. Alphonsus, K., Waldner, C., Fuller D. Examining the Association between Area Level Deprivation and Vehicle Collisions. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2018, 109:43–51. https://dx.doi.org/10.17269/s41997-018-0036-7
  37. Brook JR, Setton EM, Seed E, Shooshtari M, Doiron D, and the CANUE – The Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium. The Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium – a protocol for building a national environmental exposure data platform for integrated analyses of urban form and health. BMC Public Health. 2018, 18:114. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-5001-5
  38. Sones M, Fuller D, Kestens Y, Winters M. If we built it, who will come? The case for attention to equity in healthy community design. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2018, 53(8). http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2018-099667
  39. Pabayo, R., Fuller, D., Lee, E.Y., Horino, M., Kawachi, I. State-level income inequality and meeting physical activity guidelines; differential associations among US men and women, Journal of Public Health. 2018, 2:229–236. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdx082
  40. Fuller D., Winters M. Income inequalities in Bike Score and bicycle to work mode share in Canadian cities. Journal of Transportation and Health. 2017, 7(B): 264-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2017.09.005
  41. Fuller D., Shareck M, Stanley C. Ethical implications of tracking participants for health research studies with mobile sensing devices. Social Science and Medicine. 2017, 191, 84-88 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.08.043
  42. Fuller, D., Buote, R., Stanley, K. A Glossary for Big Data in Population and Public Health: Discussion and Commentary on Terminology and Research Methods. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2017, 71:1113-1117. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-209608
  43. Hasselback, J., Schwandt, M., Fuller, D. Choosing Tools for Building Health Spaces: A Global Overview. Cities and Health. 2017, 1: 31-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2017.1309091
  44. McGowan, E., Fuller, D., Cutumisu, N., North, S., & Courneya, K. Examining Whether Built Environment Factors are Effect Modifiers in a Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase Physical Activity among Men with Prostate Cancer: The PROMOTE Trial. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2017, 25(10), 2993–2996. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-017-3798-1
  45. Pabayo, R., Fuller, D., Goldstein, R.B., Kawachi, I., Gilman, S.E. Income inequality among American states and the conditional risk of post-traumatic stress disorder. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2017, 52: 1195. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-017-1413-x
  46. Fuller, D., Engler-Stringer, R., Muhajarine, N. Retail food environments research: Promising future with more work to be done. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2016, 107(0): 5622. http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/cjph.107.5622
  47. Sullivan, E., Fuller, D., Paterson, Q. S., Huffman, S., Challa, S., Woods, R. Emergency Physicians as human billboards for injury prevention: A randomized controlled trial. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2016, 19(4):277-284. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cem.2016.366
  48. Winters, M., Teschke, K., Brauer, M., Fuller, D. Bike Score®: Associations between urban bikeability and cycling behavior in 24 cities. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2016, 13:18 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-016-0339-0
  49. Fuller, D., Neudorf, J., Bermedo-Carrasco, S., Neudorf, C. Classifying the population by socio-economic factors associated with support for policies to reduce social inequalities in health. Journal of Public Health. 2016, 38(4), 635-643. http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdv201
  50. Fuller, D., Engler-Stringer, R., Muhajarine, N. Examining food purchasing patterns from sales data at a full-service grocery store intervention in a former food desert. Preventive Medicine Reports. 2015, 2:164-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.02.012
  51. Neudorf, C., Fuller, D., Cushon, J., Glew, R., Turner, H., Ugolini, C. An analytic approach for describing, prioritizing and acting on health inequities at the local level in Canada. CMAJ Open. 2015, 3(4): E366-E372. http://www.dx.doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20150049
  52. Muhajarine, N., Katapally, T R., Fuller, D., Stanley, K., Rainham, D. Longitudinal active living research to address obesity in children in transition from preadolescence to adolescence. BMC Public Health. 2015, 15:495 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1822-2
  53. Therrien, S., Winters, M., Teschke, K., Fuller, D., Gauvin, L., Brauer, M. Investigation population-level readiness to use a public bike share systems in Vancouver, BC. Transportation Research Record. 2014, (2468):74-83. http://docs.trb.org/prp/14-3524.pdf
  54. Fuller, D., Shareck, M. Canada Post community mailboxes: Implications for health research. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2014, 105(6):e453-e455. http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/cjph.105.4721
  55. Fuller, D., Pabayo, R. The relationship between utilitarian walking, utilitarian cycling, and body mass index in a population based cohort study of adults: Comparing random intercepts and fixed effects models. Preventive Medicine. 2014, 69:261-266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.10.022
  56. Fuller, D., Gauvin, L., Dube, A-S., Winters, M., Teschke, K., Russo, E. T., Camden, A., Mee, C., Friedman, S. M. Evaluating the impact of environmental interventions across 2 countries: The International Bikeshare Impacts on Cycling and Collisions Study (IBICCS) Study protocol. BMC Public Health. 2014, 14:1103. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1103
  57. Belanger-Gravel, A., Fuller, D., Gauvin, L., Drouin, L. Implementing a Public Bicycle Share Program: Impact on Perceptions and Support for Public Policies for Active Transportation. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2014, 12(4), 477-482. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2013-0206
