IMPAQT Coordinator Professor Catherine Woods to deliver keynote at ISPAH 2026 in Mérida, Mexico

Professor Catherine Woods, Coordinator of the IMPAQT project and Director of the Physical Activity for Health (PAfH) Research Centre at the University of Limerick, has been selected as a keynote speaker at the International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH) Congress 2026. The Congress will take place in Mérida, Mexico, from the 5^th to the 8^th of October.

Catherine's keynote, Physical Activity Policy Research: A love/hate relationship, will open the third day of the Congress on Wednesday 7^th of October at 09:00 local time. The presentation will draw on learnings from IMPAQT and will seek to discuss physical activity policy and the role of the physical activity community, particularly research, in meeting the challenges policy intervention present. Catherine joins a keynote line-up that includes Professor Ulf Ekelund of the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences and Associate Professor Jennifer D. Roberts of the University of Maryland.

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