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Biostatistician | U-M Careers

Also hiring a Biostatistician right now — if that’s more your world, or you know someone who fits: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

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We’re an AI-forward team — built our own in-house multi-agent system (Lab BrAIn) to cut busywork so people can focus on what matters. Looking for someone excited to build on that, not just tolerate it.

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Manager of Research Operations | U-M Careers

I’m hiring a Manager of Research Operations for my NIH-funded research lab at Michigan. Real ownership — budgets, people, compliance — not admin support. $89K–$104K, Ann Arbor. careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This session will separate common misconceptions from current evidence, discuss why habits are only one part of the behavior change puzzle, and explore how understanding cues, impulses, motivation, and context can lead to more effective interventions and everyday behavior change

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

If you're looking to level up your research competencies alongside leading experts, don't miss out. ⏳ Deadline to apply: July 15, 2026 🔗 Learn more & apply: web.asph.sc.edu/paph/ #PublicHealth #Kinesiology #Epidemiology

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Applications are open for the world-class Physical Activity & Public Health course at @UofSC this fall! I’m thrilled to return as guest faculty for this intensive 7-day postgraduate program. It covers everything from PA measurement and clinical trials to implementation science and grantsmanship.

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Join us for our next Roybal Center webinar on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at 11:00 am ET, featuring William Calo, PhD, JD, MPH. “From Message to Motivation: Communication Strategies That Drive Cancer Prevention Behaviors” Registration at umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @umkines.bsky.social

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Michigan Roybal Center Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Dr. William Calo presents, "From Message to Motivation: Communication Strategies That Drive Cancer Prevention Behaviors"

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

We made the Survival Guide for our first-time attendees, but we want to hear from the veterans... What’s your #1 SBM survival tip? 🧥☕ (2/2) @sbm.org

David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

🏙️ Heading to Chicago for #SBM2026? The Motivation Lab is out in full force! Stop by to say hi and see what my team, collaborators, and neighbors in & near the @UMKines have been up to. 📽️ Check the "SBM Playbook" below for our full schedule and our crowd-sourced Survival Guide! 🧵 (1/2)

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Learn more about this opportunity with my group at the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology (@umkines.bsky.social) here - myumi.ch/w9DQd. I'll be at the Society of Behavioral Medicine meeting in Chicago next week - let's talk!

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2026.docx

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Digital Health & Behavior Change University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI The Opportunity Dr. David Conroy seeks at least one highly-motivated **Postdoctoral Research Fello...

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

We are actively working to develop & evaluate tools for precision behavioral interventions to promote health behaviors, such as physical activity and fluid intake, in a variety of populations across the adult lifespan. Can your background in behavioral science, data science, or AI make an impact?

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

🧠 Postdoc opportunity for scientists interested in working at the intersection of digital health & behavior change. The Motivation Lab & Roybal Center provide a rich environment for collaborating with and learning from scientists in the behavioral, biomedical, and information/engineering sciences.

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This presentation, “Measuring a Moving Target: Ambulatory Methods for Capturing Cognitive Change in Daily Life” will introduce the Mobile Monitoring of Cognitive Change (M2C2) approach for capturing cognitive function in the real world using open-source software (roybal.umich.edu/resources/).

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Roybal Center - Roybal Center

At the Roybal Center, we’re redefining what’s possible for lifelong brain and body health.

David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Join us for our next Roybal Center webinar on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at 12:00 pm ET, featuring Dr. Martin Sliwinski who will discuss ambulatory methods for studying cognitive change as it occurs in everyday life. Register at umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Michigan Roybal Webinar with Martin Sliwinski. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Measuring a Moving Target: Ambulatory Methods for Capturing Cognitive Change in Daily Life

David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Fun day at work today as @umkines.bsky.social unveiled a new art installation, Movement to Momentum, created by Schinkel Fine Art with collaboration from our school community. Light reflects playfully off the metal to highlight the activities and sports that give us health & inspiration

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

📅 Wednesday, April 22 🕚 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM 📍 SBM Annual Meeting

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

The session will explore the evidence behind "NatureRX" and how nature-based interventions can be used to promote physical activity while building community resilience against climate change. It looks like a must-attend for anyone at the intersection of public health and environmental science.

David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Looking for innovative ways to address physical activity and climate change? 🌿🚑 The Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) is hosting a timely pre-conference course: “Nature as Medicine: Evidence-Based NatureRX for Physical Activity Promotion and Climate Resilience.”

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Registration is OPEN- join me in learning how we can push the state of the science forward! www.interventionoptimization.org/conference/hub

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2026 Conference on Intervention Optimization

David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

The conference is co-hosted by the Center for Advancement and Dissemination of Intervention Optimization (CADIO) at NYU and the Data Science for Dynamic Intervention Decision Making Center (@d3center.bsky.social) at University of Michigan. www.interventionoptimization.org

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Intervention Optimization

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

One of the meetings I am most excited about this spring is the first-ever academic conference on intervention optimization, "Intervention Optimization: Science and Practice, Present and Future," in Bethesda, Maryland from May 18-20, 2026.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

How much exercise is needed? Any is a step forward for promoting health www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

In this talk, Dr. Tarantino will present findings from a new systematic review and meta-analysis of 40 randomized controlled trials evaluating “booster” strategies for maintaining physical activity after an intervention ends. Registration link: umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Michigan Roybal Webinar with Giampiero Tarantino. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Dr. Tarantino will discuss his recently published meta-analysis on intervention booster strategies and their effects on maintenance.

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Join us for our next Roybal Center (roybal.umich.edu) webinar on Thursday, February 5, 2026, at 1:00 pm ET, featuring Dr. Giampiero Tarantino, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense.

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Sherry Pagoto, PhD @drsherrypagoto.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

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The US is home to only 3 of the top 25 universities globally in research impact (#3, #20, and #23). In 2009, we were home to 15 out of 25, including the #1 spot. It would be the unforced error of the century to scale back on our national investment in science now. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

January Newsletter from the Roybal Center at @umkines.bsky.social is out - check it out and subscribe to be the first to get the next issue at mailchi.mp/89288fb1bd3f...

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Roybal Newsletter - Jan 2026

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Big news from the Michigan Roybal Center at @umkines.bsky.social: our website now has a Generative AI Behavioral Science Assistant (Maizey) trained on ontologies, the science of physical activity, the M2C2 ambulatory cognitive testing approach, and much more. Try Maizey out at roybal.umich.edu

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Roybal Center - Roybal Center

At the Roybal Center, we’re redefining what’s possible for lifelong brain and body health.

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University of Michigan News @umichnews.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Adults who drink due to external pressures are more likely to consume higher amounts of alcohol & experience more negative consequences than those who drink mainly for the pleasure of consuming alcohol, according to a new study from @conroylab.bsky.social & colleagues. myumi.ch/9p8yX

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

This is an outstanding essay describing some of the important roles and influences of NIH program officers (from an insider perspective). Read! elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...

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The Quiet Power of Program Officers

How invisible decisions shape what science gets done—and whether it matters

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

And that’s not to justify it. But we should all be realistic and figure out ways to strengthen these social contracts when we rely so much on unpaid labor for critical tasks

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

And editors have company with this problem because it is going to be an issue for promotion and tenure reviews moving forward too. People are already using ai tools to write external letters. How long before a candidate is found to be loading up their cv files with superlatives in white text

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Fair enough but editors will need a way to detect when the efficiency motive got the better of a reviewer. One countermeasure could be for the pdf generating software to embed the white text with instructions to use a tell-tale phrase to help editors identify the non-human reviews.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

The one validated intervention to slow aging and extend healthspan is not for sale. It's exercise. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

And the natural sequelae will be authors hiding white text in their submission files with prompts directing what the AI tool should put in the reviews

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Conveniently chatGPT also suggested how to respond so it would approve of the revision 😂

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I received a review (from reviewer 2 of course) last week that looked suspicious so I asked Gemini which chatbot wrote it. Gemini ratted on chatGPT, & even said it was most likely GPT4. It said the other review was likely human. When I asked GPT4.1 it fessed up that GPT 4 wrote it

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It's an exciting time to be at Michigan - if you're eager to make an impact, join us in challenging the idle state! Priority consideration will be given to applications received by December 31, 2025.

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... and the open-rank tenure-line and Asst/Assoc academic clinical line searches for experts in *Social & Behavioral Science of Physical Activity* (myumi.ch/A1DDM).

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Check out the open-rank tenure-line search for experts (plural) in *Data Science & Artificial Intelligence in Kinesiology* (myumi.ch/8qnnD)...

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Challenge the Idle State | School of Kinesiology

We're hiring at the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology (kines.umich.edu).

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David Conroy @conroylab.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Join us for tomorrow's (Dec 2, 10am Eastern) Roybal Center webinar by Dr Chris Sciamanna on "How to design an exercise program for older adults that they will do" #aging #physicalactivity - please share and register to get the link at umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...