D. (Deepti) Adlakha PhD
D. (Deepti) Adlakha PhD
Profile
Dr. Adlakha is an Associate Professor and Delft Technology Fellow in the Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment. Dr. Adlakha is a Fulbright Scholar and an interdisciplinary scientist with a diverse educational background. She holds degrees in architecture, urban design, public health, and has extensive research experience within international contexts.
Dr. Adlakha’s research focuses on generating, translating, and scaling up evidence for reducing health inequities in vulnerable populations. This work includes investigating how the neighborhood environment impacts weight status, physical activity, and dietary behaviors across the lifespan.
Dr. Adlakha is passionate about promoting access to nature in the daily experience of people of all ages and abilities through environmental design, action research, education, and dissemination of information. She collaborates with community partners and public health practitioners to help implement policy, systems, and environmental change around active living.
Dr. Adlakha has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and popular media, including TEDx, BBC, The Conversation, and Scientific American.
Expertise
Publications
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2024
Adaptation of the Recreovía During COVID-19 Lockdowns
Making Physical Activity Accessible to Older Adults in Bogotá, Colombia
Silvia A. González / Deepti Adlakha / Santiago Cabas / Sharon C. Sánchez-Franco / Maria A. Rubio / Natalia Ossa / Paola A. Martínez / Nathally Espinosa / Olga L. Sarmiento -
2024
Commentary: A road map for future data-driven urban planning and environmental health research
Georgia M.C. Dyer / Sasha Khomenko / Deepti Adlakha / Susan Anenberg / Julianna Angelova / Martin Behnisch / Geoff Boeing / Xuan Chen / Mark Nieuwenhuijsen / More Authors
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2024
Contact with nature, nature prescriptions, and loneliness
Evidence from an international survey of adults in Australia, India, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States
Thomas Astell-Burt / Michelle Kondo / Tanya Pritchard / Katarzyna Olcon / J. Aaron Hipp / Deepti Adlakha / Evangelos Pappas / Xiaoqi Feng -
2024
Exploring the nexus of urban form, transport, environment and health in large-scale urban studies
A state-of-the-art scoping review
Georgia M.C. Dyer / Sasha Khomenko / Deepti Adlakha / Susan Anenberg / Martin Behnisch / Geoff Boeing / Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez / Antonio Gasparrini / Mark Nieuwenhuijsen / More Authors -
2024
Social Engagement is Associated with Sedentary Time in Older Males, Not Females Living in India
Analysis of a Cross-Sectional Survey
Shilpa Dogra / D. Adlakha -
Media
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2020-09-16
Population Density Does Not Doom Cities to Pandemic Dangers
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2020-07-29
Mengapa kota yang padat baik untuk kesehatan, bahkan selama pandemi (Translation—Why urban density is good for health – even during a pandemic)
Appeared in: The Conversation (Indonesia)
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2020-07-24
Why urban density is good for health – even during a pandemic
Appeared in: The Conversation (UK)
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2020-05-10
BBC Northern Ireland—Home Ground: Series on Designing Cities for Wildlife and Biodiversity
Appeared in: BBC Northern Ireland—Home Ground
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2020-04-16
COVID-19 and India’s chronic disease burden: How exercise can be beneficial
Appeared in: The News Minute
Prizes
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2024
NWO SSH XS 2024 Grant
Not according to plan: A novel, transdisciplinary methodology to evaluate climate action plans in cities
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2023
Funding received: Delft Technology Fellowship (2023-2028)
Delft Technology Fellowship; ‘Built Environment and Health’—EUR 250,000.
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2022
Funding received: Data Science Academy, Seed Grant Program (2022-2023)
Data Science Academy, Seed Grant Program, North Carolina State University; Co-Investigator: ‘Social media mining to inform park use and public health decision-making' (PI: Hipp, J.A.)—USD 32,417 (EUR 32,684).
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2022
Funding received: Micromobility Research Partnership (2022-2023)
Micromobility Research Partnership; Principal Investigator: ‘Connecting campuses to communities with micromobility infrastructure’—in collaboration with Spin, San Francisco)—USD 100,000 (EUR 100,823).
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2022
Funding received: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (2022-2023)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Earth Science Applications: Equity and Environmental Justice; Institutional Principal Investigator: ‘From Green to GrEEEn: Utilizing an environmental justice lens and earth science data to enhance greenspace Equity, Exposure, and Experience’—in collaboration with Rowan University, New Jersey, USA (PI: Meenar, M.)—USD 100,000 (EUR 100,823).
Ancillary activities
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2024-04-12 - 2026-04-12