Andy Hong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of City & Metropolitan Planning at the University of Utah. He leads the Healthy Aging and Resilient Places Lab where its mission is to create healthier and more resilient places for all people across the lifespan. Andy’s research focuses on the connection between the built environment and human health, with a particular interest on the social and environmental determinants of health. His goal is to work with local communities and stakeholders to develop an equitable and sustainable place-based approach to healthy aging and resilient places. Andy previously held positions at the University of Oxford, the George Institute for Global Health, the University of British Columbia, and the Korea Transport Institute. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Southern California and his graduate and undergraduate studies at the University of Washington.