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Latest Alliance research to be presented at ACSM 2024

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The Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance will be sharing research that touches on many aspects of human performance—from low energy availability to female athlete research methodologies to AI—at the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) 2024 Annual Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, from May 28 to May 31.

A complete list of all Alliance presentations and posters is provided below. Alliance members’ names are underlined.

We hope to connect with you in Boston!

Tuesday, May 28th

5:30 – 7:30 pm PINES 10 Questions 10 Experts Session: Myth Busting in Sport Nutrition
Louise M. Burke, Melinda Manore, Trent Stellingwerff, Enette Larson-Meyer
Location: Hynes CC-302

Wednesday, May 29th

9:30 – 11:30 am Update on Female Athlete Research: Appropriate Methodologies Leading to Successful Outcomes
Alannah KA McKay, Louise M. Burke, Trent Stellingwerff, Kathryn E. Ackerman
Location: Hynes CC-Ballroom A
10:30 – 12:00 pm Quantification Of 3D Knee Morphology In Patients With Patellar Instability
Marissa R. Lee, Anthony A. Gatti, Christian E. Wright, Anna Bartsch, Matthew W. Veerkamp, Shital N. Parikh, Akshay S. Chaudhari, Kevin G. Shea, Seth L. Sherman, Scott L. Delp
Location: Hynes CC-Hall A
10:30 – 12:00 pm Bone Characteristics Among Female Endurance Athletes At Risk For Relative Energy Deficiency In Sport
Julia L. Flora, Morgan Smith, Aubrey Roberts, Kyla Kent, Jin Long, Yutong Zhong, Megan Roche, Michael Snyder, Emily Kraus
Location: Hynes CC-Hall A
2:00 – 3:30 pm Sex-associated Differences In Low QRS Voltage In Young Athletes
Jason V. Tso, Samuel Montalvo, Jeffrey Christle, David Hadley, Victor Froelicher
Location: Hynes CC-Hall A
2:00 – 3:30 pm The Role Of Reverse Causation In The Relationship Between NSAIDs And Stress Fractures In Army Trainees
Kathryn Taylor, Katelyn Guerriere, Jeffery Staab, Kristin Popp, Leila Walker, Ian Hussian, Amy Hand, Susan Proctor, Ronald W. Matheny, Stefan Pasiakos, Mary Bouxsein, Stephen Foulis, Julie Hughes
Location: Hynes CC-Hall A

Thursday, May 30th

8:25 – 9:15 am Keeping Tally: Recognizing Inequity in Human Performance and Physical Activity
Morgan Smith, NiCole R. Keith
Location: Hynes CC-202
9:30 – 11:30 am Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications in the Field of Movement Analysis
Mike Hahn, Li-Shan Chou, Li Li
Location:  Hynes CC-304
9:30 – 11:30 am Self-reported Eating Behavior Is Correlated With Health Consequences Of Relative Energy Deficiency In Sport
Margot A. Rogers, Jennifer Coulombe, Caroline Pellegrini, Bryan Holtzman, Kristin Popp, Kathryn Ackerman
Location:  Hynes CC-102
9:30 – 11:30 am Overreaching and Overtraining – Current Insights
David C. Nieman, Justin Carrard, Jeremy A. Ross, Trent Stellingwerff
Location: Hynes CC-312
9:30 – 11:30 am Bone Stress Injury
Kathryn E. Ackerman (Chair), Chae Ko, Bryan Wiley, Michael Dakkak, Sujith Kochat, Sarah A. Pierotti, Lauren Juliano, Wayne Franklin Sease, Kyle Plante, Michael Freitas, Shawn M.f Allen, Brianna L. Bartaczewicz, Anne E. Molenhouse, Allen L. Redinger, Sloane A. Montgomery, Nicholas J. Spokely, Breanne S. Baker, Caroline C. Allen, Sarah Robinson, Michael Freitas, William Wind, Aaron Lange, Jakob Morawiec, Efren Caballes
Location: Hynes CC-309
1:30 – 2:20 pm Bridging Gaps: Insights from a D1 Female Athlete Clinic- Enhancing Screening, Promoting Wellness, and Mitigating Injury Risk
Meghan Keating, Stacey Schley
Location: Hynes CC-311
1:30 – 2:20 pm Current Continuous Glucose Monitoring Understandings and Possible Applications in Sport
Gregory Cox, Amy-Lee Bowler, Louise M. Burke
Location: Hynes CC-304
1:30 – 2:30 pm Bone Health in Athletes
Stuart Warden, Tim Hoenig, Emily Kraus, Hannah M. Rice, Karsten Hollander
Location: Hynes CC-302
1:30 – 2:20 pm Current and Future Applications of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
Jeffrey W. Christle, Kegan J. Moneghetti, Erin Howden
Location: Hynes CC-208
2:00 – 3:30 pm Investigating Recovery From Maximal Exercise In Patients With Neuromuscular Disease
Yair Blumberg, Alessandro Patti, Constance De Monts, Samuel Montalvo, Paxton Elizabeth Ataide, Whitney Tang, Sally Dunaway Young, Jonathan Myers, Matthew T. Wheeler, Tina Duong, Jeffrey W. Christle, John W. Day
Location: Hynes CC-Hall A
2:05 – 2:15 pm Accuracy Of Multifrequency BIA Measurements Compared To DXA In African American Cancer Survivors
Zak G. Kindl, Toni D. Uhrich, Margaret Y. Tovar, Melinda R. Stolley, Paula E. Papanek
Location: Hynes CC-111
2:00 – 3:30 pm The Association Of Low Energy Availability Knowledge And Risk In Female Track And Field Athletes
Melissa Lodge, Stephen Cirella, Christie Ward-Ritacco, Kathryn Ackerman
Location: Hynes CC-Hall A
2:00 – 3:30 pm Higher BEDA-Q Score Is Associated With Increased Number Of Stress Fractures In Female Athletes
Caroline Pellegrini, Jennifer C. Coulombe, Margo A. Rogers, Bryan Holtzman, Kristin L. Popp, Kathryn E. Ackerman
Location: Hynes CC-Hall A
3:45 – 5:45 pm Considerations for Bone Stress Injury Prevention and Treatment from the Weekend Warrior to Warfighter
Kathryn Ackerman, Julie Hughes, Kristin L. Popp, Mary L. Bouxsein, Adam Tenforde
Location: Hynes CC-Ballroom B
3:45 – 5:45 pm Considerations For The Postpartum Athlete Returning To Sport: A Scoping Review
Nicole M. Farnsworth, Sean Mc Auliffe, Caroline Pellegrini, Grace Saville, Kathryn E. Ackerman, Fiona Wilson
Location: Hynes CC-104
4:55 – 5:45 pm The Molecular Athlete: From Molecules to Medals
Christoph Handschin, John A. Hawley
Location: Hynes CC-304

