Upcoming Roybal Center Webinar: "Habit Formation Without the Hype." Join us for our next Roybal Center webinar at 11:00 am ET on Friday, August 7, featuring Dr @amandarebar.bsky.social (Univ South Carolina). Registration link: umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Michigan Roybal Center Webinar with Amanda Rebar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Amanda Rebar presents, "Habit Formation Without the Hype". We often hear that the key to lasting behavior change is to "make it a habit." But what does that actually mean? This webinar explores what h...

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Applications are open for the world-class Physical Activity & Public Health course at @UofSC this fall! I’m thrilled to return as guest faculty for this intensive 7-day postgraduate program. It covers everything from PA measurement and clinical trials to implementation science and grantsmanship.

Join us for our next Roybal Center webinar on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at 11:00 am ET, featuring William Calo, PhD, JD, MPH. “From Message to Motivation: Communication Strategies That Drive Cancer Prevention Behaviors” Registration at umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @umkines.bsky.social

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Dr. William Calo presents, "From Message to Motivation: Communication Strategies That Drive Cancer Prevention Behaviors"

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🏙️ Heading to Chicago for #SBM2026? The Motivation Lab is out in full force! Stop by to say hi and see what my team, collaborators, and neighbors in & near the @UMKines have been up to. 📽️ Check the "SBM Playbook" below for our full schedule and our crowd-sourced Survival Guide! 🧵 (1/2)

🧠 Postdoc opportunity for scientists interested in working at the intersection of digital health & behavior change. The Motivation Lab & Roybal Center provide a rich environment for collaborating with and learning from scientists in the behavioral, biomedical, and information/engineering sciences.

Join us for our next Roybal Center webinar on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at 12:00 pm ET, featuring Dr. Martin Sliwinski who will discuss ambulatory methods for studying cognitive change as it occurs in everyday life. Register at umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Measuring a Moving Target: Ambulatory Methods for Capturing Cognitive Change in Daily Life

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Fun day at work today as @umkines.bsky.social unveiled a new art installation, Movement to Momentum, created by Schinkel Fine Art with collaboration from our school community. Light reflects playfully off the metal to highlight the activities and sports that give us health & inspiration

Looking for innovative ways to address physical activity and climate change? 🌿🚑 The Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) is hosting a timely pre-conference course: “Nature as Medicine: Evidence-Based NatureRX for Physical Activity Promotion and Climate Resilience.”

One of the meetings I am most excited about this spring is the first-ever academic conference on intervention optimization, "Intervention Optimization: Science and Practice, Present and Future," in Bethesda, Maryland from May 18-20, 2026.

How much exercise is needed? Any is a step forward for promoting health www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Join us for our next Roybal Center (roybal.umich.edu) webinar on Thursday, February 5, 2026, at 1:00 pm ET, featuring Dr. Giampiero Tarantino, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense.

The US is home to only 3 of the top 25 universities globally in research impact (#3, #20, and #23). In 2009, we were home to 15 out of 25, including the #1 spot. It would be the unforced error of the century to scale back on our national investment in science now. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...

Just 5 extra minutes per day of walking at an average speed is linked to a 10% reduction in deaths, from a meta-analysis of 135,000 participants in 7 cohorts (Norway, Sweden, and the US) New @thelancet.com thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Deaths potentially averted by small changes in physical activity and sedentary time: an individual participant data meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

Small and realistic increases in MVPA of 5 min/day might prevent up to 6% of all deaths in a high-risk approach and 10% of all deaths in population-based approach. Reducing sedentary time by 30 min/da...

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January Newsletter from the Roybal Center at @umkines.bsky.social is out - check it out and subscribe to be the first to get the next issue at mailchi.mp/89288fb1bd3f...

Big news from the Michigan Roybal Center at @umkines.bsky.social: our website now has a Generative AI Behavioral Science Assistant (Maizey) trained on ontologies, the science of physical activity, the M2C2 ambulatory cognitive testing approach, and much more. Try Maizey out at roybal.umich.edu

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At the Roybal Center, we’re redefining what’s possible for lifelong brain and body health.

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Adults who drink due to external pressures are more likely to consume higher amounts of alcohol & experience more negative consequences than those who drink mainly for the pleasure of consuming alcohol, according to a new study from @conroylab.bsky.social & colleagues. myumi.ch/9p8yX

This is an outstanding essay describing some of the important roles and influences of NIH program officers (from an insider perspective). Read! elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...

The Quiet Power of Program Officers

How invisible decisions shape what science gets done—and whether it matters

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The one validated intervention to slow aging and extend healthspan is not for sale. It's exercise. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We're hiring at the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology (kines.umich.edu).

Join us for tomorrow's (Dec 2, 10am Eastern) Roybal Center webinar by Dr Chris Sciamanna on "How to design an exercise program for older adults that they will do" #aging #physicalactivity - please share and register to get the link at umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Chris Sciamanna presents "How to design an exercise program for older adults that they will do"

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Join an emerging national center of excellence in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence in Kinesiology at a great university. @umkines.bsky.social has multiple open-rank faculty positions available. Join us in using advanced technology to challenge the idle state! Details at myumi.ch/8qnnD

We're hiring @umkines.bsky.social - two open searches for new faculty with expertise in the Social and Behavioral Science of Physical Activity (one open-rank tenure-line, one academic clinical asst/assoc). Details at myumi.ch/A1DDM

In honour of the late Dr Simon J Marshall: www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...

The Simon Marshall Lecture - Athlete advocacy: what motivates athletes to champion climate action?

Hybrid - Venue TBC & Zoom Webinar, 19 January 2026, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

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Check out the Nov issue of our Roybal Center newsletter - sign up if you want to get these directly in your inbox mailchi.mp/586525b9d319...

The Applied Exercise Science at the Univ Michigan has launched two searches for tenure-line (open-rank) and clinical (asst/assoc prof) faculty colleagues with expertise in the Social and Behavioral Sciences of Physical Activity.

The University of Michigan School of Kinesiology is searching for *multiple* open-rank faculty with expertise in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence in Kinesiology. Join us in forming a national center of excellence to propel the field foward. Details & application at apply.interfolio.com/177561

I loved being back in Pennsylvania, if only briefly, so Isabel Wakefield and I could meet with Drs Katie Schmitz & @carissalow.bsky.social to plot out new ideas to help cancer survivors. Pittsburgh is an amazing place - brimming with innovative ideas and energy for creating a better tomorrow

Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

...and the landing page for the Roybal Center for Promoting Adherence to Behavior Change & Enhancing Cognitive Function is now LIVE. Check it out at roybal.umich.edu & bookmark it for more exciting content is coming in the weeks and months ahead (including our AI Behavioral Science Assistant)...

📰Our Roybal Center Newsletter just published - check it out below (mailchi.mp/6b9712d4efff...) and subscribe if you want these delivered to your inbox! Highlights include news about a funding opportunity for behavioral intervention development and an upcoming webinar on adherence to behavior change