  58. Belanger-Gravel, A., Fuller, D., Gauvin, L., Drouin, L. Association of implementation of a public bicycle share program with intention and self-efficacy: The moderating role of socioeconomic status. Journal of Health Psychology. 2014, 21(6):944-53. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105314542820
  59. Fuller, D., Gauvin, L., Kestens, Y., Morency, P., & Drouin, L. Impact of implementing a public bicycle share program on the likelihood of collisions and quasi-collisions in Montreal, Canada. Preventive Medicine. 2013, 57(6):920–924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.05.028
  60. Fuller, D., Morency, P. Could a population approach to traffic collisions influence road injury prevention and city planning? Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2013, 3:1-5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/916460
  61. Fuller, D., Gauvin, L., Kestens, Y., Morency, P., Daniel, M., & Drouin, L. The potential modal shift and health benefits of implementing a public bicycle share program in Montreal, Canada. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2013, 10:66. https://doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-10-66
  62. Fuller, D. Focus on methods key for advancing population health intervention research. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2013, 104(1) e95. http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/cjph.104.3799
  63. Fuller, D., Gauvin, L., Kestens, Y., Morency, P., Daniel, M., & Drouin, L. Impact evaluation of a public bicycle share program on cycling: A case example of BIXI in Montreal, Canada. American Journal of Public Health. 2013, 103(3):e85-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2012.300917
  64. Fuller, D., Gauvin, L., Kestens, Y., Morency, P., & Drouin, L. Individual- and Area-Level Disparities in Access to the Road Network, Subway System, and a Public Bicycle Share Program on the Island of Montreal, Canada. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2013, 45(1), 95-100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12160-012-9433-y
  65. Fuller, D., Cummins, S., Matthews S. A. Does transportation mode modify associations between distance to food store, fruit and vegetable consumption and BMI in low income neighborhoods? American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2013, 97(1), 167-72. http://dx.doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.112.036392
  66. Fuller, D., Teschke, K., Winters, M., Zanotto, M. (2012) Helmets and bicycling deaths: the importance of context. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.120988
  67. Fuller, D., Gyurcsik, N.C., Spink, K.S., Brawley, L.R. Prospective examination of self-regulatory efficacy in predicting walking for active transportation: A social cognitive theory approach. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 2012, 42 (12), 2817-2932. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00968.x
  68. Fuller, D., Potvin, L. Context by treatment interactions as the primary object of study in cluster randomized controlled trials of population health intervention. International Journal of Public Health. 2012, 57(3), 633-636. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-012-0357-x
  69. Fuller, D., Gauvin, L., Fournier, M., Kestens, Y., Daniel, M., Morency, P., & Drouin, L. Reliability and Validity of a Self-Report Measure of Favorability towards Active Living-Friendly Policies (ALF-P) in a Population-based, Cross-sectional Sample of Adults. Journal of Urban Health. 2012, 89(2), 258-269. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11524-011-9650-x
  70. Fuller, D., Sahlqvist, S., Cummins, S., Ogilvie, D. The impact of public transportation strikes on use of a bicycle share program in London: interrupted time series design. Preventive Medicine. 2012, 54, 74–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.09.021
  71. Fuller, D., Gauvin, L., Kestens, Y., Daniel, M., Fournier, M., Morency, P., & Drouin, L. Use of a New Public Bicycle Share Program in Montreal, Canada. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2011, 41(1), 80–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2011.03.002
  72. Fuller, D., Sabiston, C., Karp, I., Barnett, T., O’Loughlin, J. School sport opportunities influence physical activity in secondary school and beyond. Journal of School Health, 2011, 81(8), 449-454. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1561.2011.00613.x
  73. Fuller, D., Hobin, E. P., Hystad, P. & Shareck, M. (Joint Authorship). Challenges to interdisciplinary training for junior space, place and health researchers. Critical Public Health. 2011, 22(1), 1-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2010.520010
  74. Meili, R., Fuller, D., & Lydiate, J. Teaching Social Accountability by Making the Links: Qualitative evaluation of student experiences in a service-learning project. Medical Teacher. 2011, 33(8), 659-666. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2010.530308
  75. Fuller, D., Muhajarine, N., and Smart Cities, Healthy Kids Research Team. Replication of the Neighborhood Active Living Potential Measure in Saskatoon, Canada. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2010, 39(4), 364-367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2010.05.015
  76. Gyurcsik, N.C., Brawley, L.R., Spink, K.S., Brittain, D.R., Fuller, D., & Chad, K. Physical activity in women with arthritis: Examining perceived barriers and self-regulatory efficacy to cope. Arthritis Care and Research. 2009, 61(8), 1087-1094. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.24697
  77. Forbes, S., Fuller, D., Little, J.P., Krentz, J. Anthropometric and physiological predictors of flat-water 1000m kayak performance in young adolescents and the effectiveness of a high volume training camp. International Journal of Exercise Science. 2008, 2, 106-114. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ijes/vol2/iss2/4/
  78. Forbes, D. A., Bangma, J., Neilson, C., Forbes, J., Fuller, D., & Furniss, S. Saskatchewan residents’ access to the Cochrane Library. Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research. 2007, 2(2).

