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James F. Sallis is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, San Diego. He was appointed to this position after a long career in health promotion, focusing on physical activity and its effects on health. He serves as the Director of Active Living Research, a program from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. With over 500 scientific publications to his name, he has been recognized as one of the world's most cited authors in the social sciences and has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition. Recognized in Time Magazine as an 'obesity warrior,' Sallis has dedicated his career to advocating for policies that promote active living and public health. His research interests include understanding the environmental and policy influences on physical activity and nutrition, focusing on the root causes of low physical activity. His work seeks to encourage evidence-based interventions through a greater understanding of how built environments affect physical activity, accumulating insights from diverse populations.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).