David Conroy
@conroylab.bsky.social
Bickner Chair & Professor of Kinesiology, Program Chair (Applied Exercise Science) @ Univ Michigan; Past President, Society of Behavioral Medicine; Motivation, Moving, Health, Happiness; posts & views are my own
I loved being back in Pennsylvania, if only briefly, so Isabel Wakefield and I could meet with Drs Katie Schmitz & @carissalow.bsky.social to plot out new ideas to help cancer survivors. Pittsburgh is an amazing place - brimming with innovative ideas and energy for creating a better tomorrow
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I loved being back in Pennsylvania, if only briefly, so Isabel Wakefield and I could meet with Drs Katie Schmitz & @carissalow.bsky.social to plot out new ideas to help cancer survivors. Pittsburgh is an amazing place - brimming with innovative ideas and energy for creating a better tomorrow
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
...and the landing page for the Roybal Center for Promoting Adherence to Behavior Change & Enhancing Cognitive Function is now LIVE. Check it out at roybal.umich.edu & bookmark it for more exciting content is coming in the weeks and months ahead (including our AI Behavioral Science Assistant)...
Roybal Center
At the Roybal Center for Promoting Adherence to Behavior Change & Enhancing Cognitive Function, we’re redefining what’s possible for lifelong brain and body health.
roybal.umich.edu
September 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
...and the landing page for the Roybal Center for Promoting Adherence to Behavior Change & Enhancing Cognitive Function is now LIVE. Check it out at roybal.umich.edu & bookmark it for more exciting content is coming in the weeks and months ahead (including our AI Behavioral Science Assistant)...
📰Our Roybal Center Newsletter just published - check it out below (mailchi.mp/6b9712d4efff...) and subscribe if you want these delivered to your inbox! Highlights include news about a funding opportunity for behavioral intervention development and an upcoming webinar on adherence to behavior change
September 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
📰Our Roybal Center Newsletter just published - check it out below (mailchi.mp/6b9712d4efff...) and subscribe if you want these delivered to your inbox! Highlights include news about a funding opportunity for behavioral intervention development and an upcoming webinar on adherence to behavior change
Full house today for our inaugural Crossroads in Kinesiology seminar featuring Dr Chris Sciamanna! Thanks to the Bickner Endowment for enriching our University of Michigan School of Kinesiology community with events like this
September 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Full house today for our inaugural Crossroads in Kinesiology seminar featuring Dr Chris Sciamanna! Thanks to the Bickner Endowment for enriching our University of Michigan School of Kinesiology community with events like this
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August 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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When will Congress start doing its taxpayer-funded job?
August 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
When will Congress start doing its taxpayer-funded job?
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🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
August 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
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Open call for applications, Roybal Center for Behavior Change in Health - Clinical Trial Applications. Submit letters of intent by October 15, 2025. More information: https://www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-proposals/roybal-center-behavior-change-health-clinical-trial-applications
August 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Open call for applications, Roybal Center for Behavior Change in Health - Clinical Trial Applications. Submit letters of intent by October 15, 2025. More information: https://www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-proposals/roybal-center-behavior-change-health-clinical-trial-applications
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Counting steps is easy using a phone, a wearable or fitness tracker. And Scientists have lots of data to figure out how many daily steps you need to improve health. Here's what they've found.
Counting steps for health? Here's how many you really need
Counting steps is easy using a phone, a wearable or fitness tracker. And Scientists have lots of data to figure out how many daily steps you need to improve health. Here's what they've found.
n.pr
August 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Counting steps is easy using a phone, a wearable or fitness tracker. And Scientists have lots of data to figure out how many daily steps you need to improve health. Here's what they've found.
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Coming this Wednesday ⬇️
💧 Coming Aug. 13: our next #WaterTalks webinar, featuring Virginia Tech Professor Brenda Davy. Learn about proof-of-concept studies that reveal the connection between water intake, #hydration status and weight control.
Earn CEUs at no cost! Register today: ow.ly/95Sn50Wwph1
Earn CEUs at no cost! Register today: ow.ly/95Sn50Wwph1
August 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Coming this Wednesday ⬇️
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Russell Pate arrived at USC in 1974 and was one of six faculty members to found the Department of Exercise Science in 1989. In this Pioneering Perspectives story, he shares five decades of Arnold School history. ow.ly/OGV850WthAl #ArnoldSchool50Years
July 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Russell Pate arrived at USC in 1974 and was one of six faculty members to found the Department of Exercise Science in 1989. In this Pioneering Perspectives story, he shares five decades of Arnold School history. ow.ly/OGV850WthAl #ArnoldSchool50Years
Search has launched for the next Dean of the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology. This position is an extraordinary opportunity to lead a strategic growth phase in an exceptional environment. Learn more about the search at wittkieffer.com/positions/20...
