NASPSPA Awards

Early Career Distinguished Scholar Award

Dr. Paul Estabrooks

Dr. Paul Estabrooks was an Assistant Professor at Kansas State University before moving to Kaiser Permanente – Denver Colorado. Paul earned his Ph.D. at the University of Western Ontario, and BPE, and MS at the University of Calgary. His research is focused on using theory and systems knowledge to develop physical activity interventions that can be readily adopted and sustained in standard community and clinical practice. Of late, Paul has included the use of multiple interactive technologies to support physical activity change. Paul has published 50 peer reviewed articles, 7 book chapters, and a textbook on the psychology of physical activity. For his work developing and testing a state-wide, group dynamics based physical activity program Paul was recently awarded the Cooper Institute Young Scientist Award for Diffusion and Dissemination. In addition, has received funding as a principal investigator from the National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Garfield Memorial Foundation.

NASPSPA Outstanding Student Paper Award

Meghan McDonough (Sport & Exercise Psychology)

NASPSPA Graduate Student Research Grant

Winona Snapp-Childs

Past Award Winners

2003 Early Career Distinguished Scholar Award Winner: Dr. A Mark Williams (Bsc, PhD)
2003 Graduate Student Research Award Winners: Jason Metcalf (PhD), Max Kurz (PhD)
2004 Early Career Distinguished Scholar Award Winners: Dr. Waneen Spirduso (Ph.D.) and Dr. Ron Marteniuk (Ph.D.).
2004 Graduate Student Research Award Winners: Kelly Arbour, Anne Cox, Aaron Dudley, and Dawn Lantero