He is also the founding director of the NYU mobile health (“mHealth”) research initiative. Dr. Kirchner is a clinical-health psychologist and methodologist interested in the analysis and graphical representation of “intensive” longitudinal and geographic data, including novel methodologies that link individual behavior to the real-time context in which it occurs. At CUSP, Dr. Kirchner actively engages students, mentors projects and contributes to the intellectual community, enriching the study of urban science from a global health perspective.