Interest Groups

• Aging

  Aging Approved 5/97
  Mission:  To support and promote basic, applied and clinical research as well as education and certification in sports medicine and exercise science as it relates to aging. 

  Chair
  Bonita Marks, Ph.D., FACSM
  Email: marks@email.unc.edu

  Co-Chairs
  Sergio daSilva, Ph.D.
  Email: sergiogregorio@ufpr.br

  Christian Thompson, Ph.D.
  Email: cjthompson@usfca.edu

   

• Anti-Doping

  Anti-Doping Approved 3/09 
  Mission:  To provide a multidisciplinary forum to exchange information, focus research and develop educational tools for all athletes of all ages, coaches and medical support personnel with the ultimate goal of eliminating the practice of doping in sport while preserving the well-being of sport, competition integrity and the athlete's health. 

  Chair
  Mark A. Troxler, D.O., FACSM
  runner2@pol.net

• Biomechanics

  Biomechanics Approved 6/95
  Mission: To promote biomechanics research in the College through increased participation in the Annual Meeting and contributions to the various scholarly publications of the College.

  Chair
  Li Li, Ph.D., FACSM
  Email: lli3@lsu.edu 

  Co-Chairs
  Ajit Chaudhari, Ph.D.
  ajit.chaudhari@stanford.edu 

  Kevin Ford, Ph.D., FACSM
  Email: kevin.ford@cchmc.org 

  Clare Milner, Ph.D., FACSM
  Email: milner@utk.edu

• Biostatistics

  Biostatistics Approved 5/93
  Mission: To promote the proper use of research design and statistical analysis in exercise science and sports medicine; to provide a forum for discussion of work related to biostatistics.

  Chairs
  Alan Batterham, Ph.D., FACSM
  Email: ABatterham@aol.com

  Glen E. Fincher, Ph.D.
  Email: GFINCHERII@neo.rr.com or gfincher@ashland.edu

• Bone and Osteoporosis Network Exchange

  Mission: To collate and translate the results of current research findings to other members of the college, to develop collaborative research groups with ACSM facilitating extensive multidisciplinary approaches to the study of bone health, to provide informed chairs to bone related professional societies and to develop recommendations for the prevention of osteoporosis.

  Chair
  Vanessa Sherk
  Email: Vanessa.sherk@ucdenver.edu

  Co-Chairs
  Robyn Fuchs, Ph.D.
  Email: rfuchs@iupui.edu

  Sean Mc Coy
  Email: sean.mccoy.consulting@gmail.com

  Jo Welch, Ph.D.
  Email: jo.welch@dal.ca

   

• Cancer

  Cancer Approved 6/01
  Mission: To promote the study of physical activity/exercise and cancer among ACSM members and to provide a forum for interaction among members with this interest.
  
  Cancer listserv: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ACSM_cancer/

  Chair
  

  Tara Ballard
  Email: tmballard@novanhealth.org

  Co-Chairs 
  Peter Horvath, PhD, CDN
  Email: phorvath@buffalo.edu

  Riggs Klika, PhD, FACSM
  Email: rklika@aspencancer.org

• Clinical Exercise Physiology

  Clinical Exercise Physiology (Approved 5/93)
  Mission: To provide opportunities for discussion of clinical issues, to generate research ideas, to elucidate a clinical career pathway and to improve the training of exercise laboratory personnel and operation.

  Chair
  Carol Ewing Garber, Ph.D., FACSM
  Email: ceg2140@columbia.edu

• Combative Sports

  Combative Sports Approved 4/07
  Mission: To provide a forum for the discussion and dissemination of the relevant sport science research as it pertains to the health, safety and performance of athletes participating in combative sports. These sports include the Olympic combative sports of wrestling, judo, tae-kwon-do and boxing, as well as other martial arts competitions.

