Hello to all from Banff, Canada where several of the BEACH Lab team members were able to attend the 2018 Active Living Research (ALR) Annual Conference! This year’s conference was held from February 11th-14th, 2018, and was centered on the…
#APHA2017 – Creating the Healthiest Nation: Climate Changes Health
Greetings All! From Saturday, November 4th to Wednesday, November 8th, the BEACH Lab attended the 146th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA. APHA is the largest public health conference in the…
#ALR2017 – Active Living Across the Lifespan
Sunny Florida called again! This year, Andy and I attended the 2017 Active Living Research Annual Conference in Clearwater Beach, Florida from February 26th to March 1st, 2017. The theme for this year’s conference was ‘Active Living Across the Lifespan’.…
2016 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
From October 29-November 2, Andy attended the 145th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association in Denver, Colorado. This APHA was a bit different for me as I wasn’t presenting anything, but was instead attending numerous meetings as the…
Discovery Day 2016
On April 22, 2016 two of our undergraduate BEACH Lab members participated in the annual University of South Carolina Undergraduate Discovery Day. Lauren Boeckermann and Shea McCarthy both presented posters for their independent studies that were completed in the BEACH…
#ALR2016 – Equity in Active Living
Wow! What a conference! From Sunday, January 31st through Wednesday, February 3rd, the BEACH Lab had the privilege of attending and presenting at the 2016 Active Living Research Annual Meeting in Clearwater Beach, Florida. The theme of the conference was…
The BEACH Lab takes on the Windy City! #APHA2015
Greetings again! Morgan here, excited to share another exciting conference and travel experience from the BEACH Lab. The 2015 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting was held in Chicago, Illinois from Nov 1-4, 2015 with the theme, ‘Health in…
2015 National Recreation and Park Association Conference
The 50th Anniversary of the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Annual Congress was held September 14-17, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dr. Kaczynski and former BEACH Lab doctoral student, Gina Besenyi (now an Assistant Professor at Augusta University) presented…
Across the Atlantic – 2015 International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Meeting
Hi! This is Morgan Hughey, a third year doctoral student and member of the BEACH Lab. I’m on my flight back from an amazing conference and trip across the Atlantic. This is probably by far the most excited I’ve ever…
University of South Carolina Undergraduate Discovery Day
On April 24th, Nicole King represented the BEACH Lab at the University of South Carolina Undergraduate Discovery Day. Nicole presented a poster about the relationship between neighborhood walkability and neighborhood satisfaction. Specifically, the research looked at social support as a mediating variable in this relationship. This research…