E-Sok Andy Hong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of City & Metropolitan Planning at the University of Utah. He is the director of the Healthy Aging and Resilient Places Lab, whose mission is to create healthier and more resilient places. His research focuses on the interplay between the built environment and human health, with a particular interest in developing place-based approaches to healthy aging. Andy previously held positions at the University of Oxford, the George Institute for Global Health, the University of British Columbia, and the Korea Transport Institute. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Southern California and his graduate and undergraduate studies at the University of Washington.