Welcome to TACSM!
Greetings!
I hope this note finds everyone well and looking forward to the summer. The ACSM Annual Meeting, held in Seattle is over and what a meeting it was. Over 3000 abstracts were presented along with some 12 named lectures and a substantial number of symposiums. I continue to be amazed by the incredible breadth of topics discussed.
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| Steve Morris, PhD - TACSM President |
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Talks on topics including exercise testing, exercise training, physical activity assessment and promotion, performance and performance enhancement, nutrition, and sports injury were, as usual, well represented at the meeting. In addition, one could have listened to talks on ethics, advocating for public policy on exercise, exercise and oncology, jet lag, career enhancement and the emerging science of sedentary behavior. For me, the talk discussing the damaging collision between our human evolutionary heritage and our current social structures and lifestyles was the most interesting. Congratulations to all TACSM members who presented!
The Texas ACSM Social was well attended and fun. It was great to see so many Texas alums as well as current members of TACSM. One visitor was particularly pleased to see that we had “antioxidants” on the menu!! The popularity of this event seems to be on the rise, and I look forward to attending it next year in Baltimore.
Now it is time to turn our attention to preparing for the 2010 Annual Meeting of the TACSM. The Board is working overtime to get housing arranged, speakers selected and meeting venues booked. Two important things to remember: 1) The meeting will be at the University of Houston on February 25-26; and 2) The meeting will be focused primarily on student and student related issues. I am asking that the student members of TACSM submit names of speakers they would like to have at the meeting and topics for “breakout” session that would be of interest. Jill Barnes from UT-Austin ended her very productive tenure as Student Representative. She will be completing her PhD and will continue her training at the Mayo Clinic with Dr. Michael Joyner. With Jill’s departure, Kelley Strohacker from the University of Houston steps up as the senior student representative, and we welcome aboard Mr. Takashi Tarumi from UT-Austin who has been appointed to the Board as the junior student representative.
I hope that you have a very productive summer. Keep the sun tan lotion on and the heat shock proteins low. As ideas for the 2010 Annual meeting arise, please send them along to me or other board members. Please review this website to keep up with the development of the meeting and other TACSM activities. If you have questions or ideas for the chapter, please contact me at any time.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
TACSM Board of Director Meeting
University of Houston
September 25, 2009
Fall Lecture Tour
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