Mon, Sept 27 @6:30PM - Texas CARES

On Monday, Sept 27 at 6:30 PM, we will hold an online-only club meeting.  Our speaker will be Bill Kohl, Professor of Epidemiology and Kinesiology at the University of Texas.

 

This session will highlight the Texas CARES survey, a statewide project to monitor SARS-CoV-2 antibody status and to see how antibodies to the virus change over time.  Texas CARES is a collaborative project with the UTHealth School of Public Health, the University of Texas System, and the Texas Department of State Health Services.

 

  

To join the meeting, go to  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84684272677

 

If you have not used Zoom before, see the instructions under Zoom and SET UP below.

 

 

Dr. Harold W. (Bill) Kohl, III is Professor of Epidemiology and Kinesiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center – Houston School of Public Health and the University of Texas, Austin.  At the University of Texas School of Public Health, Dr. Kohl also serves as the Associate Regional Dean for Academic Affairs and International Health Affairs at the Austin Regional Campus. In his recent efforts, he has concentrated on national and international physical activity surveillance and epidemiology issues, as well as program development and evaluation studies for the promotion of school-based physical activity for children and adolescents.  He initiated Active Texas 2020, a state physical activity plan for Texas.  He has served as an elected Trustee and is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and is a Fellow in the National Academy of Kinesiology.  He is the founder and past-president of the International Society for Physical Activity and Health and currently serves as the elected chair of the US National Physical Activity Plan Alliance.  He has served in an editorial capacity for several scientific journals and is currently Editor Emeritus of the Journal of Physical Activity and Health. He has published more than 260 papers, chapters and monographs in the scientific literature and in 2012 co-authored the seminal textbook Foundations of Physical Activity and Public Health.  In 2018, he co-authored the textbook Foundations of Kinesiology.

 

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CONNECT via Zoom - Computer, Tablet, Smart Phone

 

To join the meeting, go to  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84684272677

 

If you cannot connect by from that link: 

 

AUDIO ONLY

 

You can connect this way if you just want to talk and hear, but not be seen. This is also an option if you are having difficulties with the audio connection on your computer - you can connect to the video via the Internet, and connect to the audio by dialing in on your phone.

 

Dial the number below and then enter the Meeting ID.

 

United States Toll: +1 346 248 7799

Meeting ID: 846 8427 2677 and #

 

You will then be prompted to enter # again to join the meeting.

 

SET UP

 

Web Meetings (or web conferences) differ from watching videos on line (YouTube, Facebook Live, Netflix, etc.) because our club members can interact and participate in the meeting. Thru the use of your camera and microphone on your desktop or smart device, people in the web meeting can see you (if you allow) via the camera on your desktop or smart device, and you can speak up in the meeting via the microphone on your desktop or smart device.

 

Our meetings will be conducted with Zoom. Zoom is free, and runs on desktops, laptops, tablets and smart phones. You can also dial in on an old school phone or cell phone if you just want to listen in on the meeting (and talk.)

 

INSTALLATION

 

We recommend installing the app on your computer, tablet or smart phone BEFORE the meeting.

 

You can install the app by visiting https://zoom.us/download#client_4meeting and following the instructions.

 

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