Upcoming Events

2025 SEACSM Annual Meeting

Feb 20 - Feb 22, 2025

Feb 22, 2025

2024 GNYACSM
Fall Conference and President's Cup Research Competition

November 9, 2024

ACSM Fellow to Present Physical Activity & Dementia Class

Sept. 25, 2024

UsAgainstAlzheimer's is deep-diving into the relationship between physical activity and dementia during the fifth Brain Health Academy session on Thursday, October 10, from 1-2 p.m. ET.

They'll be joined by expert presenter Dr. Katrina Piercy, PhD, RD, ACSM-CEP, FACSM, the Director of the Division of Prevention Science in the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) in the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The Brain Health Academy offers free, evidence-based courses to equip healthcare and wellness providers with the knowledge and resources to help people reduce the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's. Physical inactivity is one of the known modifiable risk factors for dementia. Numerous studies have highlighted the positive impact of exercise on cognitive function and the risk of developing dementia.

ACSM Fellow to Present Physical Activity & Dementia Class

Sept. 25, 2024

UsAgainstAlzheimer's is deep-diving into the relationship between physical activity and dementia during the fifth Brain Health Academy session on Thursday, October 10, from 1-2 p.m. ET.

August 2023 New Fellows Regional Chapters Greater New York social FB-IG

Congratulations to
Dr. Carol Garber
for her Citation Award at
the National Meeting
in Orlando!

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Our Mission

The Greater New York Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine has set goals to

1) Promote and advance professions related to the science of exercise as medicine;

2) Build relationships that foster growth and collaboration with other organizations, physicians, scientists, and educators concerned with the science of exercise and related fields;

3) Arrange mutual meetings of physicians, educators, clinicians and scientists;

4) Make available post-graduate education in fields related to these sciences;

5) Initiate, promote and correlate research in these fields;

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- Information regarding regional graduate programs, internships, and job opportunities
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