Dean, School of Kinesiology
With a strong financial stance and energetic growth, the University of Michigan’s (U-M) School of Kinesiology (SoK) seeks a Dean whose growth mindset, and future-forward understanding of the opportuni...
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July 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Search has launched for the next Dean of the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology. This position is an extraordinary opportunity to lead a strategic growth phase in an exceptional environment. Learn more about the search at wittkieffer.com/positions/20...
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Final CBO score of the "big beautiful bill" is out
Largest Medicaid cuts ever - in fact, at least 4 times the size of the previous largest; $894-$990 bn cut
Kicks 10 million off health insurance
Largest SNAP cuts ever, $197 bn cut
Still increases the deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts
Largest Medicaid cuts ever - in fact, at least 4 times the size of the previous largest; $894-$990 bn cut
Kicks 10 million off health insurance
Largest SNAP cuts ever, $197 bn cut
Still increases the deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts
July 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Final CBO score of the "big beautiful bill" is out
Largest Medicaid cuts ever - in fact, at least 4 times the size of the previous largest; $894-$990 bn cut
Kicks 10 million off health insurance
Largest SNAP cuts ever, $197 bn cut
Still increases the deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts
Largest Medicaid cuts ever - in fact, at least 4 times the size of the previous largest; $894-$990 bn cut
Kicks 10 million off health insurance
Largest SNAP cuts ever, $197 bn cut
Still increases the deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts
Funding opportunity for behavioral intervention development/evaluation via the National Institute on Aging (NIA) network of Roybal Centers - see details at www.roybalniaresearchcenters.org/post/call-fo...
Call for Proposals: Randomized Clinical Trials on Behavioral Interventions in Aging
Issued by: The Edward R. Roybal Centers for Translational Research on Aging Sponsored by: National Institute on Aging (NIA) LOI Deadline: October 15, 2025 Full Application Deadline: January 5, 2026 Im...
www.roybalniaresearchcenters.org
July 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Funding opportunity for behavioral intervention development/evaluation via the National Institute on Aging (NIA) network of Roybal Centers - see details at www.roybalniaresearchcenters.org/post/call-fo...
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Nice discussion with Nilam Ram. The genesis of The Human Screenome Project dates back to Nilam's 2013-14 CASBS fellowship & hiss interactions at CASBS with Byron Reeves, who serendipitously occupied the study next to Nilam that year 😁
In this episode of School’s In, Professor Nilam Ram discusses the Human Screenome Project, a research study that explores cell phone usage and what it says about the way we process information. Tune in now: lnk.to/SchoolsInSM
#EduSky #AcademicSky
#EduSky #AcademicSky
July 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Nice discussion with Nilam Ram. The genesis of The Human Screenome Project dates back to Nilam's 2013-14 CASBS fellowship & hiss interactions at CASBS with Byron Reeves, who serendipitously occupied the study next to Nilam that year 😁
If you can’t walk longer, try walking a bit faster (14 steps/min faster to be precise). Great seeing this new finding from my colleague Dr Daniel Rubin (Univ Chicago) getting some coverage www.cnn.com/2025/07/16/h...
Increasing your walking cadence can improve mobility | CNN
Increasing your walking cadence by 14 steps can improve mobility and endurance in older adults, according to a new study.
www.cnn.com
July 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If you can’t walk longer, try walking a bit faster (14 steps/min faster to be precise). Great seeing this new finding from my colleague Dr Daniel Rubin (Univ Chicago) getting some coverage www.cnn.com/2025/07/16/h...
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If you missed it, the recording is now on the website
🚨 Last chance to register!
Join the APRICOT launch later today and discover how ontologies are transforming behaviour change science.
Don’t miss out, sign up below!
Join the APRICOT launch later today and discover how ontologies are transforming behaviour change science.
Don’t miss out, sign up below!
Meet Janna Hastings, a CO-PI of the APRICOT project with expertise in ontologies and AI, who will be speaking at our online launch event later today.
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🗓️ 17 June 2025
⏰ 3:30 PM (UK Time)
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🗓️ 17 June 2025
⏰ 3:30 PM (UK Time)
🎥 Online & free to attend!
