Deborah Salvo

Deborah Salvo, PhD, is an assistant professor of public health at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, where she co-directs the People, Health and Place Unit. Before this appointment, she held positions at the University of Texas School Health Science Center in Austin, Stanford University’s Prevention Research Center, and the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico. Dr Salvo is involved in several international leadership initiatives for physical activity, built environment and public health research and advocacy, including chairing the Council on Environment and Physical Activity within the International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH), being a member of steering committee of the Global Observatory for Physical Activity, and being an active member of the Our Voice Global Network. Throughout her career, she has served as technical advisor on physical activity and the built environment for multiple agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Fogarty International Center within the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico, the Pan American Health Organization, and the World Health Organization. Dr Salvo was a contributing author to the second and third series on physical activity published by The Lancet in 2016 and 2021, respectively, which convened global experts to present the latest evidence of the important role of physical activity for public health.