Published Conference Papers

  1. Alfosool, A.M.S., Chen, Y., Fuller, D. Road Importance Using Complex-Networks, Graph Reduction & Interpolation. 2020 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC). Hawaii, USA. February 2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICNC47757.2020.9049768
  2. Zhang R, Stanley K, Bell S, Fuller D. A Feature Set for Spatial Behavior Characterization. SIG Spatial 2018: Proceedings of the 26th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems. Seattle, USA. November 2018. https://doi.org/10.1145/3274895.3274973.

Submitted Publications Under Review

  1. Afosool A, Fuller D, Chen Y. ALF-Score - A novel approach to build a predictive network-based walkability scoring system. PLOS One.
  2. Afosool A, Fuller D, Chen Y. ALF-Score+ - Personalization of a Predictive Network-Based Walkability Scoring System. Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems.
  3. Khataeipour S, Rahimipour Anaraki J, Bozorgi A, Rayner M, Basset F, Fuller D. Predicting Movement Types Using Smartphone Accelerometers at Three Different Wear Locations; Hands, Pants Pocket, Backpack. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise.
  4. Angarita-Fonseca A, Trask C, Pahwa P, Fuller D, Bath B. Physical activity and chronic back disorders: A repeated measures analysis of a 16-year prospective cohort study. Preventive Medicine. Preventive Medicine..
  5. Angarita-Fonseca A, Trask C, Pahwa P, Herman H, Fuller D, Bath B. Is meeting Canadian physical activity guidelines associated with Chronic Back Disorders? A comparison between self-reported and accelerometer-measured physical activity. Spine.
  6. Anstruther S, Valle de Trejo M, Engler-Stringer R, Fuller D, Leis A, Feng C, Vatanparast H. Parental Influence in Healthy Eating Interventions for Preschool Aged Children: An Umbrella Review. Advances in Nutrition.
  7. Luan H, Fuller D. Urban form in Canada at a small-area level: quantifying “compactness” and “sprawl” with Bayesian multivariate spatial factor analysis. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems.
  8. Firth C, Laberee K, Fuller D, Kestens Y, Winters M. Well-being glossary for healthy cities research. Landscape and Urban Planning.
  9. Slaney J, Fuller D, Apparicio P, Gelb J. Examining the Relationship Between Ventilation and Exercise Intensity During a Field Study in Seven Major Cities. Submitted. Journal of Transport and Health.
  10. Fuller D, Tobin M, Orychock K, Ross N, Hajna S, DeVries M, Villeneuve P J, Frank L D, McCormack G, Wasfi R, Steinmetz-Wood M, Gilliland J, Booth GL, Winters M, Kestens Y, Manaugh K, Rainham D, Gauvin L, Widener M J, Muhajarine N, Luan H. Active Living Environments: Re-Framing and Defining the Concept of Walkability. BMC Public Health.
  11. Parenteau, N., Fuller, D., Najjar, M., Poirier Stephens, Z., Rancourt, G., Winters, M., Kestens, Y. Do travel modes contribute to well-being? A cross-sectional analysis considering enjoyment, gender, and education. Journal of Transport and Health.
  12. Bird, M. Barnett, T.A. Mathieu, M-E. Fuller, D. Geetanjali D D. Multidimensional School Features Associated with Physical Activity among Youth at Risk of Obesity: An Exploratory Principal Component and Generalized Estimating Equation Analysis. Health and Place.
  13. Roy A, Fuller D, Kendron P, Nelson T. Assessing the role of geographic context in transportation mode detection from GPS data. Journal of Transport Geography.

Letters to the Editor

  1. Paulsen, P., Fuller, D. Scrolling for data or doom during COVID-19?. Can J Public Health. 2020. 111, 490–491. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-020-00376-5
  2. Fuller, D., Potvin, L. Social media and the Canadian Journal of Public Health. Can J Public Health. 2020. 111, 149–150. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-020-00301-w

Books or Book Chapters

  1. Benmarhnia, T., Fuller, D., McKinnon, B. (2018). Utilisation de methodes quasi experimentales pour evaluer l’effet de l’age egal minimum pour la consommation d'alcool sur la mortalite accidentelle chez les jeunes in Ridde, V., Dagenais, C. Eds.). 2015. Methodes avancees d’evaluation d’interventions de sante mondiale. Code here: https://github.com/walkabilly/methode_evaluation
  2. Fuller, D., Hobin, E. Natural Experiments of Addressing Chronic Disease in Harrington, D. McLafferty, S. Elliott., J. (Eds.). 2016. Population Health Intervention Research: Geographical Perspective. Ashgate Books. 15 pages.

