Ethan Hunt, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences
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Dr. Hunt completed his Ph.D. in exercise science at the University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health in 2021 and was the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living 2021-2022 Post-Doctoral Fellow. Ethan’s research interests include childhood obesity prevention and health disparities. Dr. Hunt has also begun to examine the impacts of trauma, particularly Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and how adversity impacts child health outcomes. Dr. Hunt is an avid cyclist and enjoys trying new Austin restaurants with his wife, Whitney.
Current Projects
Active Middle School Communities Project
“Co-Creating and Implementing Contextually Responsive Physical Activity Interventions with Low-Income Adolescents,” also known as the “Active Middle School Communities Project,” is a comprehensive and community-engaged mixed methods study to design and test strategies for improving community-wide and individual-level physical activity outcomes in middle school neighborhoods.