Friday, May 31st

10:30 – 12:00 pm Teammates On And Off The Field: Mental Health Following Bone Stress Injury
Nicholas Kolesky, Bryan Holtzman, Kaya Adelzadeh, Grace Saville, Caroline Pellegrini, Kristin Popp, Kathryn Ackerman
Location: Hynes CC-Hall A
10:30 – 12:00 pm Lean Mass Is More Strongly Associated With Bone Microarchitecture Than Fat Mass In Army Trainees
Danielle M. Arcidiacono, Katelyn I. Guerriere, Leila A. Walker, Kristin L. Popp, Mary L. Bouxsein, Julie M. Hughes, Stephen A. Foulis
Location: Hynes CC-Hall A
10:30 – 12:00 pm Exercise And Recovery Ventilatory Responses Between Individuals With Neuromuscular Disease And Healthy Adults
Samuel Montalvo, Yair Blumberg, Constance de Monts, Whitney J. Tang, Paxton Elizabeth Ataide, Sally Dunaway Young, Nóirín Ní Ghiollagáin, Dana M. Parker, John W. Day, Jonathan N. Myers, Matthew T. Wheeler, Tina Duong, Jeffrey W. Christle
Location: Hynes CC-Hall A
12:30 – 1:20 pm How AI Can Advance Sports Medicine and Human Performance
Scott Delp
Location: Hynes CC-Ballroom B
12:30 – 1:20 pm Running Gait Biomechanics Profiles Associated With Tibial Bone Stress Injury Among Adolescent Athletes
Jesse W. Loughlin, Alexandra F. Dejong Lempke, Pierre A. d’Hemecourt, Kathryn E. Ackerman, Andrea S. Stracciolini, Corey I. Dawkins, Kristin E. Whitney
Location: Hynes CC-Hall A
2:00 – 3:30 pm Boston Marathon Athlete Self-Reported Nutrition And Hydration Information Source Utilization
Kristin E. Whitney, Alexandra F. Dejong Lempke, Louise M. Burke, Trent Stellingwerff, Bryan Holtzman, Kaya Adelzadeh, Chris Troyanos, Aaron L. Baggish, Pierre A. d’Hemecourt, Sophia Dyer, Nicole Farnsworth, Laura Reece, Grace Saville, Kathryn E. Ackerman
Hynes CC-Hall A
2:00 – 3:30 pm Female Athlete Research Camp: A Unique Model For Conducting Research In High Performance Female Athletes
Alannah K.A McKay, Clare Minahan, Rachel Harris, Rachel McCormick, Jessica Skinner, Kathryn E. Ackerman, Louise M. Burke
Hynes CC-Hall A
2:40 – 3:30 pm The Healthy Runner Project 7-year Multisite Nutrition Education Intervention: Lessons and Future Directions
Michelle Barrack, Aurelia Nattiv, Michael Fredericson
Hynes CC-310
4:39 – 4:51 pm CAQ Review Part II – Diabetes Management
Kathryn Ackerman
Hynes CC-310
4:55 – 5:45 pm Standardising Exercise Science: Controlling the Controllables
Lewis James, Alannah KA McKay, James A. Betts
Hynes CC-304

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Online Moving Beyond Low Energy Availability – Assessing Use of Macronutrient Availability: What we Know, Don’t Know, & Need to Know
Melissa T. Lodge, Kathryn E. Ackerman
Online Low Energy Availability Surrogates Are Associated With Relative Energy Deficiency In Sport Outcomes In Male Athletes
Bryan Holtzman, Rose K. Kelly, Grace H. Saville, Lauren M. McCall, Kaya A. Adelzedah, Samantha R. Sarafin, Prakruthi Nikam, Isabella Meneguzzi, Abby McIntyre, Emily K. Kraus, Kathryn E. Ackerman

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