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

No Oxygen Debt, but a Debt to Pay: Charles M. Tipton and Lactate Shuttle Theory

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

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

Kathryn Ackerman

Kathryn Ackerman, MD, MPH, FACSM

Boston Children’s Hospital, 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