On March 16, 2015, Dr. Kaczynski attended the American Academy of Health Behavior 15th Annual Scientific Meeting in San Antonio, TX and it was a busy day! The morning started bright and early with an invited plenary presentation entitled “Using mobile…
USC Graduate Student Day 2015
On April 10, 2015, two team members represented the BEACH Lab at Graduate Student Day at the University of South Carolina. David Gallerani gave a poster presentation involving mobile technology in youth empowerment for healthy community change as part of…
2015 Active Living Research Annual Conference
From February 22-26, 2015, Dr. Kaczynski, Gina Besenyi, and David Gallerani represented the BEACH Lab at the 12th Annual Active Living Research Conference in San Diego, CA. Their trip got off to a fast start with co-leading a workshop on the first day (along…
BEACHers Win Awards at 2014 APHA Annual Meeting
Several members of the BEACH Lab visited the Big Easy for the 2014 American Public Health Association 142nd Annual Meeting held from Nov 16-19 in New Orleans, LA. Some of the highlights from the conference included: Stephanie Child presented a…
2014 SEC Symposium: Prevention of Obesity, Overcoming a 21st Century Public Health Challenge
The BEACH Lab had a unique opportunity to attend the 2014 SEC Symposium focused on “Prevention of Obesity: Overcoming a 21st Century Public Health Challenge” in Atlanta, Georgia from September 21-23, 2014. The 14 SEC schools plus a number of…
2014 South Carolina Recreation and Parks Association Conference
On September 14-16, 2014, the South Carolina Recreation and Parks Association annual conference was held in beautiful Hilton Head Island. Members of the BEACH Lab couldn’t pass up this opportunity to share our exciting parks-related projects with professionals from across…
2014 Active Living Research Conference
Theme: Moving Active Living from Niche to Norm “Active living research has gone from a small niche of investigation to the mainstream of research, and it is definitely influencing policy and practice. However, active living environments and policies are far…
2014 International Conference on Health, Wellness, and Society
I had the opportunity to attended the 4th Annual International Conference on Health, Wellness, and Society in Vancouver, British Columbia in March 2014. Click here to read more about my travels: Building Partners: 4th Annual International Conference on Health, Wellness,…
2014 American Academy of Health Behavior Meeting
From March 16th to March 19th, I had the opportunity to attend the 14th Annual American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB) Scientific Meeting in Charleston, South Carolina. The theme for this year’s meeting was Environment, Policy, and Behavior Change. Although…
Dr. Kaczynski Goes to Brazil
Earlier this month, I (Dr. Kaczynski) had the pleasure of visiting Curitiba, Brazil for the 9th Brazilian Congress on Physical Activity and Health. For a (relatively) youthful researcher, giving the opening keynote address (let alone in a different language via…