ACSM annually recognizes individuals for distinguished careers in sports medicine and/or exercise sciences. Recipients for the 2009 Honor/Citation award are listed below. (A list of previous award recipients follows.)

The Honor Award of the American College of Sports Medicine is granted to an individual with a distinguished career of outstanding scientific and scholarly contributions to sports medicine and/or the exercise sciences. The contributions may be in the basic, applied, and/or clinical sciences; allied health and/or education. ACSM membership is not a requirement for this award.

The Citation Award of the American College of Sports Medicine is granted to an individual or group who has made significant and important contributions to sports medicine and/or the exercise sciences. These contributions may include, but are not limited to, research and scholarship; clinical care; and/or administrative or educational services in sports medicine or exercise science. ACSM membership is not a requirement for this award.

2009 Honor Award Recipient

Barry Franklin, Ph.D., FACSM
Royal Oak, MI

Barry A Franklin, Ph.D., FACSM is the ACSM Honor Award Recipient for 2009 based on his leadership in cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, his academic leadership in clinical exercise physiology and his extensive and exemplary service to ACSM.

Dr Franklin received his Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University in 1976 and participated as a Collaborating Investigator with Dr. Herman Hellerstein in the National Exercise and Heart Disease Project. From 1979 to 1985 he directed the cardiac rehabilitation program at Sinai Hospital of Detroit before moving to William Beaumont Hospital in Detroit as the director of cardiac rehabilitation and exercise laboratories.

Combining his interests in exercise physiology and cardiology, Dr. Franklin has performed research studies related to the physiologic and clinical responses to occupational and leisure time activities in patients with heart disease, including snow shoveling, lawn mowing, stair climbing and deer hunting as well as studies of primary and secondary prevention of heart disease, exercise testing and exercise prescription. His ability to conduct clinical studies of broad interest has lead to wide recognition of his work, in both the scientific and popular literature. He has written or edited nearly 500 publications, including 360 peer reviewed manuscripts and 23 books. He has given over 650 invited presentations and is widely considered to be one of the most skillful and engaging lecturers within the exercise science community. In support of his scientific endeavors, Dr. Franklin has received numerous research grants and currently is a collaborating investigator for the HF-ACTION trial.

Dr. Franklin’s professional service has been truly prodigious. He has served as President of both ACSM (1999) and AACVPR (1988), and as President of the Greater Midwest Affilliate of the AHA. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, the American Journal of Medicine and Sports, was the Senior Editor of the 6^th edition of ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, and holds editorial positions on numerous other scientific journals.

Presaging this Honor Award from ACSM, Dr. Franklin has been the recipient of numerous other awards recognizing his professional achievements, including the Citation Award from ACSM (2002), the Award of Excellence (1992) and the Michael L. Pollock Established Investigator Award (2004) from the AACVPR, the Horace Elgin Dodge Award from the AHA of Michigan (1998), the Dodrill Award from the AHA (2003) and the Outstanding Medical Researcher Award from Beaumont Hospitals (2008).

Beyond his direct accomplishments, which reflect his remarkable work ethic, Dr. Franklin is widely recognized as a kind, compassionate and remarkably polite person, a leader who is engaging, inclusive and effective without being directive or confrontational, and someone who can always be counted on to see the larger view and implications of his actions and of those he leads.

The ACSM Honor Award is granted to an individual with a distinguished career of outstanding scientific, service and leadership contributions to the exercise science community, and Dr. Franklin is fully deserving of this recognition for all that he has brought to the exercise science community.

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2009 Citation Award Recipients

Louise M. Burke, Ph.D., FACSM
Australian Institute of Sport
Belconnen, NSW, Australia

This award is presented to Dr. Louise M. Burke, ACSM Fellow and Head of the Department of Sports Nutrition at the Australian Institute of Sport. As Head of that Department since its inception in 1990, Dr. Burke has developed and managed the broad range of services that the Department now offers, including clinical counselling and education for athletes in residence, consulting to Australian national sporting organizations, scholarly research, student teaching, and educational resource development, as well as food service for athletes in residence and athletes travelling to national and international competitions. The singular purpose of all this activity is to develop practical nutrition strategies for athletes to achieve optimum performance.

Meanwhile, Dr. Burke also contributed greatly to the development and delivery of educational programs in sports nutrition for Deakin University, and the International Olympic Committee. She also served as dietitian for the Australian Swimming Team from 1991-2007 and for the Australian Olympic Teams for the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. She is a member of the IOC Working Group on Nutrition and of the IAAF Medical and Anti-Doping Commission.

Dr. Burke has published more than 70 peer-reviewed research papers, more than 40 book chapters, and several textbooks on sports nutrition, in addition to the official AIS Survivor series of cookbooks for athletes. She is an editor of the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism.

For her vision, dedication, and energy in developing education programs and promoting the profession of sports nutrition, for her service as a personal role model for that profession, for her research on sports nutrition, and for her development and management of the Department of Sports Nutrition at the Australian Institute of Sport as a best practice model for other institutions, Dr. Burke is most worthy to receive the ACSM Citation Award.

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Kirk J. Cureton, Ph.D., FACSM
University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Dr. Cureton, Professor and Head, Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, has distinguished himself and ACSM through his exemplary contributions as a scientist and educator. A Fellow since 1976, he is internationally recognized as a scholar on youth fitness testing, sex differences in physical performance, human body composition, and heat stress and physical performance.

