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" Search I am a... Please Select Student Health Fitness Professional Researcher Exercise Physiologist Physician Faculty 2024 Annual Meeting Registration Open Register online until May 21 What’s New May 8, 2024 ACSM, NATA Team Up to Support Collegiate Athletic Trainer Workforce April 30, 2024 Join the World’s Largest Exercise Class on May 1 April 23, 2024 Upcoming Webinar | Exercise During Pregnancy: Promoting Health for Two Generations! April 2, 2024 ACSM Announces Paper of the Year Awards for Scientific Journals Feb. 23, 2024 ACSM Announces 2024 Certified Professional of the Year Feb. 14, 2024 NFL Veteran Chris Draft Joins ACSM’s Moving Through Cancer Task Force Board Feb. 8, 2024 Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine Issues Call for Submissions Jan. 25, 2024 ACSM Announces Resignation of Chief Executive Officer Need to Know ACSM Member Exclusives Policy Corner Clinical & Medicine Education in Action New ACSM Member Hub Now Available! ACSM members can now access all of the member benefits in the new Member Hub! all of your exclusive content, partner discounts, grant and travel award applications, mentor forms and so much more can be found in one place. Check out the Member Hub *Must be logged in with ACSM ID to access. ACSM Supports Funding for National Concussion Surveillance System and Physical Activity Alliance Releases New Report Last month, ACSM joined more than 30 other organizations in signing a letter requesting at least $2 million to fund the National Concussion Surveillance System. The funding would allow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop an initial system that will collect necessary data to determine the incidence of sports-related concussions. This letter will go to House and Senate leadership and both the House and Senate Chairs and Ranking Members of the Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee. The Physical Activity Alliance (PAA), of which ACSM is a founding member, just released a new report: Advancing Key Actions to Enhance Physical Activity Surveillance in the United States.” The report summarizes actions taken to advance surveillance in four areas: children and youth, workplace, health care and community support for physical activity. It also lays out steps to advance tracking physical activity engagement as a key public health priority and underscores the benefits of systematic data collection to drive policy and programming that supports equitable physical activity opportunities across the U.S. Read the report. Team Physicians Update Guidance on Musculoskeletal Injuries A group of delegates from ACSM, the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and the American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine recently met to write updated guidelines on the care and treatment of select musculoskeletal injuries as part of the annual Team Physician Consensus Conference (TPCC). The TPCC Executive Committee, consisting of ACSM Fellows Stan Herring, M.D.; Ben Kibler, M.D.; and Margot Putukian, M.D., along with delegates from the partner organizations, reviewed the current scientific literature and clinical evidence to write the new evidence-based statement for clinicians. The resulting document, which will be published in 2022, will provide guidance and serve as a teaching tool for physicians, residents and fellows working in the sports medicine field. Learn More About TPCC The Female Athlete Triad MYTH: It’s "normal" for female athletes to lose their period, or stop menstruating. REALITY: Amenorrhea due to working out is unhealthy. Mary Jane De Souza, Ph.D., FACSM, and Nancy Williams, Sc.D., FACSM, both researchers and professors at Pennsylvania State University, have spent many years studying the Female Athlete Triad. Membership Built For You. Your Career, Your Choice. Whether it’s building knowledge, building networks or building careers, ACSM can get you there . Together, we can make change happen. Enjoy the benefits. More About Membership ACSM Spotlight Read stories of how ACSM members and certified professionals are leading change, breaking barriers and impacting lives around the world and across generations. Read the Stories Get & Stay Certified Dedicated To Improving Lives This is where passion, knowledge and skill come together. 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