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“Stronger, Faster, Safer: Enhancing Sports Performance through Optimized Preparation, Injury Prevention, and Rehabilitation”
NEACSM Spring 2025 Conference
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Conference Description
The 2025 Spring Conference is returning to an in-person format on Tuesday, April 22 in the Student Center at Central Connecticut State University. The conference will feature engaging presentations and Q&A, student poster presentations, and a discussion with the panel of speakers.
This conference brings together experts in the fields of clinical exercise physiology, health sciences, sports nutrition, sports medicine, and strength and conditioning to explore cutting-edge strategies for optimizing athletic excellence. Attendees will gain practical insights from leading researchers, clinicians, and coaches to enhance athlete performance, minimize injuries, and apply the latest science-driven interventions in their practice. Importantly, these key topics are well aligned with the specializations offered by exercise science and sports medicine programs offered by our regional universities.
An exciting addition to this year’s IN-PERSON curriculum: Student Abstract Presentations! These presentations will showcase student-led scholarly work, highlighting innovative findings and supporting young scholars by fostering engagement between our student and professional members. The top three abstracts will be featured in a rapid-fire five-minute oral presentation format.
5 ACSM CECs
Objectives:
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Understand the role of sports psychology in performance, including motivation, focus, stress management, and mental toughness.
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Learn the latest techniques for reducing injury risk through biomechanics, training modifications, and sport-specific interventions.
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Gain insights into cutting-edge rehabilitation techniques to accelerate recovery and ensure a safe return to play.
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Explore evidence-based strength and conditioning strategies to improve speed, strength, endurance, and overall athletic ability.
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Foster student-professional engagement and showcase innovative student-led research
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Provide guidance on athlete nutrition advising, ensuring consistency and accuracy in nutrition-related communications with athletes across disciplines.
Invited speakers:
Mike Voight, PhD
Robert Gregory, PhD, CPSS
David Bostic, PT, FAAOMPT
Michael DiStefano, MA, ATC, PES, CES
Joel DeMarco, MEd, CSCS-RSCC, USAW, FMS
Melissa Brown, PhD, RD, CSSD, LD
Moderators:
Chee-Hoi Leong, PhD, NEACSM Past President and Program Chair
James Whitworth, PhD, NEACSM President
Katie LeLasher, NEACSM Student Representative
Allison Seifert Gonzalez, PhD, NEACSM Scholarship & Awards Co-Chair
Cassandra Forsythe, PhD, NEACSM President Elect
Olivia Vadas, NEACSM Student Representative Elect
Sponsor the Spring Conference!
NEACSM offers many opportunities for sponsorship throughout the year. These opportunities provide significant exposure to help market organizations' products and services within and beyond the NEACSM chapter. For more information and to sponsor our conference, contact Sponsorship Committee co-chairs Dr. Matt Orange at morange@ccsu.edu and Dr. Ryan Chapman at rmchapman@uri.edu.
Students - Submit an Abstract!
The NEACSM Free Communications Committee is now accepting student abstract submissions for the 2025 Spring Conference. Accepted abstracts will be presented in poster format at the conference. Submissions due Monday, March 17.
These poster presentations will showcase student-led scholarly work: highlighting innovative findings and supporting young scholars by fostering engagement between our student and professional members. The top three abstracts will be featured in a rapid-fire five-minute oral presentation format.
Spring Conference Sponsors
Previous Spring Conferences
2023 Spring Conference: Bite-Sized Sessions in Movement Science - April 21, 2023
Virtual Conference
Short tutorials followed by rapid-fire sessions delivered by both students and professionals.
3.5 ACSM CECs
2022 Spring Conference: Beyond FITT: Unique Considerations to Optimize Exercise Prescription - April 8, 2022
Virtual Conference
Applied presentations that explored unique approaches to help inform exercise prescription, moving through preparation, evaluation, application, and recovery.
4 ACSM CECs
2021 Spring Conference: Managing Physical Activity in the New Normal - April 23, 2021
Virtual Conference
Evidence-based methods and best practices to combat physical inactivity, develop virtual and workplace wellness programming, and navigate research and education during the pandemic era and beyond.
4 ACSM CECs
CANCELLED: 2020 Spring Conference: Sex & Gender in Sports & Medicine, originally scheduled for March 27, 2020
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
How sex and gender affect responses to exercise and nutrition interventions, disease and injury risk, biomechanics of running, and exercise performance.
5 ACSM CECs
2019 Spring Conference: Only the Strong - Brain Versus Brawn, April 26, 2019
Central Connecticut State University
A collaboration with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Various topics relating strength to cognitive function, endurance performance, muscle hypertrophy, mental toughness, and leadership.
5 ACSM CECs/0.5 NSCA CEUs
2018 Spring Conference: EAT, LIFT, BUILD: Nutrition Strategies for the Strength Athlete, April 20, 2018
A collaboration with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Nutritional strategies and their practical application for strength athletes.