Brooke M. Bell

Ph.D. Candidate in Health Behavior Research

University of Southern California

Biography

Brooke Bell is a fifth-year doctoral candidate in the Health Behavior Research Ph.D. program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. She graduated with a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Southern California in 2016. Brooke currently works on research that utilizes mobile health technologies and sensors to understand how social processes and systems affect obesity-related health behaviors in children and families.

She is also broadly interested in health and food policy, food systems, climate change, and sustainability. In future years, she plans to investigate the impact of climate change on eating behaviors, food systems, chronic disease risk, and health outcomes. Moreover, she would like to engage in research on how food systems can be leveraged and transformed to encourage individual-level eating behaviors that both improve chronic disease outcomes and help mitigate climate change and its subsequent effects on human health.

Interests

Eating Behaviors
Obesity Prevention
Food Systems
Health and Food Policy
Social Network Analysis
Climate Change and Health

Education

B.A. in Mathematics, 2016

University of Southern California

Selected Publications

Automatic, wearable-based, in-ﬁeld eating detection approaches for public health research: a scoping review

Bell BM, Alam R, Alshurafa N, Thomaz E, Mondol AS, de la Haye K, Stankovic JA, Lach J, Spruijt-Metz D

In npj Digital Medicine, 2020.

Article (free access)

The role of maternal social networks on the outcomes of a home-based childhood obesity prevention pilot intervention

de la Haye K, Bell BM, Salvy SJ

In Journal of Social Structure, 2019.

Article (free access)

Sensing eating mimicry among family members

Bell BM, Spruijt-Metz D, Vega Yon GG, Mondol AS, Alam R, Ma M, Emi I, Lach J, Stankovic JA, de la Haye K

In Translational Behvavioral Medicine, 2019.

Article (free access)

Advances and Controversies in Diet and Physical Activity Measurement in Youth

Spruijt-Metz D, Wen CKF, Bell BM, Intille S, Huang JS, Baranowski T

In American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2018.

Article (free access)

Society of Behavioral Medicine position statement: increase funding for fruits and vegetables production in The Farm Bill reauthorization

Dulin-Keita A, Quintilliani LM, Buscemi J, Bell BM, Gans KM, Yaroch AL

In Translational Behavioral Medicine, 2018.

PDF Abstract

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Comparison of country-level network exposures on the adoption of multiple United Nations treaties

Jun 21, 2019 10:40 AM

XXXIX Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis

Slides

Social Network Influences in the Childhood Obesity Prevention @ homE (COPE) Program

Jun 30, 2018 9:20 AM

XXXVIII Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis

Slides

Monitoring and Modeling Family Eating Dynamics (M2FED): A sensor system to detect dietary mimicry in families

Apr 12, 2018 4:30 PM

39th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine

Slides

Projects

Green/Sustainable Behavior Blog, by Brooke Bell

My blog ‘Green Behavior’ integrates behavioral change theories and strategies to make green behaviors easier to adopt and maintain.

Network of Diverse Scholars in Social Network Analysis (NODS-SNA)

NODS-SNA was formed to advocate, support, and promote diversity initiatives on behalf of under-represented racial and ethnic groups.

COVID-19 Information and Resources, by Brooke Bell

The slides provide resources on how to minimize COVID-19 transmission during protests. Strategies for before, during, and after protests are included.

SBM Position Statement: Increase Funding for Fruit and Vegetable Production in Farm Bill Reauthorization

Contact

brooke.bell@usc.edu
2001 N. Soto Street, 312-09, Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA