Lecture Series on
Physical Activity and Public Health
by prof. Michael Pratt
Dear collegues, dear students,
on behaf of the vice-dean for International Affairs of the Faculty of Physical Culture Mr. Michal Kudláček we kindly invite you to lecture series of the Fulbright Visiting Professor Michael Pratt: Physical Activity and Public Health.
Michael Pratt’s home department at the from the University of California San Diego is the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science. He has long been collaborating with the Faculty of Physical Culture and he is currently living and working in Olomouc thanks to the prestigious Fulbright Distinguished Scholar grant awarded to Michael Pratt for the whole academic year 2022/2023.
A series of lectures focused on physical activity and public health will be held at the Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University Olomouc, and delivered by Dr Michael Pratt, a leading expert in his field.
All students and employees of Palacký University interestedin the topics are cordially invited to attend the lectures, regardless of their department or faculty.
No prior registration necessary.
Place
Lecture Hall 4.20, building A, 4th floor,
Faculty of Physical Culture, třída Míru 671/117
Time
10:30 - 11:30
Topics and Dates
- 8.2.2023 Measuring and monitoring physical activity for population health
- 22.2.2023 Can we reverse the global pandemic of inactivity: Evidence - based strategies to increase physical activity
- 8.3.2023 Is vigorous physical activity important for (public) health?
- 22.3.2023 A brief history of the development and implementation of public health policy for physical activity
- 5.4.2023 Physical activity and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
- 19.4.2023 Building global capacity for physical activity research and practice: Role of network
On behalf of the IRO of the Faculty of Physical Culture Tereza Havlová, tereza.havlova@upol.cz