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June 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
If you missed it, the recording is now on the website
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Optimism is never foolish. Working in politics depends on it: To get up and do the work, we have to believe change is possible.
June 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Optimism is never foolish. Working in politics depends on it: To get up and do the work, we have to believe change is possible.
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📣 Launching July 9 from @asuhealthsolutions.bsky.social: A new hydration-focused webinar series, Water Talks.
✅ Explore the science of optimal #hydration.
✅ Bust hydration myths.
✅ Earn 1 CEU (ACSM and AND)
Register at no cost: specialevents.asu.edu/ereg/newreg....
✅ Explore the science of optimal #hydration.
✅ Bust hydration myths.
✅ Earn 1 CEU (ACSM and AND)
Register at no cost: specialevents.asu.edu/ereg/newreg....
Water Talks - Unlocking the Secrets of Hydration for Health and Performance
<p>Hydration is often overlooked and an under-studied research topic, yet underhydration is linked to chronic diseases like diabetes, kidney dysfuncti
specialevents.asu.edu
June 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
📣 Launching July 9 from @asuhealthsolutions.bsky.social: A new hydration-focused webinar series, Water Talks.
✅ Explore the science of optimal #hydration.
✅ Bust hydration myths.
✅ Earn 1 CEU (ACSM and AND)
Register at no cost: specialevents.asu.edu/ereg/newreg....
✅ Explore the science of optimal #hydration.
✅ Bust hydration myths.
✅ Earn 1 CEU (ACSM and AND)
Register at no cost: specialevents.asu.edu/ereg/newreg....
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Need to analyze intensive longitudinal data or panel data?
Multilevel or mixed effects modeling offers one of the most powerful methods to do so.
Join my 3-day (June 18-20) workshop for longitudinal multilevel modeling to learn how.
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smart-workshops.com/long-mlm-info
Multilevel or mixed effects modeling offers one of the most powerful methods to do so.
Join my 3-day (June 18-20) workshop for longitudinal multilevel modeling to learn how.
1/2
smart-workshops.com/long-mlm-info
Longitudinal MLM Information — SMaRT Workshops
smart-workshops.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Need to analyze intensive longitudinal data or panel data?
Multilevel or mixed effects modeling offers one of the most powerful methods to do so.
Join my 3-day (June 18-20) workshop for longitudinal multilevel modeling to learn how.
1/2
smart-workshops.com/long-mlm-info
Multilevel or mixed effects modeling offers one of the most powerful methods to do so.
Join my 3-day (June 18-20) workshop for longitudinal multilevel modeling to learn how.
1/2
smart-workshops.com/long-mlm-info
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A first-of-its kind study adds powerful new evidence to research showing that exercise improves cancer survival. Here's what the trial, in people treated for colon cancer, showed.
Exercise Extends Life for People With Cancer, Study Shows
The trial, in people treated for colon cancer, showed clear evidence that an exercise program lowered the risk of disease recurrence and death.
trib.al
June 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A first-of-its kind study adds powerful new evidence to research showing that exercise improves cancer survival. Here's what the trial, in people treated for colon cancer, showed.
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Cutting $20 billion to NIH over 25 years may save $500 billion on paper, but it’d end up costing $8.2 trillion in lost human health.
But NIH isn't the only thing being cut. The budget also slashes all NSF-funded science by 73 percent. NASA faces “the biggest single-year cut to NASA in history."
But NIH isn't the only thing being cut. The budget also slashes all NSF-funded science by 73 percent. NASA faces “the biggest single-year cut to NASA in history."
Donald Trump’s proposed budget would gut American science
It would slash cancer research, drug trials, space exploration, and so much more.
www.motherjones.com
May 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Cutting $20 billion to NIH over 25 years may save $500 billion on paper, but it’d end up costing $8.2 trillion in lost human health.
But NIH isn't the only thing being cut. The budget also slashes all NSF-funded science by 73 percent. NASA faces “the biggest single-year cut to NASA in history."
But NIH isn't the only thing being cut. The budget also slashes all NSF-funded science by 73 percent. NASA faces “the biggest single-year cut to NASA in history."
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Our VP of research made an interesting observation that the federal govt is negotiating a new partnership with science. Based on the 2026 budget-it is to reduce the role of the govt in science
June 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Our VP of research made an interesting observation that the federal govt is negotiating a new partnership with science. Based on the 2026 budget-it is to reduce the role of the govt in science