  Chair
  David G. Curby, Ed.D.
  Email: davcurb@gmail.com

  Co-Chair
  Laura Daray
  Email: laura.daray@pepsico.com

   

   

• Endurance Athlete Medicine and Science

  Endurance Athlete Medicine and Science Approved 6/01
  Mission: To provide a multidisciplinary forum to exchange information, focus research and develop standardized care for endurance athletes involved in running, biking, swimming, Nordic skiing and other endurance activities.

  Chair
  Jeffrey Lynn, Ph.D.
  Email:  jeffrey.lynn@sru.edu
  
  Co-Chair
  Andrew Bosch, Ph.D.
  Email: andrew.bosch@uct.ac.za

• Environmental and Occupational Physiology

  Environmental and Occupational Physiology  Approved 11/11
  Mission:  To promote and facilitate applied research and provide clinical information on the physiological demands, challenges and consequences of performing exercise in environmental extremes and occupational settings; and to develop resource materials for ACSM members with interest in the relation of physical performance to occupations with environmental or occupational demands.

  Chair
  David DeGroot, Ph.D., FACSM
  Email: david.degroot@amedd.army.mil

  Co-Chair
  Ollie Jay, Ph.D.
  Email: ojay@uottawa.ca

• Epidemiology

  Epidemiology Approved 1/06
  Mission: To provide a forum for exchange and to support the science and application of epidemiology methods to the study of physical activity, sport, exercise and health.

  Chair
  

  Heather R. Bowles, Ph.D.
  Email: hrbowles@yahoo.com

  Co-Chair
  Joshua Ode, Ph.D.
  Email: jjode@svsu.edu

   

• Exercise Sciences Education

  Exercise Sciences Education Approved 10/03
  Mission: To develop and promote methods to enhance the lecture and laboratory exercise sciences pedagogy so as to improve students' cognitive skills.

  Chair
  Brian B. Parr, Ph.D.
  Email: brianp@usca.edu

  Co-Chair
  Kim Henige, Ed.D.
  Email: kim.henige@csun.edu

• Health, Fitness and Wellness Coaching

  Health, Fitness and Wellness Coaching Approved 1/04
  Mission: To network to share coaching experiences, practice new coaching skills and help ACSM members overcome challenges when moving from the training mode of providing expert advice and solutions to client problems to the coaching approach of helping clients take responsibility and discover their own answers and solutions.

  Chair
  Blaine T. Wilson
  Email: bwilson@wellcoaches.com

• KAATSU Training

  KAATSU Training   Approved 2/09
  Mission: To support and promote research as well as education and certification for sports medicine and exercise science professionals with an interest in KAATSU Training and its applications.
  
  Chair
  Summer Cook, Ph.D.
  Email: summer.cook@unh.edu
  
  Co-Chairs
  Prof. Sir Yoshiaki Sato
  Email: kaatsu.sports@nifty.com
  
  Alan Mikesky, Ph.D., FACSM
  Email: amikesky@iupui.edu

• Medicine and Science of Team Sports

  Medicine and Science of Team Sports Approved 1/10
  Mission: The mission of the Team Sports Interest Group is fourfold:

  • To support and increase the scientific knowledge for team sports.
  • To attract and support scientists in conducting studies with an impact on team sports.
  • To support an active agenda of research in the epidemiology of injuries, prevention of injuries, quantification of physiological strain in all levels of the wide range of team sports (recreational through professional), the development of valid performance diagnostics, and the determination of efficacy of team sport participation for personal health. These will help build a platform to discuss present directions of research and to reflect different opinions on relevant topics.
  • To promote continuing research, education and service in support of scientific inquiry into the world of team sports.

  Chair
  Donald T. Kirkendall, Ph.D., FACSM
  Email: donald_kirkendall@yahoo.com
  
  Co-Chair
  Tim Meyer, M.D., Ph.D., FACSM
  Email: tim.meyer@mx.uni-saarland.de

  Website
  http://www.science-in-team-sports.de/

• Military Sports Medicine

  Military Sports Medicine Approved 5/97
  Mission: To provide a forum to assemble and discuss issues regarding sports medicine in the military.

