UNE to host second annual Wicked Good Sports Medicine Symposium
The University of New England will host the second annual “Wicked Good Sports Medicine Symposium” on Friday, September 13, 2013, 1-5 p.m. on the Biddeford Campus. (Doors open at noon.)
The event, coordinated by Program Director Lara Carlson, Ph.D., FACSM, CSCS, a UNE assistant professor in the Applied Exercise Science Program, will feature internationally renowned speakers in the field of sports medicine, each of whom will speak for approximately 25 minutes.
The event is free and open to the public. The University of New England is recognized by the Board of Certification, Inc., to offer continuing education for certified athletic trainers, and attendance of the symposium will provide 4.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) (Program Level of Difficulty 2-Advanced). Attendance verification forms will be available.
Carlson feels that “the mission of sports medicine professionals is to disseminate information to the public.” She believes that the upcoming symposium will help accomplish this goal by providing “an opportunity for each of the seven remarkable sports medicine scientists to have a dialogue with other scientists, practitioners and the public.”
Carlson is very impressed with the amount of community support the symposium has received in terms of corporate sponsorship, noting that “it is the generous donations from community businesses that make this event possible.” Sponsors include: Akari, Allagash Brewing Company, AV Technik, The Boathouse Waterfront Hotel, The Breakwater Inn & Spa, Captain Lord Mansion, iworx, Hilton Garden Inn, King’s Port Inn, The Nonantum Resort, ParvoMedics, PartyPlus, Schooner Eleanor, and the University of New England.
Several of the sponsors will be exhibiting information and products at the event.
Presenting at the “Wicked Good Sports Symposium” will be:
W. Larry Kenney, Ph.D., FACSM, Pennsylvania State University; “Heat Related Deaths in Athletes”
Dr. W. Larry Kenney received his Ph.D. in physiology from Penn State in 1983. He has been a faculty member at Penn State since that time and is currently professor of physiology and kinesiology at Noll Laboratory. His research involves human physiological responses to extreme conditions of exercise, heat and cold stresses, and dehydration, and the impact of aging and disease states on these responses. His research has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) since 1983. Dr. Kenney, who received a Faculty Scholar medal from Penn State in 2001, has published over 200 journal articles and dozens of book chapters. He is co-author of Physiology of Sport and Exercise, a best-selling textbook in exercise physiology. In addition to his Penn State duties, Dr. Kenney has served as President of the American College of Sports Medicine (2003-04) and received the prestigious Citation Award from that organization in 2008. He also chaired the Gatorade Sports Science Institute for several years. He has been an expert witness in several high profile court cases involving athletes and others who have been injured or died from heat stroke, including former NFL player Kory Stringer.
Michael S. Davis, DVM, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University; “Metabolic Lessons from the World’s Best Endurance Athletes”
Dr. Mike Davis has been a licensed veterinarian for over 20 years and a board certified specialist in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine since 1999. He is also a member of the inaugural class (2012) of board-certified specialists in American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation. He earned a Ph.D. in physiology from Johns Hopkins University in 1999 and has been employed as a research physiologist and clinical expert in exercise physiology at Oklahoma State University since 1998, where he holds the John Oxley Endowed Chair in Equine Sports Medicine. Dr. Davis has been recognized as the Sigma Xi Young Investigator at OSU in 2004 and the Oscar Schalm Endowed Lecturer at the University of California-Davis in 2005, received the Pfizer Award for Research Excellence in 2005, and was named the first ACVIM Hero in Medicine in 2009 in recognition of his research to improve the health and well-being of animal athletes.
Christopher A. Toth, DPM, Medical Group of Southern Maine Medical Center and Goodall Hospitals, and Akari; “Form Dictates Function”
Dr. Christopher Toth completed his undergraduate education at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. His medical education was continued at Temple University, and internship and surgical residency was performed at Cornell University Hospitals and at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, both in New York City. He completed a subsequent fellowship in reconstructive foot and ankle surgery in Atlanta, and he is currently board certified in foot surgery. As a native of Budapest, Hungary, Dr. Toth brings an international perspective with additional specialized training from Iceland, Hungary, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, The Dominican Republic, Haiti, and England. Additionally, Dr. Toth has worked with Ballet New England as its company podiatric physician, and he serves as a clinical instructor of athletic training at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. Dr. Toth currently works as a podiatric surgeon for The Medical Group of Southern Maine Medical Center and Goodall Hospitals and has lectured nationally and internationally on the topics of biomechanics and foot and ankle surgery. Dr. Toth resides in Kennebunkport, Maine, and enjoys surfing, kite surfing, and playing blues upright bass and guitar.
