Elections results, ISBNPA2022 scientific program and much more

December 2021

President's message

ISBNPA 2022 in Phoenix, US

Membership News

NESI

Latest @IJBNPA

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The president's message is available by clicking in the image below.

Hybrid meeting - full program in person PLUS online sessions

Our first ever HYBRID meeting is behind prepared behind the scenes. Learn all about this meeting in this newsletter and on the website.

Keynotes

We are happy to inform you of the names of the keynotes.

Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan. Oklahoma State University (US)
David E. Conroy. Pennsylvania State University (US)
Olga Lucia Sarmiento, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
Sara N. Bleich; USDA & Harvard University

Information about their bio and presentation details is available HERE (updated regularly).

You can still submit your best research to ISBNPA 2022

A total of 365 regular abstract submissions are now being reviewed.

Submit your regular abstract by December 17, or consider submitting your best research to the next submission stage.

The call for late-breaking abstracts will be open until March 1, 2022.

Submit your best research HERE.

(re) Watch all the XChange 2021 presentations

Click here (open access)

A first glance at the accepted symposia and pre-conference workshops

The ISBNPA community prepared seven excellent pre-conference workshops. Make sure you attend these learning experiences.

Workshops

Network of Early Career Researchers and Students of ISBNPA (NESI) workshop
Natural experiments for physical activity research: creating competitive study designs to better evaluate environmental changes
Using Directed Acyclic Graphs to guide your research: an introduction, exercises and interactive discussions
Approaching Nutrition and Physical Activity Research from an Antiracist Research Lens
Evaluating implementation of public policy for the promotion of physical activity and healthy nutrition: Why, how and what should this involve.
Capacity Building Network workshop: Heterogeneity and variability: the devil or the holy grail in longitudinal data analysis of physical activity and behavioral nutrition data?
Cultivating equitable partnerships in behavioural nutrition and physical activity research

Symposia

The reviewers selected 30 symposia for the ISBNPA 2022 annual meeting. We will be releasing some titles of these sessions during the upcoming months.

Here is a sample of the symposia that you will attend in May, 2022.

"Choosing All Together"; Community priorities for nutrition interventions in Sub Saharan Africa
Citizen science to advance behavioral change science: empowering adolescents to create change
Addressing lifestyle patterns and health in early life: from observation to intervention

ISBNPA Elections

We had the closest election we ever witnessed, with 177 votes and very close voting for each one of the positions.

We want to thank all the nominees for their willingness to stand for the election.

President-Elect

Ester Cerin

Members-at-large

Inês Santos, Jenna Hollis and Carol Maher

Student representative

Moushumi Chaudhury and Sarah Shaw

ECR representative

Lisa Mackay and Stephanie Chapel

In addition to these positions, Delfien Van Dyck will be the next ISBNPA Secretary, and Meg Bruening will have another term as treasurer.

ISBNPA Membership

Supporting the ISBNPA community

ISBNPA supports several initiatives for the betterment of behavioral nutrition and physical activity science.

We are preparing our website to help you participate more directly in these initiatives' selection and funding. A sort of crowdfunding program to the initiatives that you believe the most. We plan to call it Researcher -> Researcher (R->R) funding (ideas for names are welcomed :-)).

Stay tuned for more information in early 2022.

Join the ISBNPA Committees

Several ISBNPA committees are calling for new members.

Please visit this page to find out how you can contribute to the ISBNPA community.

Open call for IJBNPA Editor-in-chief

We seek an Editor-in-Chief for IJBNPA to handle new submissions and continue enhancing the journal’s quality and reputation.

IJBNPA is currently a Q1 and 6.457 Impact factor publication.

The expression for interest is open until December 31st, 2021. This position will run from June 2022 till May 2024.

More information HERE.

Membership renewal

You can renew your ISBNPA membership now.

Login at our website (you can request a new password)
Then go to Membership | ISBNPA Membership
Select your membership category. The payment form will show with your details.
Confirm those details and select your payment method.

If you are a new member, click HERE, select the member category and fill the form.

Bookmark the new NESI website, a source for all NESI initiatives.

Student & ECR spotlights

Michael Kilb is researching social media’s influence on health behaviors and how to leverage social media for behavioral interventions and how to leverage social media for behavioral interventions.

Meet Maeghan James, a PhD candidate examining the role of parents in supporting physical activity and health in the early years.

Looking for a mentor?

The ISBNPA mentoring program brings together experienced and successful professional members with other ISBNPA members who are looking to develop their skills and career. Connect with an experienced mentor here today!

NESI blog

Read our NESI blog by Prof. Zoe Knowles: Taking your career upwards – The elevator pitch (or speech?)

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Take care!