- Professor, Co-Director, Center for Health Monitoring and Intervention
- Department of Psychology; Behavioral Science
- Phone: 401.874.2105
- Email: walls@uri.edu
- Office Location: Chafee 408
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- ResearchGate
- Accepting Students: Ph.D.
Research
Intensive longitudinal data, device-based tracking studies, citizen-centered health science, developmental aspects of health behavior
Dr. Walls co-directs the Center for Health Monitoring and Intervention (CHMI)
Education
- Ph.D. 2002, Boston College
- M.A. 1997, Boston College
- B.A. 1990, Bates College
- Post-doctoral Training 2002-2004, The Methodology Center, Penn State
Selected Publications
Fornasaro-Donahue, V., Walls, T.A., Thomaz, E. & Melanson, K. (2022). A Conceptual Model for Mobile Health-enabled Slow Eating Strategies. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 55(2), 145-150. On-line first. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2022.08.003
Smith, D.M., Walls, T.A. (2021). Pursuing Collective Synchrony in Teams: A Regime-Switching Dynamic Factor Model of Speed Similarity in Soccer. Psychometrika, 86(4). DOI: 10.1007/s11336-021-09782-1
Boving, A.T., Shuster, C.L., Walls, T.A. & Brothers, T. (2021). Personal digital health in Parkinson’s: Case studies and commentary. Digital Health, 7, 1-12. DOI: 10.1177/20552076211061925
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- New research to study eating behaviors through high-tech system — WJAR