Council on Environment & Physical Activity

The Council on Environment and Physical Activity (CEPA) supports investigators from multiple disciplines around the world to conduct rigorous research on physical activity and the environment and the use of results to advocate for evidence-based environmental and policy changes to support and promote physical activity internationally.

CEPA has five goals:

Stimulate and support research on physical activity and the environment internationally
Increase communication and collaboration among researchers to develop new measures, adapt measures for local contexts, and organize networks focusing on specific population subgroups, geographic regions, and research questions
Encourage formation of interdisciplinary teams to conduct research
Encourage teams from different countries to conduct joint and pooled studies.
Support investigators and practitioners to become effective advocates for evidence-based environmental and policy change.

Joining the Council

You can select to join The Council on Environment and Physical Activity when joining or renewing your ISPAH membership. If you are already an ISPAH member and would like to be a member, you can do so from your ISPAH membership dashboard.

Deborah Salvo

CHAIR OF CEPA

Deborah is an Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at The University of Texas, Austin. She is also an adjunct researcher and faculty member at the Nutrition and Health Research Center at the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico.