How do people organize for health?
Community organizing, coalitions, and social movements can build shared priorities, mobilize resources, and influence the conditions that shape health.
Human ecology · Collective action · Community health
Collective change.
Healthier lives.
I study how communities, organizations, and social movements change the systems that shape health, with the goal of preventing chronic disease and supporting healthier behaviors.
Travis R. Moore, PhD, MSAssistant Professor of Epidemiology · University of PittsburghAssociate Director, Neighborhoods, Environments, and Systems Collaborative (NEST)
Relationships connect action. Feedback shapes what follows.
Current research
Questions in the field.
01
Coalition implementation
Explore project 02FICAS
Feasibility of Interventions for Coalition Adoption of Evidence Informed Strategies
A community-partnered feasibility trial testing systems and network supports that help coalitions review evidence, choose locally relevant strategies, and move toward action for child and family health.
Alcohol-involved sexual violence prevention
Explore project 03CAMPUS
Collaborative model building and simulation development to understand how alcohol use, peer relationships, and campus conditions shape sexual violence prevention.
Cancer survivorship and prevention
Explore project 04AMPLIFY’D
Project 2 of the three-project AMPLIFY’D program: studying how social networks can extend an online diet, activity, and weight-management intervention from cancer survivors to their family and friends.
Networks and cardiovascular health
Explore project Socially Networked for Improved Cardiovascular Health
Learning from strong Black Girls Run! chapters to understand how relationships, welcoming practices, and chapter leadership support physical activity and cardiovascular health among Black women.
The research program
From collective action
to community health.
A human-ecology perspective connects people’s lives with their social, organizational, policy, and physical environments. We study how those relationships create opportunities for prevention.
Explore the research approach ↗What makes prevention possible?
Implementation science helps explain how evidence-informed strategies are selected, adapted, and sustained to support healthy eating, physical activity, and other health behaviors.
When does local action lead to broader change?
Network and systems methods examine how relationships, power, and feedback connect local efforts with organizational practices, policy, and population health.
Community knowledge and priorities guide this work, from defining the problem to interpreting what changed and for whom.
Methods playground
How we study complex problems.
These small interactive models illustrate the logic behind methods used across the lab. They are conceptual demonstrations, not research analyses.
Selected scholarship
Ideas in print.
2026
2026
2025
A Participatory Systems Approach for Visualizing and Testing Implementation Strategies and MechanismsImplementation Science Communications
2025
2025
2024
Moore Lab
A home for
connected research.
Moore Lab brings together human ecology, implementation science, and systems and network methods to understand collective action for healthier communities. We welcome connections with trainees, researchers, and community partners.
People and opportunitiesInterested in joining or collaborating? Meet the team and get in touch.
Connect
Let’s build knowledge for
healthier communities.
Research collaborations, community partnerships, and prospective trainees.
Contact the lab