DAVID E. CONROY, PH.D.
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Popular Press

  • Men's Health (C. Ritchey, 1/3/23): "How to keep your new year's fitness resolutions"
  • US News & World Report (S. Reinberg, 7/26/22): "More evidence fitness trackers can boost your health"
  • The Atlantic (M. Mertens, 6/1/22): "Standing now counts as exercise"
  • USA Today (A. Olson, 5/3/22): "I'm a woman who likes to go running. Why am I pressured to drink beer during exercise?"
  • New York Times (G. Reynolds, 12/22/21): "How exercise may affect our alcohol consumption"
  • NIH OBBSR Monthly Connector (11/9/21): "Promoting physical exercise by applying engineering tools to personalize fitness tracker messages"
  • Centered Magazine (D.J. Leos, Spring 2021): "A walk in the outdoors"
  • CNBC (C. Stieg, 1/14/21): "How the pandemic killed your motivation, and 6 simple ways to get it back, according to science"
  • Philly Voice (M. Tanenbaum, 10/4/20): "Penn State researchers get $3 million grant for wearable tech to prevent kidney stones"
  • Medical XPress (A. Wagner, 9/24/20): "Can wearable technology help older adults maintain healthy lives?"
  • The Cut/New York Magazine (K. Heaney, 1/31/20): "Why can't I commit to a hobby?"
  • Science Trends (J. Yang & D.E. Conroy, 4/8/19): "Mindfulness and exercise: Helping students cope with stress"
  • CNBC (C. Farr, 1/6/19): "Billions of dollars are pouring into digital health, but Americans are still getting sicker and dying younger"
  • Forbes (A.G. Walton, 6/21/18): "Marrying mindfulness and movement reduces stress, boosts mood"
  • Technology Networks (1/9/18): "Self-monitoring of food intake affected by day of week"
  • Today Show (M. Holohan, 10/14/16): "Reward for sweating? We drink more alcohol when we exercise"
  • New York Times (G. Reynolds, 12/2/15): "The close ties between exercise and beer"
  • PopSugar (Self, 7/1/15): "What happens when you work out, then drink"
  • Time (M. Oaklander, 9/23/14): "We drink more alcohol when we exercise"
  • National Public Radio (N. Shute, 5/6/14): "Most fitness apps don't use proven motivational techniques"
  • US News & World Report (A.M. Miller, 9/29/14): "Do you run for beer? how to maintain a healthy balance between working out and going out"
  • Washington Post (E. Izadi, 9/23/14): "Working out? Drink! Your gym days are also your booze days, study shows"
  • Shape (M. Ketchiff, nd): "How alcohol messes with your fitness goals"
  • Fox News Health (9/23/14): "New study finds people drink more on days when they are physically active"
  • ScienceDaily (5/6/14): "Mobile health apps lack behavior-change techniques"
  • US Dept Health & Human Services Healthbeat podcast (3/26/12): "Weekly changes in physical activity motivation"
  • US Dept Health & Human Services Healthbeat podcast (4/11/12): "Feel-good effects of physical activity"

Op-Ed Essays

  • The Conversation (with Dr. Sherry Pagoto, 11/13/18): “Move more, sit less - Great advice but how can we make time for exercise?” (reprinted in Business Insider, Washington Post, and others)
  • USA Today (with Dr. Kathleen Y. Wolin & Dr. Mercedes R. Carnethon, 10/4/16): "Baseball players are getting fat just like the rest of us"

Press Releases

  • PSU News (3/7/23): "Self-monitoring physical activity matters, according to smartwatch study"
  • PSU News (9/28/22): "Improving heart health with an app: Study aims to get young adults moving"
  • PSU News (1/27/22): "Penn State professor to serve President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition"
  • US Dept Health & Human Services (Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion, 1/20/22): "President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition Science Board Announcement"
  • PSU News (10/7/21): "Taking steps toward more effective fitness trackers, more physical activity"
  • PSU News (10/1/20): "Using wearable technology to prevent kidney stones"
  • PSU News (9/25/20): "Can wearable technology help older adults maintain healthy lives?"
  • PSU News (6/21/18): "Mindful movement may help lower stress, anxiety"
  • PSU HHD (10/4/16): "Study of MLB players over 145 year period finds obesity soars among professional baseball players"
  • Northwestern (E. Spain, 9/22/14): "We drink more alcohol on gym days"
  • PSU HHD (S. LaJeunesse, 5/6/14): "Mobile health apps lack behavior-change techniques"
  • Amer J Prev Med (A.J. Beck, 4/15/14): "Can your smartphone help you exercise?"

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  • Home
    • a bit about me
    • professional highlights
  • Motivation Lab
    • Projects >
      • Personalized Messaging Intervention
      • Fluid Intake
      • Teachable Activity Trackers
      • PA Moves
      • Einstein Aging Study
      • Social Physical Play
      • High-Intensity Walking & Frailty
      • Comparative Effectiveness of Brief Strength & Balance Training for Older Adults
      • Physical Activity Clustering with Unhealthy Behaviors
      • iSAHIB
      • EMA Methods
    • Measures
    • Team
    • Join Us!
    • Media Mentions | Infographics
  • Teaching
    • Canvas
    • Recommendation Letters
  • Consulting