Invited and Conference Presentations

Since 2016 I have presented 14 invited presentations to various audiences, primarily stakeholders with an interest in urban environments and health but also academic audiences. I have presented or supervised 25 student presentations and posters at peer reviewed conference since 2016.

Invited Presentations

  1. Friday December 4, 2020: Fuller D. The Health Costs and Benefits of Urban Planning. Atlantic Planners Institute.
  2. Wednesday February 19, 2020: Fuller D. Emergency Panel on Pedestrian Safety in St. John's. Green New Drinks organized by the St. John's Social Justice Cooperative.
  3. Friday Novemmber 15, 2019: Fuller D. Canada Research Chair Panel on Health and Wellbeing. Memorial Univeristy of Newfoundland.
  4. February 7-8, 2019: Fuller D. Methods development for cycling research in Canada. NSERC Workshop: Cycling Research Collaboration with Industry in Canadian Context. Calgary, Alberta.
  5. Friday October 26, 2018: Fuller D. Wearable Devices, Physical Activity, Machine Learning, and Automated Detection of Urban Environments. Urban Sustainability and Population Health: Turning Data into Insights. McGill University.
  6. February 8, 2018: Fuller D. Urban planning interventions to promote physical activity. Joint annual meeting of the Quebec Society of lipidology, nutrition and metabolism (SQLNM), the Cardiometabolic, Diabetes and Obesity network (CMDO) and the Complications of Obesity at Laval and Sherbrooke Universities (COLosSUS).
  7. December 10, 2018. Fuller D. Urban Design for Healthy and Inclusive Cities. Knowledge Exchange on Universal Design and Social Procurement. Coalition of Persons with Disabilities Newfoundland and Labrador
  8. May 10, 2018: Fuller D. Designing Health Cities Using Data and Policy. HKR Speaker Series, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
  9. November 30, 2017: Kestens Y, Fuller D, Winters M. INTERACT: Interventions, Research and Action in Cities Team. CIHR-IPPH Healthy Cities Think Tank, Toronto, ON.
  10. November 29, 2017: Fuller D. The Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (CANUE). Urban Public Health Network Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON
  11. November 21, 2017: Fuller, D. Family Medicine: A Population Approach with Health. Residency Research Day, Memorial Family Medicine. Memorial University.
  12. September 28, 2017: Winters, M, Fuller, D. Impacts of bicycle infrastructure in mid-sized cities study: Halifax Baseline results. Presentation and meeting with local cycling advocates. Halifax Regional Municipality Transportation Standing Committee.
  13. September 28, 2017: Winters, M, Fuller, D. Impacts of bicycle infrastructure in mid-sized cities study: Halifax Baseline results. Presentation and meeting with local cycling advocates. Representatives from the from the Halifax Cycling Coalition, Nova Social Cycles, Halifax Ecology Action Center, and Halifax Regional Health Authority.
  14. September 25, 2017: Fuller, D. Cycling in Canadian Communities: From Planning to Implementation. Invited oral presentation at the Transportation Association of Canada 2017 Fall Technical Meetings. St. John’s, Newfoundland
  15. October 17, 2016: Fuller, D. Urban Environments and Health. Invited oral presentation at the Nexus Centre Urban Panel. St. John’s, Newfoundland

