🎉BIG NEWS!!! At a time in which the promotion of our collective health is so clearly a global effort, JPAH is pleased to reaffirm a commitment to the international focus of the journal through the selection of Dr. Pedro C. Hallal as our next Editor in Chief. @PedroHallal Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Getting fresh air & exercise is the one thing we can do during the pandemic. In fact, it's encouraged for your physical & emotional well-being. This #NationalTakeAHikeDay get out and explore just be sure to follow #COVID19 safety guidelines. Find them at go.usa.gov/x7mJy

Yesterday I learned that in preparation for sending Sally Ride to space for seven days, NASA engineers packed her 100 tampons. They asked her, “Is 100 the right number?” She replied, “That would not be the right number.” Indeed, it is not.

Check out this thread for key takeaway messages from the new WHO physical activity & sedentary behavior guidelines!

Link to the full WHO physical activity and sedentary behavior guidelines. apps.who.int/iris/handle/10…

Look at this silliness! This is me in February 2019 (blissfully ignorant about the future), complaining about the hardship posed by a handful of weather-related elementary school closures. The school has now been continuously closed since March 13.

Check out our new paper on tech-based PA promotion, OQL, and sleep in cancer survivors! First-authored by my doctoral student Somya Rastogi. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32808383/

Colleagues, Thrivers, fitness Professionals - check out our just released wellness manual for those living with cancer. Huge thanks to our contributors! Lauren Capozzi UCalgary Kinesiology abletothrive Health & Wellness Lab

1/ Covid (UC San Francisco) Chronicles, Day 259 The vaccine news remains astoundingly positive. Reacting to my upbeat mood, a reporter asked me if there’s anything that keeps me up at night. Aside from the cataclysmic current state of Covid (likely to get worse, I fear), there are a few:

Apparently I live in a state where it is a holiday tradition to eat raw ground beef. !?!?!?!

The pandemic has resulted in increased gender disparities in academic publishing. I'm curious to know: what conversations (if any) are happening at your institution about how to address this when evaluating faculty? insidehighered.com/news/2020/10/2…

Have you ever bought clothes from M.M.LaFleur? Is the quality good? Do they hold up over time (no pilling, etc.)??

Lab manager position available with the amazing Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) project! jobs.hr.wisc.edu/en-us/job/5104…

Have a middle schooler who plays organized sports? Doctoral student Kevin Biese is seeking participants for a survey on sports specialization. Please pass it on! shorturl.at/szTV8

Curious how to measure and model the entrainment and subsequent cloud loss of soluble gas-phase compounds in the atmosphere? Read this massively collaborative paper by Gordon Novak. UW-Madison Chemistry @NOAA_ESRL Dr. Charley Fite Patrick Veres and many more.

The UW-Madison is hiring a new Associate Director for their MPH program. Interested? Check it out! shorturl.at/vEHI8 Applications from candidates who foster & promote the values of diversity & inclusion are strongly encouraged. @UWPopHealthSci Ajay K. Sethi, PhD

#showcase2022 - On how SHOW accelerates research (3) - Dr. Lisa Cadmus-Bertram leveraged SHOW’s statewide representative sample to conduct cost-effective focus groups of women in rural communities to identify barriers to physical activity. #Publication here: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

There's a lot of misinformation about higher ed funding. This essay breaks down the five "buckets of money" and how each can or cannot be used. insidehighered.com/blogs/just-exp…