Rodrigo Reis, PhD, MS

About

Rodrigo S. Reis, PhD, MS is a professor at Washington University in St. Louis’s Bursky School of Public Health. His research primarily focuses on the intersections of the built environment, public health, sustainability, and active living. Dr. Reis has accumulated extensive policy and practical experience through collaborations with the Brazilian Ministry of Health, the Pan American Health Organization, the National Physical Activity Plan in the United States, and ASPPH, working to enhance public health capacity across the United States and Latin America. 

Before his current position, Dr. Reis served as a professor in the Urban Management Graduate Program at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná in Curitiba, Brazil. He has made significant contributions to the field, co-authoring pivotal studies for the Lancet Physical Activity Series and the Urban Design, Transport, and Public Health series. 

He has also been actively involved in international projects, such as Project GUIA (Guide for Community in Latin America), the IPEN Network (International Physical Activity and Environment Network), and the HULAP project, among others. His collaboration with the Brazilian Ministry of Health and PAHO has helped develop and monitor the National Plan for Combating Non-Communicable Diseases in Brazil and implement evidence-based public health and physical activity promotion courses. In addition, Dr. Reis has contributed to CDC physical activity courses in Latin America, the National Physical Activity Plan in the United States, and PAHO/ASPPH epidemiology and evidence-based public health courses across the region. He has worked extensively to build capacity for physical activity research and practice in Latin America, serving as a founding member and past president of the Brazilian Society for Physical Activity and Health and as a board member of the Latin American Congress of Physical Activity and Health Research.