Peer Reviewed Conference Presentations

  1. 2020 October: Maher, R.A., Wadden, K., Twells, L., Basset, F., Murphy, S., Murphy, F., Fuller, D., McGowan, E. Exercise Interventions and Fertility Outcomes for Women Experiencing Obesity and Infertility: A Narrative Review. 7th Canadian Obesity Summit. Online.
  2. 2020 August: Basset, R. Kelly, L. Behnamfar, D. Fuller, D. Self-chosen pace displays a better walking economy when expressed in caloric unit cost. Integrative Physiology of Exercise. American Physiological Association.
  3. 2020 August: Diaz F, Abbassi J, Fuller D, Diab E. Canadian Transit Agencies Response to COVID-19: Understanding Strategies, Information Accessibility and the Use of Social Media. Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting.
  4. 2020 April: Fuller D, Luan H, Alfosool A, Chen Y. Time weighted approaches for combining GPS and area level data to create individual exposure measures. American Association of Geographers. (Cancelled due to COVID-19).
  5. 2020 February: Hosford K, Laberee K, Fuller D, Kestens Y, Winters M. Are They Really Interested but Concerned? A Mixed Methods Exploration of the Geller Bicyclist Typology. Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting.
  6. 2020 February: Bree S, Fuller D, Diab E. Access to Transit? Validating Local Transit Accessibility Measures Using Transit Ridership. Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting.
  7. 2019 June: Breslin, S., Shareck, M., Fuller, D. Research ethics for mobile sensing device use by vulnerable populations. At the Intersection of Culture and Method: Designing Feminist Action (DIS 2019).
  8. 2019 April: Fuller, D., Zhang, R., Bell, S., Stanely, K. Representative Features of Geospatial Mobility. American Association of Geographers Conference. Washington, DC.
  9. 2018 October: Nolan, R., Burton, M., Fuller, D.. Smart Cities Challenge: Building a Healthy and Happy City through Collaboration. People, Place, Public Engagement Conference, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
  10. 2018 October: Fuller, D., Luan, H., Dorani, F., Rahimipour Anaraki, J., Beheshti Mohtasham, M. Predicting sleep, sedentary behaviour, and physical activity from commercially available wearable devices using Rotation Forest models. International Society for Physical Activity and Health. London, England.
  11. 2018 June: Lotoski L, Fuller D, Stanley K, Rainham D, Muhajarine N. Precipitation, demographics and built environment features are associated with sedentary behaviour in 9-14-year-old children. 5th International One Health Congress. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
  12. 2018 June: Mooney, S J. Fuller, D. Westreich, J D. Data Sharing in Big Data Epidemiology: 2 Novel-ish Approaches. Society for Epidemiological Research. Baltimore, Maryland.
  13. 2018 May: Sones M, Kestens Y, Winters M, Fuller D, Muhajarine N, Marriott P, Datta G, Stanley K, Drouin L. Can bigger and better data make healthier cities? Symposium at: Canadian Public Health Association Conference, Montreal, QC.
  14. 2018 May: Laberee K, Sones M, Nelson T, Kestens Y, Fuller D, Winters M. Recruiting participants for a cohort study on the health impacts of an urban form intervention: Lessons learned. Presentation at: Canadian Public Health Association Conference, Montreal, QC.
  15. 2018 May: Kestens Y, Fuller D, Winters M, Bell S, Cantinotti M, Datta G, Lewis P, Lord S, McKay H, Morency C, Muhajarine N, Nelson T, Sims-Gould J, Stanley K, Wasfi R, Shareck M, Berscheid J, Gough M, Laberee K, Ottoni C, Poirier Stephens Z, Pugh C, Sones M, Thierry B, Brondeel R. INTERACT: A Comprehensive Urban Intervention Research Framework for Healthy and Sustainable Cities. Canadian Public Health Association Conference, Montreal, QC.
  16. 2018 May: Sones M, Winters M, Fuller D, Bell S, Cantinotti M, Datta G, Lewis P, Lord S, McKay H, Morency C, Muhajarine N, Nelson T, Sims-Gould J, Stanley K, Kestens Y. Let's INTERACT - Mobilizing data, cities, and citizens for evidence and action on healthy, equitable cities. FUSE Conference on Knowledge Exchange in Public Health, Vancouver, BC.
  17. 2018 February: Kestens Y, Fuller D, Winters M, Bell S, Cantinotti M, Datta G, Lewis P, Lord S, McKay H, Morency C, Muhajarine N, Nelson T, Sims-Gould J, Stanley K, Wasfi R, Shareck M, Berscheid J, Gough M, Laberee K, Ottoni C, Poirier Stephens Z, Pugh C, Sones M, Thierry B, Brondeel R, Thigpen C, Luan H. Monitoring The Impact of Urban Form Changes on Health and Inequality: The INTERACT Methodology. Active Living Research Conference, Banff, AB. (First prize for poster presentation)
  18. 2018 January: Sones M, Winters M, Kestens Y, Fuller D, McKay H, Sims-Gould, J, Lewis P, Datta G, Wasfi R, Lord S, Morency C, Cantinotti M, Muhajarine N, Bell S, Stanley K, Nelson T. Monitoring the Impact of Urban Form Changes on Health and Inequality: The INTERACT Methodology. Cascadia conference. Abbotsford, BC.
  19. 2017 September: Winters M, Fuller D, Nelson T, Gauvin L, Whitehurst D, Rusch M, Fyfe M. Impacts of Bicycle Infrastructure in Mid-Sized Cities: Baseline Results. Oral presentation at the Small and Adaptive Cities Conference 2017, St. John's, Canada.
  20. 2017 September: Luan, H. Fuller D. Developing a National Urban Sprawl Indicator for Canada. Oral presentation at the Small and Adaptive Cities Conference 2017, St. John’s, Canada.
  21. 2017 July: Winters M, Fischer J, Therrien S, Fuller D, Gauvin L, Whitehurst D, Nelson T. Who benefits? Spatial access to cycling infrastructure in Canadian cities. International Medical Geography Symposium 2017. Angers, France.
  22. 2017 June: Fuller D, Winters M, Kestens Y, Rondier P. A tale of three cities: A concept mapping exercise to understand the context for urban form changes. Oral presentation at International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity; June 10 2017; Victoria, BC.
  23. 2017 June: Winters M, Fuller D. Income inequalities in Bike Score and bicycle to work mode share in Canadian cities. Poster at the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Meeting, Victoria, Canada, June 10, 2017.
  24. 2017 June: Winters M, Therrien S, Branion-Calles M, Fuller D, Gauvin L, Whitehurst D, Nelson T. Laying down the context: Baseline findings from natural experiment study of Biketoria, a city-wide cycling network in Victoria, British Columbia. Poster at the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Meeting, Victoria, Canada, June 10, 2017.
  25. 2017 June: Hosford K, Fuller D, Gauvin L, Brauer M, Teschke K, Winters M. Assessing the Modal Impacts of Public Bikeshare Systems: A Comparison of Survey Tools. Poster at the International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Meeting, Victoria, Canada, June 7-10 2017.
  26. 2017 June: Fuller, D.., McGowan, E., Cutumisu, N., North, S., & Courneya, K. (2017, June). The Role of the Built Environment in a Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase Physical Activity among Men with Prostate Cancer: The PROMOTE Trial. Poster at the International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) 2017 Annual Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia.
  27. 2016 November: Fuller, D., Gauvin, L., Dube, A-S., Winters, M., Teshcke, K. Evaluating the impact of implementing public bicycle share programs on cycling: The International Bikeshare Impacts on Cycling and Collisions Study (IBICCS). International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health. Bangkok, Thailand.
  28. 2016 November: Fuller, D., Gauvin, L., Dube, A-S., Winters, M., Teshcke, K. Evaluating the impact of implementing public bicycle share programs on collisions: The International Bikeshare Impacts on Cycling and Collisions Study (IBICCS). International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health. Bangkok, Thailand.

