Exercise Physiology Colloquium Series

By: Steve Elmer

Last year, the Graduate Students Interested in Exercise Physiology (GSIEP) organized and hosted the Exercise Physiology Colloquium Series. This series was created so that undergraduate and graduate students would be exposed to broader areas of research. More specifically, faculty members from outside the ESS department presented on a variety of topics that included evolution of endurance running, molecular mechanisms of adaptations to exercise, and body size and animal athletes. Further, the series included distinguished speakers from across the intermountain west with two speakers who have had cover-of-Nature articles (Dennis Bramble, Stan Lindstedt). Overall, the series was quite successful as the average attendance was 44 ± 13 people (see below).

GSIEP will once again be hosting the Exercise Physiology Colloquium Series this fall and our series will include speakers from Internal Medicine, Physical Therapy, Anesthesiology, The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital, and the United States Olympic Committee. These seminars provide an opportunity to hear distinguished speakers, acquire new information, and meet students and faculty. Colloquiums are open to all students who are interested. The first colloquium of the semester will be Friday, September 11^th, 2009 in HPER N 238 from 2:00-3:00pm. Markus Amann, Senior Researcher of Internal Medicine, will be presenting “Neural Feedback Effects From Locomotor Muscles”. We look forward to seeing you there.

The Graduate Students Interested in Exercise Physiology (GSIEP) is a student group that was founded by graduate students from the Department of Exercise and Sport Science in the College of Health. Our mission is to enhance the experience of graduate students through exploration and participation in new and ongoing research opportunities here at “The U” and in the surrounding communities. Additionally, we aim to enhance our exposure to such research through our Exercise Physiology Colloquium Series. We also seek to promote the development and completion of our own research studies as well as the presentation of those studies at regional and national conferences. While our primary focus is on the study of human movement, our individual backgrounds and interests include clinical exercise physiology, neuromuscular function, cardiovascular physiology, environmental physiology, and health promotion and disease prevention. As such, our roster includes students from a wide range of exercise science sub disciplines and we encourage participation by any interested graduate and undergraduate students regardless of their education background. For more information about GSIEP please contact Stephen Ives at ives.stephen@utah.edu or Steve Elmer at steve.elmer@utah.edu.