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Thank you to the Kentucky Derby Museum for having us last night for dinner! #NASPEM2024 attendees had so much fun learning about The Kentucky Derby, doing some virtual horse racing, and dabbling in some "betting" on the ponies. 🏇🏿🏇🏽🏇

The final day of #NASPEM2024 began with the inaugural Frank Zaldivar Exercise as Medicine Memorial Lecture. Dr. Naomi Gauthier of Boston Children's presented on the application of exercise science to children and youth with chronic health conditions.

Another fascinating talk given by Dave White at #NASPEM2024. This time, he presents on the evolving paradigm of frailty among youth with chronic disease.

Our final free communication session of #NASPEM2024 begins with a presentation from Dr. Takeshi Tsuda from Nemours Children’s Cardiac Center on the physiological characterization of physical deconditioning by CPTE in healthy nonobese adolescents.

Does maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing data utilizing the Bruce Protocol differ between adolescent and young adult patients? Brittany Holst from Lurie Children's answers that question at #NASPEM2024.

Dr. Brad Robinson from Nemours Children’s Cardiac Center presents on how reporting from pediatric exercise labs can be improved utilizing database standardization. #NASPEM2024

#ExerciseisMedicine. Dr. Abel Plaza-Florido of UC Irvine shares findings from a MoTrPAC study showing exercise training can improve monocyte transcriptome in adolescents with asthma. #NASPEM2024

Our final free communication presenter at #NASPEM2024 is Dr. Ranjit Philip from The University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He shares on how pediatric pectus excavatum cases need to consider more than just the Haller Index.

The inaugural Dr. Bruce Alpert Clinical Practice Series served as the final presentations of #NASPEM2024. Our speakers included Dr. William Hardie and Adam_Powell from Cincinnati Children's speaking on Exertional Dyspnea and Syncope, respectively. 🩺🫁💚

Congratulations to all our #NASPEM2024 Student Award Winners! Oral Presentation: 1st - Elyse Letts (CHEMP Lab) 2nd - Lucille Wilson (Univ. of Queensland) 3rd - Andrew McKiel (BrockU Applied Health Sciences)

Congratulations to all our #NASPEM2024 Student Award Winners! Poster Presentation: 1st - Tony Harris Jr. (KAP Lab MSU) 2nd - Trey Hardee (not pictured)(Univ. of Kentucky) 3rd - Leah Taylor (@ChildHealthPA)

And #NASPEM2024 concludes with the traditional "Passing of the Gavel" from now Past-President, Shannon Siegel, to now current President, Becki Battista. Thank you to all attendants at NASPEM 2024! It was an amazing meeting. We look forward to seeing you in 2026!

The abstracts from the 2024 NASPEM Biennial Meeting: Giving Kids a Chance Through Exercise have been published in Pediatric Exercise Science (PES). You can view them at: journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/…

Register to attend a virtual workshop on December 3-4 to learn from experts on a Life Course Approach to Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health. Register by 5:00 pm ET on November 29th. Registration Link: bit.ly/4fmsAq0

Register for the 34th Paediatric Work Physiology Conference! The conference will take place Sept 9-12 in Peurunka, Finland.

🏆 The 2024 Pediatric Exercise Science Best Paper of the Year is here! Congratulations to Bhanu Sharma et al. on their award-winning research. 🎉 Read it here: doi.org/10.1123/pes.20…

The Call For Proposals is now open for the 2025 Marco Cabrera Student Research Award! 🏆 Three (3) awards valued at $1500, $1250, and $1000 (USD) will be awarded. 🗓️ Deadline for applications: 5/15/25 💡 Award and application details at: bit.ly/3E4Zk9J

PES Volume 37 Issue 2 is available journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/… Expect the latest studies about (a) the unique aspects of the physiologic and physical responses of children to exercise, (b) the importance of physical activity in the prevention of illness and preservation of wellness.

A reminder that applications for the Marco Cabrera Student Research Award and NASPEM Early Career Researcher Award are due by 11:59 pm PST on Thursday, May 15th. For more info about both awards, visit: NASPEM.org

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Marco Cabrera Student Research Award! 🏆🏆🏆 We look forward to your research being presented at the 2026 NASPEM Biennial Meeting! #NASPEM #MarcoCabreraStudentResearchAward #PediatricExerciseMedicine #NextGenScientists