Grants

I have been a named principal investigator, co-principal investigator, or co-applicant on grants totally approximately $15Million since arriving at Memorial University. Of these funds approximately $2.2Million is held at Memorial University until 2022 and supports graduate students and cutting edge research. I also note that I was the only Memorial University researcher funded under the Fall 2020 CIHR project scheme grant competition.

Grants

Awarded Grants

Role Year Title Funder Amount MUN Amount
Principal Applicant October 2021-October 2026 INTerventions, Equity, Research and Action in Cities Team (INTERACT) CIHR $918,000 $918,000
Co-Applicant September 2020-March 2024 Examining the impacts of the downtown Sherbrooke (QC) revitalization project on health equity among young adults: a mixed- methods evaluation CIHR $100,000 $0
Co-Applicant September 2020-March 2024 Equity in Built Environment Surveillance Tool (E-BEST) Public Health Agency of Canada - Enhanced Surveillance for Chronic Disease Program $1,000,000 $0
Co-Applicant September 2020-March 2024 Citizen Mapping of Microscale Barriers to Mobility Public Health Agency of Canada - Enhanced Surveillance for Chronic Disease Program $681,992 $40,000
Co-Applicant June 2020-June 2021 Dietary change during COVID-19: A population-based study in Atlantic Canada to build evidence for government economic and social policy responses CIHR COVID-19 Rapid Research - Social Policy and Public Health Response $267,020 $0
Co-Applicant August 2019 - August 2024 AI for public health (AI4PH): A focus on equity and prevention Operating Grant: CIHR Summer Institute on Equitable AI for Public Health $525,000 $0
Co-Applicant October 2019-October 2022 Impacts of the new Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM) on mobility, health and equity: A pre-post intervention study CIHR-NSERC Collaborative Health Research Projects $441,002 $0
Co-Applicant February 2020-October 2020 Training for Healthy INterdisciplinary Knowledge in Cities (THINK-Cities) Training Grant : CIHR-NSERC-SSHRC Healthy Cities Research Training Platform (HCRTP) $25,000 $0
Principal Investigator March 2019-March 2020 Creating and comparing activity space measures to understand how walkability, urban sprawl, and public transit accessibility are associated with location based physical activity in 4 Canadian cities CIHR $100,000 $100,000
Co-Applicant May 2019 – April 2020 Smart Cities, Healthy Citizens? Optimizing Health and Equity in City Policy Making CIHR $24,985 $0
Co-Applicant March 2019-March 2023 Sustainable Healthy Cities: The Interplay between Urban Interventions, Gentrification, and Population Health CIHR $527,851 $6000
Team Lead April 2017-April 2021 Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium CIHR $5 Million $45,000
Co-Principal Investigator December 2017 to December 2021 Environments and Health INTERACT: INTErventions, Research, and Action in Cities Team CIHR $2 Million $106,256
Principal Investigator August 2016 to August 2021 Canada Research Chair in Population Physical Activity CRC $500,000 $500,000
Principal Investigator August 2016 to August 2021 Newfoundland Research and Development Corporation CRC Leverage RDC $100,000 $100,000
Principal Investigator August 2016 to August 2018 Canadian Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund CFI $252,638 $252,638
Principal Investigator August 2016 to August 2018 Newfoundland Research and Development Corporation CFI Leverage Grant RDC $100,000 $100,000
Co-Applicant August 2016 to August 2021 Impacts of City-Wide Bicycle Infrastructure Investment on Population Health & Health Equity CIHR $428,400 $0
Co-Applicant December 2017 to December 2021 Multisectoral Urban Systems for health and Equity in Canadian cities CIHR $2 Million $0
Total $14,991,888 $2,167,894

