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Adrian Bauman
Thursday, 3 July 2025

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​

  1. Using Artificial Intelligence and other technologies for research: its merits and/or perils​

  2. Statistics revisited using anything but SPSS! What newer technologies can offer.​

  3. Grantsmanship: How to apply for research funding – lessons learned from a 'reviewers' perspective. ​

  4. Public and Patient Involvement in intervention implementation​

  5. Implementation determinants, adaptations and strategies to tailor PA interventions to specific contexts: Learnings from I-PARC​

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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  • Device-based​

  • Questionnaires​

  • Other​

  • Methods​

  • Measures​

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  • Schools​

  • Clinical​

  • Adapted​

  • Methods​

  • Measures​

  • Instruments​

  • Evidence​

  • PA-EPI in practice​

  • Methods​

  • Measures​

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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​

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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: ​

  • Research Career Planning 101: What I would do differently!​

  • Net Working: How to build partnerships and collaborations​

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​

For registration and fees please visit Eventbrite page:

Email: pafh@ul.ie
Phone: +353(0)61234230

Physical Activity for Health (PAfH) Research Cluster,
Health Research Institute,
şÚÁĎÉç
Ireland