Dr Takemi Sugiyama is a Professor working on design and health at the Institute for Health & Ageing, Australian Catholic University. He has a Master of Architecture from Virginia Tech, and a PhD in Environment-Behaviour Studies from the University of Sydney. After more than 10 years of research experience in diverse areas such as architecture, urban design, behavioural and spatial epidemiology, he has recently joined Australian Catholic University to further work on interdisciplinary research involving the built environment, active living and health. Dr Sugiyama’s current research focuses on neighbourhood design attributes associated with older adults’ mobility and active living, characteristics of residential and occupational facilities relevant to occupiers’ activity and well-being, and the health impact of active and sedentary transport. He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed articles in public health and environmental design journals and books. He is a chief investigator in the Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy and Liveable Communities (AU$2.5 million, National Health and Medical Research Council). He is a certified architect (Japan) and Associate Editor of Journal of Transport and Health.