Grants Under Review

None

Unsuccessful Grants

  1. Fuller D, Arbour-Nicitopoulos K, Basset F, Kestens Y, Winters M, Martin Ginis K, Voss C, Schaffel A, Stanley K. (2018) PAS App – A system to scale up physical activity and sedentary behaviour surveillance among diverse populations in Canada. CIHR Project Grant. $CAD 950,000.
  2. Fuller D, Arbour-Nicitopoulos K, Basset F, Kestens Y, Winters M, Martin Ginis K, Voss C, Schaffel A, Stanley K. (2018) PAS App – A system to scale up physical activity and sedentary behaviour surveillance among diverse populations in Canada. Public Health Agency of Canada Chronic Disease Surveillance Grant. $CAD 1,000,000.
  3. Fuller D, Winters M, Kestens Y. (2018) INTERACT St. John's. CIHR Project Scheme Grant. $CAD 680,000.
  4. Staniland, A. Fuller, D., Vardy, A. (2018). Immersive Audio and Virtual Reality Infrastructure. Canada Foundation for Innovation. $250,000
  5. Kestens, Y., Murua, A., Lord, S., Fuller, D., Stanley, K., Gebru, T., Brondeel, R. (2017) Caracterisation des environnements urbains pour la recherche en sante: De la machine à l'humain. Programme intersectoriel AUDACE, FRQSC. $CAD 100,000.
  6. City of St. John's & Happy City. (2018). Smart Cities Challenge. Infrastructure Canada. $5M.
  7. Patterson, Z., Gaspar, V., Donaher, G., Hain, M., Chapman, O., Gueheneuc, Y-G., Renzi, A., Yu, J Y., Cloutier, M-S., Fuller, D., Tessier, M-A., Hamzeh, H., Bilal, F., Winters, M., Plouffe, C., Farber, S., Widener, M. The Itinerum Open Smartphone Travel Survey Platform Partnership. (2018). SSHRC Partnership Grant. $2M.
  8. Fuller, D., Kestens, Y., Winters, M., Luan, H., Stanley, K., Tremblay, M. (2017). A machine learning and artificial intelligence for physical activity working group for population level physical activity measurement using wearable devices. CIHR Planning and Dissemination Grant. $20,000.
  9. Fuller, D., Chen, Y., Cameron, E., Gyurcsik, N., Hu, T., Basset, F. Labelling data and leveraging opportunities for sex and gender identity specific physical activity counselling using wearable devices. CIHR Personalized Health Catalyst Grant. Principal Applicant. $200,000.
  10. Kestens, Y., Brondeel, R., Stanley, K., Mathieu, M-E., Fuller. D., Stanley, K. (2017) Developing a machine learning based toolkit for derivation of physical activity indicators based on smartphone sensor data. CIHR Personalized Health Catalyst Grant. Co-Applicant. $136,291.
  11. Kestens, Y., Murua, A., Mathieu, M-E., Fuller, D., Stanley, K., Brondeel, R. (2017) Developing a machine learning based toolkit for derivation of physical activity indicators based on smartphone sensor data. IVADO. $CAD 100,000.
  12. Fuller, D. CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health Trailblazer Award. Principal Applicant. $17,000.
  13. McGowan, E., Fuller. D., McCarthy, J., Yi, D., Browne, S. Capturing real-time association between cancer specific symptoms, sleep, and physical activity among breast cancer survivors undergoing treatment. NL Support. Co-Principal Applicant. $75,000.

