Named Lectures

Keynote sessions and lectures named after influential figures in ACSM history.

Joseph B. Wolffe Memorial Lecture

Shaping the Game: Driving Change in Sport

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | 8 – 9:20 a.m.

Margo Mountjoy

Professor Margo Mountjoy, MD, PhD, FACSM

McMaster University, IOC Medical & Scientific Commission (Games Group), Hamilton, ON, Canada

D.B. Dill Historical Lecture

The Zackery Lystedt Story: The History of Youth Concussion Laws

Friday, May 30, 2025 | 10:15 – 11:15 a.m.

Stanley Herring

Stanley A. Herring, MD, FACSM

University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

Charles M. Tipton Tutorial Lecture

Mitochondrial Structure and Function and the Course of Dietary Carbon Flow

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | 5 – 5:50 p.m.

George Brooks

George A. Brooks, PhD, FACSM

University of California, Berkeley, CA

John R. Sutton Clinical Lecture

Women’s Health, Sports and Performance: Changing the Paradigm through Commitment, Collaboration, and Courage

Friday, May 30, 2025 | 11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.

Kathryn Ackerman

Kathryn Ackerman, MD, MPH, FACSM

Harvard Medical School, Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, Boston, MA

Morris/Paffenbarger/Blair EIM Keynote Lecture

Redefining Aging with Exercise: The EIM Active Aging Initiative

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | 9:30 – 11 a.m.

Paige Denison

Paige E. Denison

Sound Generations – Project Enhance, Seattle, WA

Priscilla M. Clarkson Tutorial Lecture

Muscle Damage and Adaptations by Eccentric Exercise

Friday, May 30, 2025 | 1 – 1:50 p.m.

Ken Nosaka

Professor Ken Nosaka, PhD

Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia.

President's Lecture

Physical Activity and ADHD: Moving Towards Bright Futures

Thursday, May 29, 2025 | 12:45 – 1:35 p.m.

Eduardo Bustamante

Eduardo Esteban Bustamante, FACSM

University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

President's Lecture

The Future of Sports Nutrition

Thursday, May 29, 2025 | 12:45 – 1:35 p.m.

Louise Burke

Louise M. Burke, PhD, FACSM

Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia

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