Special Interest Groups are free to join for ACSM members, including students.
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
Amal Wanigatunga, Ph.D., FACSM
Email: awaniga1@jhu.edu
Co-Chairs
Brittney Lange-Maia, Ph.D., FACSM
Email: brittney_lange-maia@rush.edu
Audrey Collins, Ph.D.
Email: Audrey.Collins@AdventHealth.com
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.
Website: http://bigacsm.wordpress.com/
Chair
Jamie Roper, Ph.D.
Email: jroper@auburn.edu
Co-Chairs
Srikant Vallabhajosula, Ph.D., FACSM
Email: svallabhajosula@elon.edu
Mikel Joachim, Ph.D.
Email: joachim@ortho.wisc.edu
Zac Domire, Ph.D.
Email: domirez@ecu.edu
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
Julie Greeves, Ph.D.
Email: julie.greeves143@mod.gov.uk
Co-Chairs
Julie Hughes, Ph.D., FACSM
Email: julie.m.hughes17.civ@health.mil
Thomas O’Leary, Ph.D.
Email: thomasoleary1988@gmail.com
Built Environment and Active Transportation Approved 3/2022
Mission: To provide a multidisciplinary forum to promote and collaborate on research, educational programming, and advocacy for healthier built environments and active transportation.
Chair
Janet Wojcik, Ph.D., FACSM
Email: wojcikj@winthrop.edu
Co-Chairs
Melissa Bopp, Ph.D., FACSM
Email: mjb73@psu.edu
Eydie Kramer-Kostecka
Email: krame640@umn.edu
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.
Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/pages/American-College-of-Sports-Medicine-Interest-Group-on-Cancer/179508702119033
Chair
Keri Schadler, Ph.D.
Email: kerischadler@gmail.com
Co-Chairs
Erik Hanson, Ph.D., FACSM
Email: edhanson@email.unc.edu
Melanie Potiaumpai, Ph.D., MPH
Email: melaniepotiaumpai@gmail.com
Combat Sports Approved 4/25
Mission: To facilitate the discussion and dissemination of sport science research related to the health, safety, and performance of athletes participating in combat sports. This includes Olympic sports such as wrestling, judo, tae-kwon-do, and boxing, as well as other martial arts competitions
Chair
Roman N. Fomin, PhD
Email: rfomin@ufc.com
Co-Chairs
Reid Reale, PhD
Email: reid.reale@gmail.com
Carl Langan-Evans, PhD
Email: c.langanevans@ljmu.ac.uk
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
Luke Belval
Email: lnbelval@gmail.com
Co-Chair
Cory Coehoorn
Email: cory.coehoorn@lsus.edu
Exercise Science 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
Christopher Berger, Ph.D., FACSM
Email: aucgb@outlook.com
Co-Chairs
Rachele Kappler, Ph.D., FACSM
Email: kappler@uakron.edu
Diba Mani, Ph.D.
Email: dmani@ufl.edu
Jonathan Howard
Email: force1389@yahoo.com
Mission: To provide a multidisciplinary forum for focused discussion and collaborative research to advance health equity in population groups that are underrepresented in health and medical sciences.
Chair
Marquell Johnson, Ph.D.
Email: johnmarq@uwec.edu
Co-Chair
Lindsay Hornbuckle-Lampkin, Ph.D., FACSM
Email: lhornbuc@utk.edu
Yuliana Soto
Email: ysoto4@illinois.edu
Medical and Wellness Issues in the Performing Arts Approved 2/17
Mission: Integrating the science of sport and the performing arts for mutual benefit.
Chair
Randy Dick, M.S., FACSM
Email: 4969rwd@gmail.com
Co-Chair
Steven Rock, M.D.
Email: srock@mahealthcare.com
Medicine and Science of Team Sports Approved 1/10
Mission: The mission of the Team Sports Interest Group is fourfold:
Chair
Nora Costantino, Ph.D.