Barry Braun, Ph.D., FACSM, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; “Interactions Between Pharmacology and Exercise to Prevent Type-2 Diabetes”
Dr. Barry Braun received his Ph.D. in Nutrition from the University of California, Berkeley, and did 4 years of post-doctoral work at the Stanford University Medical School. He is currently associate professor of kinesiology and director of the Energy Metabolism Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Dr. Braun’s research program is focused on optimizing the use of exercise to prevent and/or manage type 2 diabetes and the impact of activity and inactivity on hormonal regulation of appetite. Dr. Braun’s work is funded by governmental and private sources including the National Institutes of Health and the American Diabetes Association. He has published more than 75 peer-reviewed research articles in journals such as the American Journal of Physiology, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Journal of Applied Physiology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and past chairperson of their Nutrition Interest Group. He has received several awards for undergraduate teaching including the University Distinguished Teaching Award.
Sean Walsh, Ph.D., Central Connecticut State University; “Muscle Mass & Strength: Is it the ‘Gym’ or my ‘Genes’?”
Dr. Sean Walsh is an associate professor at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) in the Department of Physical Education and Human Performance. He is currently the president-elect of the New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine and has previously served as vice president of health for the Connecticut Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. Dr. Walsh earned his B.S in physical education from Eastern Connecticut State University, his M.A. in exercise science from The Ohio State University, and his Ph.D. in kinesiology from the University of Maryland. His main area of research has been in exercise genomics with a focus specifically trying to further understand the genetic link to the inter-individual variation observed in muscle mass and strength amongst individuals. Dr. Walsh has served as a reviewer of the single most internationally read and referenced text in sports medicine, exercise science, and health and fitness; the Ninth Edition of ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. Additionally Dr. Walsh has received several teaching awards, having twice received an Excellence in Teaching Award at CCSU as well as the Distinguished Teaching Assistant award at the University of Maryland.
Tamara King, Ph.D., University of New England; “Moving Towards a Better Understanding of Advanced Osteoarthritis Pain”
Dr. Tamara King is an assistant professor at the University of New England. Dr. King’s laboratory uses recently developed approaches that allow for mechanistic evaluation of affective/motivational aspects of pain and pain relief in the preclinical setting. Collaborative efforts with Dr. Frank Porreca at the University of Arizona developed a novel preclinical measure of ongoing or spontaneous pain. This measure has been successfully performed across a variety of preclinical pain assays including post-operative pain, neuropathic pain, osteoarthritis pain, and cancer-induced bone pain. Dr. King’s research focuses on mechanisms driving cancer-induced bone pain and osteoarthritis-induced joint pain for development of new, improved therapies for patients resistant to currently available pharmacological treatments.
William J. Kraemer, Ph.D., FACSM, University of Connecticut; “Resistance Training: Mythologies, Anecdotes, and Facts in the Search for Achieving Maximal Performance”
Dr. William J. Kraemer is a full professor in the Department of Kinesiology in the Neag School of Education, working in the Human Performance Laboratory at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut. He also holds joint appointments as a full professor in the Department of Physiology and Neurobiology and as a professor of medicine at the UConn School of Medicine. Dr. Kraemer is a Fellow and past president of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). He is the past president of the New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine. He has authored and co-authored over 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts in the scientific literature related to sports medicine, exercise endocrinology, and sport science. In addition, he has authored or co-authored 10 books in the areas of strength training and physiology of exercise, his recent book Exercise Physiology: Integrating Theory and Application was published in 2012. Dr. Kraemer was awarded the NSCA’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994. He was awarded the University of Connecticut’s Research Medal in 2005 and in 2009 the UConn Alumni Association’s “Research Excellence Award in Sciences” for UConn faculty.
For more information, contact Lara Carlson.