Her research focuses on identifying and understanding the determinants of behavioral and weight-related outcomes in children, adolescents, and families, and developing and testing novel approaches to promoting healthy lifestyle changes in diverse populations. Recently, Dr. Hingle’s research has been mostly within the multidisciplinary sphere of mobile health — the practice of public health and medicine using mobile devices, and she is the current chair of the University of Arizona’s Mobile Health (mHealth) Special Interest Group ( http://www.mhealth.arizona.edu ).