Email: nlc@unr.edu
Co-Chair
Madison Fenner
Email: madisontaylor@unr.edu
Katherine Hunzinger, Ph.D., ACSM-CEP
Email: KHunzinger@Comcast.net
Military & Tactical Athlete Approved 5/97
Mission: To provide a forum to assemble and discuss issues regarding sports medicine in the military.
Chair
Devin McFadden, M.D.
Email: devinmcfadden@hotmail.com
Co-Chairs
Nathan Edwards, Ph.D.
Email: edwards.biomech@gmail.com
Brandon Roberts, Ph.D.
Email: robertsb21@gmail.com
Guy Leahy, M.Ed
Email: xrciseguy@gmail.com
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
Kyle Flack, PhD
Email: kyle.flack@uky.edu
Co-Chair
Tanya Halliday, PhD, RDN
Email: tanyamhalliday@gmail.com
Physiological & Biological Mechanisms Underlying Health & Performance Approved 3/17
Mission: To promote and translate the results of basic research from cell to organism with particular emphasis on physiological mechanisms underlying health and performance effects of physical activity and exercise.
Chair
Melissa Markofski, Ph.D.
Email: mmarkofs@central.uh.edu
Co-Chair
Emily Schmitt, Ph.D.
Email: eschmit4@uwyo.edu
Co-Chair
Michael Wiggs, Ph.D.
Email: Michael_Wiggs@baylor.edu
Pregnancy and Postpartum Approved 3/18
Mission: To provide a forum for scientific and clinical communication regarding the maternal and fetal response to acute and chronic exercise during pregnancy, as well as the long-term implications for mother and child.
Chair
Linda May, Ph.D., FACSM
Email: mayl@ecu.edu
Co-Chairs
Michelle Mottola, Ph.D., FACSM
Email: mmottola@uwo.ca
Rachel Tinius, Ph.D., FACSM as Co-Chair
Email: rachel.tinius@wku.edu
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
Grace E. Giles, Ph.D.
Email: grace.emelia@gmail.com
Co-Chair
Matthew Herring, Ph.D., FACSM
Email: matthew.herring@ul.ie
Katheryn Wilson
Email: kwilson141@gsu.edu
Seanna Perkins
Email: perkinss@iastate.edu
Jacob Ninneman
Email: jninneman@wisc.edu
Melissa McGranahan, Ph.D.
Email: mmcg91@uga.edu
Strength & Conditioning Specialties Approved 6/04
Mission: To support and promote an inter-disciplinary 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
Heath Burton, Ph.D.
Email: heath.m.burton@gmail.com
Co-Chairs
Lee Cabell, Ed.D.
Email: lee.cabell@gmail.com
Daniel Denzler, DHSc
Email: DrDDHSc@gmail.com
Monica Teegardin
Email: mteegard@iu.edu
Youth Sport and Exercise Science Approved 5/93
Mission: To provide an open forum for discussion of scientific and clinical intervention strategies around youth sport performance and training, and responses to acute and chronic exercise in healthy children and children with chronic disease.
Chair
Megan Holmes, Ph.D.
Email: mholmes@colled.msstate.edu
Co-Chair
Jody Clasey, PhD, FACSM
Email: jlclas0@uky.edu
Bethany Forseth, PhD
Email: bhanson4@kumc.edu
ACSM’s Affiliate Societies allows large specialty areas of professional interest to align directly with ACSM while being authorized to operate within broadly defined parameters. These groups also have operational and programmatic independence within those parameters.
While ACSM’s Interest Groups continue to act as more informal communities of professionals with common interests, the Affiliate Society model serves those few professional interest areas where there is a sizeable critical mass of members (and prospective members) who desire a more formal and active role in advancing the specialty area aligned with ACSM.
Students and current ACSM members (CEPA only) are eligible for discounted membership rates to affiliate societies.
CEPA advances the scientific an practical application of clinical exercise physiology for the betterment of the health, fitness, and quality of life for patients at high risk or living with a chronic disease.
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