A meticulous researcher and dedicated mentor, he has graduated some 30 doctoral students over the past 33 years. His commitment to ACSM continues through his students: over 80% are current members of ACSM and about half are Fellows. This multiplier effect is an impressive legacy as some 20 former students now mentor graduate students of their own.

He has presented over 40 papers at ACSM national meetings. Even more noteworthy, he has published over 30 manuscripts in ACSM’s flagship journal Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise. This represents a large proportion of his total research output of over 100 peer-reviewed publications. He has served ACSM in many roles, most notably as Associate Editor of MSSE, Member of the Board Trustees, and Vice-President.

For more than three decades, Dr. Cureton has been a prominent leader in exercise science and ACSM through his careful and consistent work as a scientist, educator, and advocate. ACSM is pleased to recognize Kirk J. Cureton, with the 2009 Citation Award for his excellent and sustained scientific and professional contributions and service.

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Patty Freedson, Ph.D., FACSM
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

This award is presented to Dr. Patty Freedson, Professor and Chair of the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Dr. Freedson’s innovative investigations using novel techniques to assess physical activity have established her as leader in the field of kinesiology. She has been a productive scholar, with over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, 18 book chapters, and co-editor of several books.

Dr. Freedson has made numerous important contributions to ACSM: She led the New England Chapter as President and the National ACSM as Trustee and Vice President; she served on the Editorial Boards of ACSM’s flagship publications; and she was selected to give the Presidential Lecture at the 2001 Annual ACSM Meeting and the ACSM Cureton Lecturer in 2003.

Her tireless efforts are also held in the highest regard within the American Alliance for Health and Physical Education and Dance where was invited to give the McCloy lecture in 2000 and received the NASPE Distinguished Achievement Award and Presidential Award. In recognition of her significant contributions to the area of fitness and health, Dr. Freedson was named to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Science Committee in 2006.

In 2004, Dr. Freedson received the University of Massachusetts Chancellor’s Medal for her Distinguished Faculty Lecture and in 2007 received the University’s Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activity Award.Dr. Freedson has served as a mentor to numerous graduate and undergraduate students. Her students have been well-prepared and gone on to productive careers in kinesiology and fitness.

Dr. Freedson’s outstanding accomplishments in science, education, and service are aptly recognized with the ACSM Citation award.

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Carl Foster, Ph.D., FACSM
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
La Crosse, WI

It is a privilege and an honor to present this award to Carl Foster, Ph.D., FACSM, Professor of Exercise and Sport Science at the University of Wisconsin in La Crosse. By inclination and professional training Dr. Foster is an exercise physiologist with very broad interests ranging from clinical exercise physiology to elite sport physiology. He is Director of the Human Performance Laboratory and Director of Research in the Clinical Exercise Physiology Graduate Program at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas in Austin in 1976, followed by a post-doctoral work at Ball State University. He worked at Sinai Samaritan Medical Center in Milwaukee for twenty-one years before he moved to the academic position at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. His distinguished professional career and accomplishments have produced ~250 scientific papers and book chapters and ~20 longer works. His professional involvement and activities of outstanding service include being on the scientific support team for U.S. Speed Skating since 1979, Associate Editor of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise for 15 years and serving as the President of the American College of Sports Medicine in 2005-2006..

Perhaps the greatest strength of Dr. Foster’s professional contributions to the field of exercise, clinical, and applied physiology is that his work is not only appropriate for exercise scientists, medical and health professionals, but also useful to coaches and athletes. Dr. Foster’s recognition for his outstanding and eminent accomplishments extends beyond the ACSM family and the U.S. and includes an excellent world-wide reputation. He has had a profound and deep impact on many audiences as a speaker, presenter, and as a first class investigator. Perhaps most importantly is his human disposition as a person of character, a great colleague, and a true and an inspiring friend to so many of us. For this he is worthy to receive one of the 2009 ACSM Citation Awards.

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Michael Joyner, M.D., FACSM
Mayo Medical School
Rochester, MN

This award is presented to Dr. Michael J. Joyner, ACSM Fellow, and Professor of Anesthesiology at the Mayo Medical School. Dr. Joyner has distinguished himself in the field of sports medicine through his scholarship, mentorship, and leadership in medicine and integrative physiology.

Dr. Joyner is one of the most creative critical thinkers in field of sports medicine and integrative physiology of this era. He has been highly productive in his research which focuses on the autonomic control of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, and oxygen transport and gas exchange during exercise.

Dr. Joyner has been an associate editor of the Journal of Applied Physiology, Journal of Physiology, and Exercise and Sports Science Reviews, and is currently a Senior Editor of the Journal of Physiology, and has served on numerous study sections/review panels for the NIH. He was the Joseph B. Wolfe Lecturer at the 2004 ACSM annual meeting, and the Michael De Burgh Daly Lecturer at the 2007 United Kingdom Physiological Society meeting.

Dr. Joyner has been an outstanding teacher/mentor with undergraduate, graduate, and medical students; post-doctoral fellows; and visiting scientists. He is engaging, supportive, encouraging, and takes a personal interest in each of those working in his laboratory. Many of his post-doctoral fellows have had successful research careers in academia.

Finally, Dr. Joyner has served in leadership roles within the NIH, the American Society of Anesthesiology, and he is currently Vice President-Medicine of the ACSM.

Dr. Michael J. Joyner is most worthy of this 2009 ACSM Citation Award.