Professor Myles O’Brien from ImpactsLab and his students attended the 2024 American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting in Boston. During the event, Prof Myles O’Brien offered a lecture entitled “To Who and Where Do I Send My Patients to be Physically Active?” alongside Dr. Jonathon Fowles and Dr. Taniya Nagpal.

Podium presentation: Taylor Wilson “Impact of a Walk with a Future Doc program on participant frailty levels.”

Posters presentation: Madeline Shivgulam “What are the qualifications for an exercise professional? A content-analysis of Canadian job advertisements”, Jocelyn Waghorn “Meeting muscle strengthening guidelines is associated with better cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity in adults”, Emily MacDonald “Impact and perceptions of a workplace wellness initiative providing a standing desk converter to academic staff”, Minji Choi “Impact of a Medical Student led Walk with a Future Doc program on executive function in older adults” and Molly Courish “Relationship between frailty and Executive Function by Age & Sex in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging”.

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) advances and integrates scientific research to provide educational and practical applications of exercise science and sports medicine. ACSM is the largest and oldest organization in the world dedicated to sports medicine and exercise science.