Your Co-chair

Mavra Ahmed, PhD

Department of Nutritional Sciences

Joannah and Brian Lawson Centre for Child Nutrition

University of Toronto, Canada

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Let’s meet the first author of this article, recently published in Journal of Health Psychology, and learn more about his interests: 

Dr Janis Fiedler, PhD

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Twitter: @FieJanis

Tell us a little about yourself. 

I am a post-doctoral researcher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. I completed my PhD in mHealth interventions to enhance physical activity at the end of 2022. Since then, I have broadened my research focus to include performance diagnostics, fitness, and body composition as the foundation for individualized physical activity interventions. I greatly enjoy creating plots in R and am working towards fostering a culture of open science.



How did the paper idea come up? 

The idea for the paper emerged from a peer-to-peer mentoring program. Caroline approached me to see if I was interested in collaborating to combine her expertise in psychology with my knowledge of physical activity. We self-taught multilevel modelling and this collaboration resulted in the creation of three papers.

3 key takeaways from your paper? 

• Everyday physical activity is not associated with valenced affect in individuals with higher body weight.
• This finding contradicts the common message propagated in many physical activity programs, which often advocate 'move more and you will feel better'.
• Energetic arousal and calmness are bidirectionally related to physical activity and may be important variables to consider when tailoring future just-in-time adaptive interventions.

What tips do you have for future researchers who would like to engage in this topic? 

Be curious and collaborate to broaden your perspective. No one is expected to know everything, and learning becomes easier and significantly more enjoyable when done in a team.

What did you learn from this paper that will inform your future work? 

I learned that we need to do a better job at understanding the factors that make physical activity enjoyable in populations that would benefit from it the most.

Besides this paper, what else have you been up to recently? 

Currently, I am collaborating with several researchers on publications that explore mHealth in families, physical fitness, and body composition across various age groups. We are also examining the impact of lockdowns in Germany on children's quality of life. In addition to this, I have begun co-supervising my first PhD student, a role I find immensely rewarding.



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e-&mHealth at ISBNPA 2024

Who is excited to see everyone in Omaha? We ARE!  Please see below for opportunities to connect.

SIG Pre-conference Workshop

WS. 1.02: Monday, May 20^th, 8:30am-12:30pm, Room 212: Challenges and Opportunities to the Design, Implementation, Evaluation, and Scale-Up of Digital Interventions Targeting Children and Families: A Multiple Case Study Perspective

Additional details can be found here: LINK

SIG Business Meeting

Tuesday, May 21^st, 12:00PM-1:15PM, Room 210: Please Join us at our upcoming e-&mHealth business meeting where we will explore the impact of e-&mHealth on users through a collaborative activity.

Oral and Poster Presentation Award Finalists 

It is our great pleasure to congratulate our shortlisted awardees for ISBNPA best oral and poster presentation for their outstanding contributions to the field of e-&mHealth research. All abstract submissions were independently scored by a team of reviewers. 

Each shortlisted presentation will be presented during the sessions listed below. 

Oral Presentations – Monday, May 20^th, 5:15-6:30pm, Room 212.

• Weaver R., Ghosal R., Cepni A., Finnegan O., White J., Parker H., Brukart S., Beets M., Brown D., Pate, R., de Zambotti M., Welk G., Nelakuditi S., Wang Y., Armstrong B., Adams E., Zhu Z., Savidge M., Niako N. Predicting physical activity energy expenditure from consumer wearable accelerometry and heart rate data in children
• Prochnow T., Wang W., Wang S., Li J., Intille S., Hedeker D., Dunton G. Understanding ecological momentary assessment compliance in a 12- month multi-measurement burst sampling design in the TIME study 
• Fu L., Zhe S., Bai Y. Which health-related behaviors are critical to mental health among college students: a machine learning approach

Poster Presentations- Wednesday, May 22^nd, 11:00-11:55am, Ballroom C.

• Timm et al., How physical behavior, affective well-being, and social contact are linked in real-life: An ambulatory assessment study
• Evers et al., Environmental Influence on mHealth Engagement: Unveiling Pathways to Sustainable Health Behavior Change

Sessions 

Monday, May 20^th

8:30am – 12:30pm Workshop WS.1.05, Room 215 – Apps, Portals, and Platforms: Leveraging Technology to Advance Behavioral and Community Health Research – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Developing and Rolling out Health Technologies

Tuesday, May 21^st

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4:45pm-6:00pm Symposia S.1.08, Room 212 – Digital Food Choice Environments – Can the shift to shopping food online be used to promote healthy and sustainable choices?

3:00pm - 4:15pm - Orals SO.1.08, Room 212 - The feasibility and usability of digital health measurement and intervention tools. 

Wednesday, May 22^nd

11:00am – 11:55am – Poster session P2.10, Ballroom C - E- & mHealth

12:00pm – 1:15pm – Short orals SOLB2, Room 211 - Latest findings in behavior change science, part 1

3:00pm – 4:15pm - Orals O.2.23, Room 215 – Understanding the effectiveness and efficacy of digital health interventions.

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