{"69640":{"#nid":"69640","#data":{"type":"profile","title":"Nisha Botchwey","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/botchwey.nisha_.cv__1.pdf\u0022\u003EView Botchwey\u0027s C.V.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBotchwey is an Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u0026nbsp; An expert in health and the built environment as well as community engagement, she holds graduate degrees in both urban planning and public health.\u0026nbsp; Dedicated to effective pedagogy, Dr. Botchwey spent eight years as a professor at the University of Virginia, jointly appointed to the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning and the Department of Public Health Sciences, before arriving at Georgia Tech.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Dr. Botchwey has published and researched widely, and currently focuses on topics including health and the built environment, public engagement methodologies, faith-based and secular organizations, and health equity. \u0026nbsp;She is co-author of\u0026nbsp;Health Impact Assessment in the USA (in press), convener of\u0026nbsp;a national expert panel on interdisciplinary workforce training between the public health and community design fields, and author of numerous articles.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Botchwey has won distinctions including an NSF ADVANCE Woman of Excellence Faculty Award, a Hesburgh Award Teaching Fellowship from Georgia Tech, and a Rockefeller-Penn Fellowship from the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s School of Nursing. She also serves on the Advisory Board to the Director of the Centers of Disease Control Prevention and is co-Director of the National Academy of Environmental Design\u0027s\u0026nbsp;Research Committee.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEducational Background\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E2011 - MPH, University of Virginia\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E2003 - PhD (City and Regional Planning), University of Pennsylvania\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E1999 - Master of City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E1997 - BA (Environmental Science and Public Policy), Harvard University\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFields\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECommunity Development\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPublic Health\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECommunity Engagement\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EQualitative Methods\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDistinctions\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMember, Governing Board for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Southeastern Representative, 2009-2012\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMember, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Council to the Director, 2008 - present\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENational and International Design Competition Placements\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENational Academy of Science, Transportation Research Board, Communicating Sustainability and Livability Concepts with John and Jane Q Public. Submission: The 5-minute walk, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.grdworks.com\/trb.html\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.grdworks.com\/trb.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.grdworks.com\/trb.html\u003C\/a\u003E. Honorable Mention 2010-2011 Nisha Botchwey with Matthew Trowbridge and William Grimm\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBlog contributions\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/blogs.planning.org\/kids\/2012\/03\/23\/race-to-school-a-healthy-neighborhoods-game\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u0022Race to School: A Healthy Neighborhoods Game\u003C\/a\u003E\u0022 for the American Planning Association\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003Ehealthy communities; community engagement; community development; neighborhood planning; health equity; experiential learning\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2011-08-26 16:39:12","changed_gmt":"2015-10-14 14:00:20","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","extras":[],"hg_media":{"352801":{"id":"352801","type":"image","title":"Nisha Botchwey 2014","body":null,"created":"1449245728","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:15:28","changed":"1475895080","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:20","alt":"Nisha Botchwey 2014","file":{"fid":"201983","name":"botchwey.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/botchwey_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/botchwey_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":205552,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/botchwey_0.jpg?itok=4UBdZGhF"}}},"media_ids":["352801"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"},{"id":"60380","name":"CSPAV - Center for Spatial Planning Analytics and Visualization"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[{"id":"9582","name":"Center for Geographic Information Systems"},{"id":"10318","name":"Full"},{"id":"44391","name":"PhD Advisers"},{"id":"9296","name":"School of City and Regional Planning"}],"classification":["Faculty"],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":{"work":"4043856274"},"contact":[],"email":["nisha.botchwey@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}