  Chair
  Kevin deWeber, M.D.
  Email: kdeweber@usuhs.mil

• Minority Health and Research

  Minority Health and Research Approved 6/01
  Mission: To provide a multidisciplinary forum for focused discussion and collaborative research on minority health issues, with particular emphasis on preventable disease conditions and cardiovascular disease risk factors.

  Chair 
  Olivia Affuso
  Email: OThomas@ms.soph.uab.edu 
  
  Co-Chair
  Julio Morales
  Email: jmoralesa@lamar.edu

• Molecular and Cellular Regulatory Mechanisms

  Molecular and Cellular Regulatory Mechanisms Approved 5/93
  Mission: To provide a forum for focused discussion and debate among ACSM members with this interest.

  Chair
  Espen Spangenburg, Ph.D.
  Email: espen@umd.edu

  Co-Chair
  Maria Urso, Ph.D.
  Email: maria.urso@us.army.mil

  http://www.mcrmgroup.org/index.html

• Non-Invasive Investigation of the Neuromuscular System

  Non-Invasive Investigation of the Neuromuscular System  Approved 5/93
  Mission: To support and promote the use of non-invasive techniques in exercise science studies, with particular reference to the neuromuscular system.

  NINS website: http://vuiis.vanderbilt.edu/~nins

  Chair
  Jill Slade, Ph.D.
  Email: jslade@msu.edu

  Co-Chair
  Charles Rice, Ph.D.
  Email: crice@uwo.ca

• Nutrition

  Nutrition Approved 6/98
  Mission: To promote the science of nutrition within ACSM, to be a reliable nutrition resource for ACSM and to critically evaluate nutrition and sport nutrition information in the marketplace.

  Chair
  Eric Rawson, Ph.D., FACSM
  Email: erawson@bloomu.edu

  Co-Chair
  Jeni Pearce
  Email: jeni.pearce@eis2win.co.uk

• Oxidative Stress

  Oxidative Stress Approved 6/98
  Mission: To foster exchange of information and research in the area of oxidative stress and interventions which may influence and improve health and performance.

  Chair
  Damian Miles Bailey, Ph.D.
  Email:dbailey1@glam.ac.uk

  Co-Chair
  Helaine M. Alessio, Ph.D., FACSM
  Email: alessih@muohio.edu

• Pediatric Exercise Physiology

  Pediatric Exercise Physiology Approved 5/93
  Mission: To provide a forum for scientific and clinical communication regarding the response to acute and chronic exercise in the healthy and diseased child.

  Chair
  Brian Timmons
  Email: timmonbw@mcmaster.ca

  Co-Chair
  Dawn Coe
  Email: dcoe@utk.edu

• Psychobiology and Behavior

  Psychobiology and Behavior Approved 6/95
  Mission: To promote research and the advancement of knowledge of sport psychology with a particular emphasis on psychobiology and health.

  Chair
  Dane B. Cook, Ph.D., FACSM
  Email: dcook@education.wisc.edu

• Strength & Conditioning Specialties

  Strength & Conditioning Specialties Approved 9/03
  Mission: To support and promote an interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of information, the focus of research and the development of a cooperative relationship between strength and conditioning professionals and the medical and applied sciences.

  Chair
  Lawrence Wiess, Ed.D., FACSM
  Email: lweiss@memphis.edu

  Co-Chairs
  Glen E. Fincher, Ph.D.
  Email: GFINCHERII@neo.rr.com or gfincher@ashland.edu

  John McCarthy, Ph.D., FACSM
  Email: mccarthy@uab.edu
  
  Jason Winchester
  Email: jwinches@gmu.edu

• The Science in Winter Sports

  The Science in Winter Sports  Approved 5/94
  Mission: Mission: To foster, enhance and promote interdisciplinary scientific inquiry in Winter Sport Activities.

  Chair
  Gerald Smith, Ph.D., FACSM
  Email: gerald.smith@usu.edu

  Co-Chair
  Delia Roberts, Ph.D., FACSM
  Email: droberts@selkirk.ca