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My COVID-19 Involvement:

Physical Activity as a Priority for COVID-19 James F. Sallis, Ph.D. As of March 2023 [A list of my COVID-related publications and...

Jim’s 2018 Photo Highlights

Posted May 2020. I apologize for being so slow. 2018 was a hectic year, with continuing efforts to act like a semi-retired person. There...

Jim’s First Visit To China. March 2018.

Posted August 2021 At first I had two invitations to go to China. Xiaobo (Bob) Wang invited me during his year-long visit to San Diego in...

Varanasi and Rajasthan, India

February 8-20, 2020 Background story. The main purpose of this visit to India was to attend a very unusual conference for me: 8th...

Karen Calfas Memories

By Jim Sallis April 2019 This is my personal memorial to Karen Calfas Polarek as a colleague, friend, and fan. On the very sad occasion...

Experiencing the Tibetan Community near Mundgod, India

Experiencing the Tibetan Community near Mundgod, India August 7-13, 2018 I have been an admirer of Tibetan culture since the mid-1970s...

Jim’s 2017 Highlights

April 2018 Though 2017 had a strong negative undercurrent due to the Trump presidency and for me personally due to continuing grief over...

Driverless cars and possible health effects

Blog post: Sallis, J. Driverless cars could be better or worse for our health—it’s up to us. The Conversation. Blog posted January 2,...

In Memoriam: Xiaobo (Bob) Wang

Jim Sallis. September 25, 2017 Dr Xiaobo Wang contacted me by email in 2015 and expressed an interest in being a visiting scholar with...

IPEN Team at ACU

IPEN Coordinating Center Makes Connections at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne Jim Sallis. September 25, 2017. The core team...

Are Sidewalks for Pedestrians?

June 13, 2017 By Jim Sallis This post first appeared on the America Walks blog: http://americawalks.org/are-sidewalks-for-pedestrians/....

Life Is Change: Professional and Personal Updates

May 2017. I want to explain why and how I am semi-retiring. Though my work has been meaningful and gratifying over many years, I am...

March for Science: A Good Walk for an Important Purpose

James Sallis, PhD April 22, 2017 What does it take to get scientists to leave the comfort of their labs and climb down from their ivory...

Impressions of SBM 2017 in San Diego

James F. Sallis, Ph.D. SBM President, 2016-2017 April 11, 2017 It seemed carefully planned to have the Society of Behavioral Medicine...

ULI’s Building Healthy Places Is a Great Program

May 2016 The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has long been a leader in socially and environmentally responsible development practices....

2016 Publications (so far…)

2016 Publications List As of April 15, 2016 James F. Sallis, Ph.D. Peer-Reviewed Papers Kurka, J.M., Adams, M.A., Todd, M., Colburn, T.,...

Visiting the Be Activ India team: IPEN Adolescent in Chennai

Visiting the Be Activ India team: IPEN Adolescent in Chennai July 28 to August 6, 2015 The most recent team to join the IPEN Adolescent...

IPEN at ISBNPA in Edinburgh, Scotland. June 1-6.

June 7, 2015 IPEN at ISBNPA in Edinburgh, Scotland. June 1-6. Edinburgh welcomed us with perfect Scottish weather, which means it was...

2015 Publications (so far)

2015 Publications List As of June 2015 James F. Sallis, Ph.D. Peer-Reviewed Papers Van Dyck, D., Cerin, E., De Bourdeaudhuij, I.,...

IPEN/ISBNPA Week in San Diego

The week of May 19, 2014 was a big one for IPEN. The San Diego Coordinating Center was pleased to host very many IPEN investigators at...