The American Physiological Society (APS) invites scientists from around the world to join us for the Integrative Physiology of Exercise conference. This year’s conference will be held November 20–22, 2024, in State College, Pennsylvania to celebrate 50 years of discovery at Penn State’s groundbreaking Noll Laboratory for Human Performance Research.
The conference program, featuring two tracks of concurrent sessions, will spotlight the latest integrative and translational breakthroughs in the field. Speakers include top experts from around the world.
Schedule of Events
Wednesday, November 20
Registration opens at 1 p.m.
Ceremony: Placing the Noll Laboratory Historical Marker
Dignitaries from Penn State, Noll Center, alumni, local leaders, faculty, students and conference attendees
50 Years of Excellence in Human Performance: Celebrating the Noll Laboratory
Speaker: Jim Pawelczyk, PhD, The Pennsylvania State University
Thursday, November 21
Advances in Human Performance
Speakers: Michael J. Joyner, MD, Mayo Clinic and Brad Wilkins, PhD, University of Oregon
Exercise and Insulin Resistance
Speakers: Jaume Padilla, PhD, University of Missouri and John Kirwan, PhD, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Keynote Presentation Session
Speaker: Ylva Hellsten, DMS, University of Copenhagen
Aging and Human Thermoregulation
Speakers: Larry Kenney, PhD, FAPS, The Pennsylvania State University and George Havenith, PhD, Loughborough University
Physiology of Resistance Exercise Training
Speaker: Stuart Phillips, PhD, McMaster University
Poster sessions and lunch on your own
Keynote Presentation
Speaker: Cynthia Beall, MA, PhD, Case Western Reserve University
Sponsored Sessions: Moor Instruments and National Dairy Council
Cardiovascular Physiology Impact of Age, Sex and Health Disparities
Speakers: Austin Robinson, PhD, Indiana University and Kerrie Moreau, PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Updates in Military Physiology
Speakers: Nisha Charkoudian, PhD, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine and Billie Alba, PhD, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Friday, November 22
Career Session
Speaker: Anna Stanhewicz, PhD, University of Iowa
Update on MoTRPAC
Speakers: Sue Bodine, PhD, FAPS, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; Scott Trappe, PhD, Ball State University; Daniel H Katz, PhD, Stanford University; and Lyndon Joseph, PhD, National Institute
on Aging
Keynote Presentation Session
Speaker: Benjamin D. Levine, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Energy Balance, Bone, and Reproductive Function
Speaker: Heather Allaway, PhD, Louisiana State University and Kristen J. Koltun, PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Exercise and Cancer Cachexia
Speaker: Ashley J Smuder, PhD, University of Florida
Poster sessions and lunch on your own
MoTRPAC Tutorial How to access and use the MoTRPAC data
Speaker: Maléne Lindholm, PhD, Stanford University and David Jimenez-Morales, PhD, Stanford University
Gatorade Sponsored Session: Evaluating Technology: Accuracy of a Smart Bottle in Measuring Fluid Intake
Speaker: Matt Hinkley
4-5 p.m. Closing Keynote Presentation, followed by a networking event in the Noll Lab
Speaker: Michael Harrison, MD, PhD, Axiom Space (public invited)