Departmental Affiliations
Center & Institute Affiliations
Kyle Moored, PhD '20, studies how activity and the environment contribute to cognitive and mental health across the lifespan to inform targeted interventions.
Research Interests
aging; older adults; cognition; dementia; fatigue; physical activity; life-space mobility; prevention; remote functional assessment; GPS
Experiences & Accomplishments
Dr. Moored is an epidemiologist with research experience in neurocognitive aging, prevention science, and lifespan activity engagement. His research integrates survey, wearable device (e.g., GPS), and geospatial data sources to better understand how activity and the built and social environments contribute to lifespan mental health, including neurocognitive functioning and fatigue as we age. His goal is to use these findings to inform structural and individual-level interventions that promote brain health as we age in place.
Dr. Moored is currently the Principal Investigator for the Baltimore Experience Corps Neighborhoods Pilot Study, funded by the Johns Hopkins CHARMED Center (P30-ES032756). This study examines how the neighborhood built and social environments contribute to cognitive, brain biomarker, and activity outcomes for participants in the Experience Corps intervention program.
Honors & Awards
Austin Bloch Postdoctoral Fellow Award, Gerontological Society of America (2021)
Best Postdoctoral Poster Award, Dementia Care and Public Health, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (2021)
Outstanding Poster Award at the Pittsburgh Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Poster Session (2021)
Paul V. Lemkau Scholarship Fund Award (2019)
Select Publications
Moored, K. D., Desjardins, M. R., Crane, B. M., Donahue, P. T., Richards, E. A., Hirsch, J. A., Lovasi, G. S., Rosso, A. L., Garg, P. K., Shields, T. M., Curriero, F. C., Odden, M. C., Lopez, O. L., Biggs, M. L., Newman, A. B., & Carlson, M. C. (2024). Neighborhood physical activity facilities predict risk of incident mixed and vascular dementia: The Cardiovascular Health Cognition Study. Alzheimer’s & Dementia. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.14387
Moored, K. D., Crane, B. M., Carlson, M. C., Dunlap, P. M., Brach, J. S., & Rosso, A. L. (2024). Neighborhood Walkability is Associated with Global Positioning System (GPS)-derived Community Mobility of Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, glae132. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glae132
Crane, B. M., Moored, K. D., Donahue, P. T., Corrigan, A. E., Curriero, F. C., Shields, T. M., Desjardins, M. R., Richards, E. A., Rosso, A. L., Lovasi, G. S., Odden, M. C., Lopez, O. L., Biggs, M. L., Newman, A. B., Andrews, R. M., & Carlson, M. C. (2024). Associations between toxicity-weighted concentrations and dementia risk: Results from the Cardiovascular Health Cognition Study. Science of The Total Environment, 173706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173706
Moored, K. D., Bandeen-Roche, K., Snitz, B. E., Fitzpatrick, A. L., DeKosky, S. T., Williamson, J. D., & Carlson, M. C. (2021). Risk of Dementia differs across Lifestyle Complexity Subgroups: A Latent Class and Time to Event Analysis in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab152
Moored, K. D., Chan, T., Varma, V. R., Chuang, Y., Parisi, J. M., & Carlson, M. C. (2020). Engagement in Enriching Early Life Activities is Associated with Larger Hippocampal and Amygdala Volumes in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences.