
The aim of the Physical Activity for Health Summer School 2025 is to provide high-quality educational opportunities to support physical activity researchers over two days on the şÚÁĎÉç (UL) campus.
The objectives of the Summer School specifically are to:
- Invite keynote speakers to inspire the next generation of physical activity researchers.
- Offer classes and workshops across the following thematic areas:
1) Measurement
2) Policy
3) Intervention
- Provide networking opportunities for all attendees
AGENDA
Day 1 Schedule​ | ||
9.00-9.30​ | Registration (Tea / Coffee)​ | ​ |
9.30-9.50​ | Welcome address​ | Prof. Catherine Woods (PAfH Director)​ |
9.50-10.45​ | Measurement of Physical Activity: definition, challenges, national PA guidelines and what they mean in practice​ | Grainne Hayes, Kwok Ng, Federico Palumbo, ​ Brendan O'Keefe​ |
10.45-11.30​ | Intervention design: from theory to practice (logic model, intervention mapping, system approach)​ | Elaine Murtagh, Sean Healy, Roisin Cahalan​ , ​ Padraic Rocliffe​ |
11.30-11.45​ | Break​ | |
11.45-12.30​ | PA Policy: Nice to have or need to have, the role of policy in population levels of PA.​ | Catherine Woods, Sven Messing, Kevin Volf and Enrique Garcia​ |
12.30-2.00​ | Networking and Lunch (Meeting 1 to 1 with PAfH Summer School Presenters)​ | |
2.00-4.30​ |
| Various Speakers​ |
4.30-5.00​ | Concluding Remarks from Day 1​ | Prof. Catherine Woods (PAfH UL)​ |
Day 2 Schedule​ | ||||
9:15 – 9:30​ | Introduction of the day​ | ​ | ||
9:30 – 12:30​ (3 hrs)​ | Theme 1: Measurement of PA​ | Theme 2: PA Intervention Design​ | Theme 3: PA Policy Evaluation​ | Presenters​ |
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​ | Measurement of PA: Grainne Hayes, Kwok Ng, Federico Palumbo, Brendan O'Keefe, Padraic Rocliffe​ PA Interventions & Special Populations: Elaine Murtagh, Sean Healy, Roisin Cahalan​ ​ PA Policy Evaluation & Benchmarking: Catherine Woods, Sven Messing, Kevin Volf and Enrique Garcia​ |
12:30 – 13:30​ | Networking and Lunch (Meeting 1 to 1 with PAfH Summer School Presenters)​ | ​ | ||
13:30 – 14:30​ | Pannel Discussion: ​
| Various Speakers​ | ||
14:30– 15:00​ | Break​ | |||
15:00 – 16:00​ | GUEST SPEAKER: Prof. Adrian Bauman​ 'Commercial determinants of PA' ​ | Prof. Adrian Bauman​ University of Sydney​ | ||
16:00 – 16:30​ | Concluding Remarks​ | Prof. Elaine Murtagh (PAfH, UL)​ |
Note: Schedule is indicative and subject to change​
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