2024 Southeast ACSM Annual Meeting highlights

The 2024 SEACSM Annual Meeting was February 22–24, 2024 at the Hyatt Regency Greenville in Greenville, SC.

Thank you to all presenters, volunteers, and attendees who helped make our 52nd Annual Meeting a great success! 

The 2024 Annual Meeting had a total of 470 presentations including 6 invited speakers, 2 preconference sessions with 8 presentations, 17 tutorials, 15 symposia, 35 oral presentations, 48 thematic posters, 299 poster presentations, 24 posters in the Student Award session, and 9 lectures and 9 case presentations in the Sports Medicine Physician Track program. Total attendance was 1,151, including 763 students and 388 professionals, making this one of our largest meetings ever!

Download the complete 2024 Annual Meeting Program including information about the meeting, special events, invited speakers, session information, and abstracts. 

The abstracts from the oral, poster, thematic poster, preconference, and student award poster sessions will be published in the International Journal of Exercise Science this spring.

Featured Presenters

Keynote Address
Inactivity Causes Exercise Resistance: Harbinger or Culprit of Disease?
Edward Coyle, PhD, FACSM. University of Texas, Austin, TX

Born To Move: Embracing Our Evolutionary Legacy
Irene Davis, PhD, PT, FACSM. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Clinical Crossover Lecture 
Medicine Is A Team Sport Why Involvement In ACSM Is Invaluable: One Physician’s Perspective 
Shawn Kane, MD, FACSM. UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.

Basic Science Lecture
Thermoregulatory And Cardiovascular Consequences Of Severe Burn Injuries In Humans: Implications For Exercise And Its Prescription
Craig Crandall, PhD, FACSM. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.

Perspectives On Enhancing Human Performance: “Just Add Water?”
Mindy Millard-Stafford, PhD, FACSM. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

The Emerging Science Of Rehabilitative Nutrition: Protein’s Role As The Protagonist 
Nancy Rodriguez, PhD, FACSM. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
Download Dr. Rodriguez's slide deck.

Award Winners

What's Up Doc?
1st Place – Eric Leszczynski, University of South Carolina
2nd Place – Andrew Moore, Augusta University
3rd Place – Diego Ferreira, Lander University

Graham Hall, MD, University of Kentucky

Student Poster Awards – Doctoral
1st Place – Bahman Adlou, Auburn University, SEACSM Representative in the 2024 ACSM Presidential Cup
2nd Place – Hannah Parker, University of South Carolina
3rd Place – Silvio Valladao, University of Mississippi

Student Poster Awards – Master’s
1st Place – Benjamin Lerch, Auburn University
2nd Place – Alex N. Laden, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
3rd Place – Cameron McCarthy, Florida State University

Student Poster Awards – Undergraduate
1st Place – Maddie Davis, Wake Forest University
2nd Place – Taylor Howard, University of North Florida
3rd Place – Lily Cohran, University of North Georgia

Student Bowl
1st Place – University of  Alabama, SEACSM representative in the 2024 ACSM Student Bowl
2nd Place – University of North Florida
3rd Place – University of Alabama Birmingham

Emily M. Haymes Mentoring Award 
B. Sue Graves, EdD, FACSM, Florida Atlantic University

Henry J. Montoye Scholar Award  
Mindy Millard-Stafford, PhD, FACSM. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

SEACSM Service Award
Becky Battista, PhD, FACSM, Appalachian State University

Leadership and Diversity Training Program

Congratulations to the participants in the 2024 Leadership and Diversity Training Program (LDTP) class and thank you to the LDTP mentors. 

Ruth Amaku, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Mentor: Chris Wilburn, Auburn University     

Congratulations to the newly-elected Executive Board members

President-Elect
Alicia Bryan, PhD, FACSM, Columbus State University

Thank you to our 2024 sponsors and exhibitors