Broadcast of Exercise Scientists' Presentations Set for Nov. 11
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas will broadcast an installment of the Texas A&M Huffines Distinguished Lecture Series from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, in the Maple Hill South Auditorium.
Each year, the Texas A&M Huffines Institute for Sports Medicine and Human Performance brings eight leading exercise scientists and practitioners together and gives each 15 minutes to talk about revolutionary ideas. The Huffines Discussion is broadcast to interested universities that serve as satellite sites. The Human Performance Laboratory in the College of Education and Health Professions at the U of A is organizing the local broadcast on the Fayetteville campus.
The event is free and open to the public. Attendees can text questions to the speakers at 979-229-1969. Include your first name and first letter of your last name. The organizers will pick one to three questions for each speaker to answer.
Speakers represent a variety of preeminent individuals in multiple forms of exercise science research and related practices. The speakers and their topics:
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Sue Bodine, professor of neurobiology, physiology and behavior, and physiology and membrane biology at the University of California, Davis, "Skeletal Muscle and the Key to a Healthy Life"
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William Dexter, professor of family medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and former president of the American College of Sports Medicine, "PEDs: Not Just a Problem in Elite Athletes"
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James Hill, professor of medicine and pediatrics at the University of Colorado, director of the National Institutes of Health-funded Nutrition Obesity Research Center and co-founder of the National Weight Control Registry and America on the Move, "Why Aren't We Making Progress in Promoting Health Living?"
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John Jakicic, professor of health and physical activity and director of the Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh, "Making the 'Move' to Health and Well-Being"
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Jerrod Johnson, former quarterback at Texas A&M and NFL player, "Sports Medicine from an Athlete's Perspective"
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Russell Pate, professor of exercise science at the University of South Carolina, chair of the National Physical Activity Plan Alliance and former president of the American College of Sports Medicine, "Physical Activity - The Red-Headed Stepchild of Public Health"
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Peter Wagner, emeritus professor of medicine and bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego, and former president of the American Thoracic Society and the American Physiological Society, "The Long Debate about VO2 Max - Does the Limit Come from the Heart of the Periphery?"
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Chisa Yamaguchi, co-director of the DIAVOLO Institute, artist and teacher with the Music Center of Los Angeles and certified yoga instructor, "Play Everywhere: Healing Where We Hurt"
Refreshments will be provided by the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation.
Contacts
Heidi S. Wells, director of communications
College of Education and Health Professions
479-575-3138,
heidisw@uark.edu
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