NEACSM's 2025 Fall Conference, "Wellness Within: Health and Strength from the Inside Out," will feature invited speakers and general session presenters with a focus on improving health and wellbeing from the level of the gut to the muscle to the brain. These three areas are all interconnected and by highlighting the importance of the gut microbiome and the interactions between it and the skeletal muscle and the thinking brain, we can help attendees grow a greater appreciation and understanding of all the factors that play into a healthy, well-functioning body and mind for life. 

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We have a wide range of professionally diverse perspectives joining us for this event and we know that we will be able to educate and inform attendees from all disciplines including nutrition and dietetics, muscle physiology, public health, sports medicine, athletic training, biomechanics, psychology, and more. 

Keynote Speakers:

• Knuttgen Lecture: Sara C. Campbell, PhD, FACSM

       Thursday, October 16 at 10:50am

       “Exercise, Eating, and Estrogen: What in the Gut is Going On?

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• Clarkson Lecture: Nancy Rodriguez, PhD, RD

       Friday, October 17 at 10:50am

       “Protein Intake and Renal Function in Healthy Active Adults: Understanding the Cause for Concern.”

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Invited Speakers:

• Jay Melnyk, PhD

• Loneke Blackman Carr, PhD, RD

• Jonathan N. Mike, PhD, CSCS, NCSA-CPT

• G. Monique Mokha, PhD

• Christina Badarcco, MPH, RDN, LDN

• Aqua Drakes

• Ian Patten, MD

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