Completed Grants

  • Fuller, D., Chen, Y. Developing a public open source walkability measure for Newfoundland. $10,000. Memorial University Seed, Bridge, Multidiscplinary Fund. April 2017-April 2019.
  • Fuller, D., Kestens, Y. Luan, H. Winters, M. HEROX: The Healthy Behaviour Data Challenge. $10,000. CIHR - Planning Grant. January 2018-January 2020.
  • Winters, M. Kestens. Y. Fuller, D.. Policy Action for Healthy Cities. $10,000. CIHR - Planning Grant. January 2018-January 2020.
  • Kestens. Y. Fuller, D., Winters, M. INTervention Research Across Cities Team. $10,000. CIHR - Planning Grant. January 2018-January 2020.
  • Fuller, D., Kestens, Y. Luan, H. Brook, J. Winters, M. Transportation and Health Impact Modelling for Healthy Cities. $10,000. CIHR - Planning Grant. January 2018-January 2020.
  • Kestens, Y. Brondeel, R. Fuller, D., Stanley, K. Winters, M. Documenting Urban Change for Health Research using Artificial Intelligence. $20,000. CIHR - Planning Grant. $20,000. January 2018-January 2020.
  • Ross, N. Precup, D. Brazeau, A-S. Dasgupta, K. Elrick, T. Fuller, D. Law, R. Mandryk, E. The “Quantified Self” and the Quantified Place: Developing an Artificial Intelligence System From Smart Phone and Geo- Spatial Data to Lower Dietary and Physical Inactivity Disease Burden. $20,000. CIHR - Planning Grant. January 2018-January 2020.
  • Muhajarine, N., Fuller, D., Katapally, T., Osgood, N., Rainhan, D., Stanley, K. A Step towards Creating Active Urban Communities: Informing Policy by Identifying and Mapping Locations of Seasonal Activity Accumulation, $194,378, CIHR Operating Grant - Population and Public Health, September 2013 – September 2016.
  • Engler-Stringer, R., Muhajarine, N., Abonyi, S., Neudorf, C., Vatanparast, H., Walker, R., Whiting, S. J., Fuller, D. The Good Food Junction: A Community-Based Food Intervention to Reduce Nutritional Health Inequities, $200,00, CIHR Operating Grant - Population Health Intervention Research, December 2012 – December 2014.
  • Winters, M., Edwards, S., Teschke, K., Brauer, M., Gauvin, L., Fuller, D., Frank, LDF., Kestens. Y., $200,000, Health Promotion through Active Transportation – A Pre-Post Evaluation of a Vancouver-Based Public Bikeshare Program, CIHR Operating Grant - Population Health Intervention Research, December 2011 – December 2016.
  • Gauvin, L., Fuller, D., Drouin, L., Winters, M., Edwards, S., Teschke, K. A Multi-City Study of the Impact of Public Bicycle Share Programs on Active Transportation and Risk of Injury, $199,526, CIHR Operating Grant - Population Health Intervention Research, December 2011 – December 2014.
  • Gauvin, L., Fuller, D., Drouin, L., Morency, P., Kestens, Y., $249,603, Impact of an Intervention Designed to Increase the Accessibility and User-Friendliness of an Active Mode of Transportation on Population Health: The Case of BIXI Montreal, CIHR Operating Grant- Population Health Intervention Research, April 2009 - April 2012.

Ongoing Projects

HEROX

HeroX is a series of studies and technologies designed to further research examining the reliability and validity of commercially available wearable devices. This program includes both lab based and free living studies combining multiple devices for measuring physical activity. As part of this work, we recently published what is to my knowledge the most comprehensive systematic review of the reliability and validity of commercial wearable devices.

Smart Phone Cut Points

Our study aims to assess the performance of smartphone accelerometers (in Android and iPhone models) in measuring physical activity intensity and duration in controlled laboratory conditions. Our specific objectives are to.
* Assess a variety of individuals. We aim to recruit a gender-balanced sample of 25 children aged 10-14 years and 25 adults (one of their parents or guardians).
* Develop cut-points for smartphone accelerometers. Cut-points are needed so that we can assign the appropriate physical activity intensity (i.e., light, moderate, vigorous) to the “movement counts” recorded by the smartphone accelerometers.

ITHIM https://github.com/ITHIM/ITHIM-R/

The Integrated Transport Health Impact Model (ITHIM) is a mathematical model that integrates data on travel patterns, physical activity, fine particulate matter, GHG emissions, and disease and injuries based on population and travel scenarios. The model calculates the health impacts of walking and bicycling short distances usually traveled by car or driving low-emission automobiles. I am contributing to development of an R package that will implement the ITHIM model. I have also published a report for St. John's the is a health and economic evaluation of the impacts of walking in St. John's, based on methdos developed in ITHIM.

CANUE http://www.canue.ca/

I am a co-lead (with Dr. Michael Widener) of the Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (CANUE) Neighbourhood Factors Group. CANUE will gather and develop measures of environmental factors for every neighbourhood across Canada. Dr. Widener and I will work with CANUE to prepare data, supervise students, and organize conferences related to neighbourhoods and health research in Canada. To date, we have published newly developed and freely available, national measures for walkability, urban sprawl, and gentrification. We are currently working to finalize a measure of public transit accessibility.

INTERACT http://www.teaminteract.ca/

The INTErventions, Research, and Action in Cities Team (INTERACT) is a national research collaboration of scientists, urban planners, and engaged citizens uncovering how the design of our cities is shaping the health and wellbeing of Canadians from coast to coast. Seeing the city as a living laboratory, we use innovative tools that harness the power of mobile technology and interactive mapping to measure the impact of changes in urban infrastructure on people’s physical activity, social participation, and wellbeing, and inequalities in these outcomes. By enabling cities to understand the health impact of their investments, our research aims to inspire healthy and sustainable urban development that will leave a lasting impact on population health and health equity in Canada.

BikeMaps.org https://bikemaps.org/

Only ~30% of bike collision data are collected and there is no centralized reporting system. BikeMaps.org is a unique tool that let's citizens build a database by mapping their riding experience. The BikeMaps.org team will analyze data to determine factors that influence cycling safety. We also have plans to build tools to help people plan safer routes and to transfer these to planners across Newfoundland and Labrador.

International BicycleShare Impacts on Cycling and Collisions IBICCS

The IBICCS study aims to examine the impact of Public Bicycle Share Programs on population-levels of cycling and risk of collisions between cyclists and motor vehicles in North America. Data collection for this study is complete but there are many opportunities for data analysis.