Education

  • Ph.D., University of Utah (2000)
  • M.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1996)
  • B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1994)

Honors & Awards

  • Evan G. & Helen G. Pattishall Research Achievement Award, The Pennsylvania State University (2022)
  • President, Society of Behavioral Medicine (2021-2022)
  • Fellow, Society of Behavioral Medicine (2020-)
  • Fellow, American College of Sports Medicine (2019-)
  • Faculty Fellow, Social Science Research Institute (2018-2019)
  • Fran & Holly Soistman Faculty Development Endowment (2017-2018)
  • Highly-Cited Paper Awards from Essential Science Indicators/Web of Science
  • Dorothy V. Harris Early Career Award, Association for Applied Sport Psychology (2004)
  • Prince de Merode Award, International Olympic Committee (2002)
  • Sport Psychology Registry, U.S. Olympic Committee (2002)
  • Friend of Academic Advancement Programs, Penn State Office of the Vice-President Provost for Educational Equity (2002)
  • Certified Consultant, Association for Applied Sport Psychology (2001)
  • Phi Kappa Phi (1999)

Selected Professional Activities & Accomplishments

  • Consistent stream of peer-reviewed publications (200+) and national/ international presentations (150+)
  • Active extramural research funding
    • Efficacy of Precision Text Messaging to Increase Physical Activity in Insufficiently-Active Young Adults (R61 HL164868, Contact PI)
    • Efficacy of sipIT intervention for increasing urine output in patients with urolithiasis (NIH R01 DK 124469, Contact PI)
    • Phase 1 clinical trial to develop a personalized adaptive text message intervention using control systems engineering tools to increase physical activity in early adulthood (NIH R01 HL 142732, Contact PI)
    • CHS: Medium: Collaborative research: Teachable activity trackers for older adults (NSF IIS 1955590, PI)
    • Feasibility of an adapted multicomponent physical activity intervention to reduce psychosocial distress in rural adults following cancer diagnosis (American Institute of Cancer Research via MD Anderson Cancer Center, site PI)
    • Comparative effectiveness of social physical play and traditional exercise programming (NIH R33 HL142679, co-I)
    • The effect of high intensity walking in reducing frailty among assisted living residents (NIH R01 AG060162, co-I)
    • Advancing the science and practice of ecological momentary assessment (NIH R37 AG057685, co-I)
    • Increasing physical activity in rural Pennsylvanians: The PA Moves Trial (NIH R01 CA268017, co-I)
    • Einstein Aging Study - Project 1: Sleep, physical activity, sedentary behavior and cognitive function (NIH P01 AG003949, co-I)
  • Selected previous external funding
    • Collaborative research: Data driven control of switched systems with applications to human behavioral modification (NSF ECCS 1808266, co-PI)
    • Everyday stress response targets in the science of behavior change (NIH UH3 AG052167, co-I)
    • ARRA: Tools for articulating within-person dynamics of interpersonal interactions (NIH RC1 AG 35645, co-I)
    • Coach training to promote youth social development (NIH R03 HD42535, PI)
    • Individual difference regulation of interpersonal fields (NIH R03 MH65230, PI)
  • Member of 2022 Science Board for President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition (via US Dept Health Human Services/Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion)
  • Consultant to 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee (Brain Health sub-committee)
  • Publications & Communications Council Chair (Board of Directors), Society of Behavioral Medicine (2016-2019)
  • Editorial Board Memberships (active): Assessment; International Review of Sport & Exercise Psychology; Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology; Psychology of Sport & Exercise; Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology; Translational Behavioral Medicine
  • Prior editorial service included stints as Managing Editor for Translational Behavioral Medicine (2014-2015) and editorial board member for Group Dynamics, Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, and the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology.
  • Guest Reviewer for over 80 peer-reviewed journals
  • Record of experience in academic leadership and governance: Faculty Senator, Graduate Program Director, Strategic Planning Committees, Promotion & Tenure Evaluations

Research Dashboards

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Need to know something else? Email conroy[at]psu.edu.