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What's
New
at K-State's Community Health Institute
New CHI Faculty Associate Scientist
Dr. Elizabeth Fallon, Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, joined CHI in August 2006
as a new Faculty Associate Scientist. She received her
bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of Florida, and
her master's and Ph.D. in exercise science from the University
of Florida. During her graduate studies , Dr. Fallon focused on
the following two research areas : (a) the relationship between
exercise and the body image and (b) the transtheoretical model
for exercise behavior .It is the later of these two areas
of research that led her to a postdoctoral fellowship at the
University of South Carolina where she studied theory-based
public health approaches for the acquisition and maintenance of
physical activity and health dietary behaviors in undeserved
populations .Beginning her first faculty position as an
assistant professor here at Kansas State University , Dr Fallon
is excited to collaborate interdepartmentally to promote
healthy lifestyle behaviors for all Kansans .In her "spare time
" she enjoys jogging , hiking , playing sports (especially
softball and Tennis ), traveling and cheering for the Chicago
Cubs and Florida Gators .
HOP'N After School Project Launches New
Website
HOP'N After
School , a program for promoting healthy opportunities for
physical activity and nutrition in 4th grade children
under the direction of Dr. David Dzewaltowski, launched a new
website in August 2006 (www.hopn.org).
This site provides web support for HOP'N program staff which
includes valuable resources , training material , publications ,
presentation and a forum for sharing ideas .The website also
provides resources and information for educators , key partners
and researchers in the field of public health and physical
activity . Funded by the United States Department of Agriculture
, the aim of the project is to evaluate the impact of the newly
developed HOP'N After School Program on 4th grade
children's youth development (physical activity and healthy
eating beliefs ) , healthy eating , physical activity and risk
of overweight .
Active Living Research Conference
The 3rd Annual ALR Conference will be February 16-18, 2006, in Coronado, California. For more details, go to www.activelivingresearch.org.
Upcoming Guest Speaker
Dr. Ross Brownson from the Saint Louis
University of Public Health will be speaking on the built
environment and community based physical activity interventions
in February 2007 .More details will be available soon .
Dr. Kelly Evenson from the University of North
Carolina , Chapel Hill Public School of Public Health will be
speaking May 3 , 2007 on physical activity and the environment
.More details will be available soon .
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