Exercise Science & Athletic Training Distinguished Speaker

By Paul Geisler, February 23, 2021

This event is FREE and OPEN to the public…great intersection of sport, science, ethics, culture, politics and policy with far reaching consequences for many!

Colleagues, Peers and Students,

You are cordially invited to attend our Department of Exercise Science and Athletic Training’s Spring 2021 Distinguished Lecture Event! This has been rescheduled from the spring, to this coming Thursday evening, Feb. 25th at 7 p.m., on Zoom.

Dr. Anthony Hackney, PhD, Dsc, FNAK, FACSM from the School of Public Health & Medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill will be joining us, via Zoom to present and discuss the science, policy, and complexity of:

The Caster Semenya Case: Is Testosterone Essential in Athletics?

Dr. Hackney’s research focus is on endocrine and metabolic responses to physical stress (e.g., exercise). He has directed research for the Department of Defense into the human endocrine and metabolic adaptations associated with chronic cold exposure in humans. He conducts research on how reproductive steroid hormones are modulated by the stress of physical exercise. He is the author of more than 200 publications and presenter of over 150 national and international papers in the exercise physiology and endocrinology areas. His published papers have been cited over 5,000 times.  Dr. Hackney teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in basic human physiology and exercise physiology, while he also lectures in the medical school on biochemistry and endocrinology. Dr. Hackney is a member of Sigma Xi, American College of Sports Medicine, Southeast American College of Sports Medicine and Triangle Consortium for Reproductive Biology. Currently, he is an external reviewer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Human Nutrition division, the National Academy of Sciences-Institute of Medicine and the U.S. Army, Department of Defense. Dr. Hackney is a two-time recipient of Fulbright Scholar awards, one in Medical Sciences (Lithuania) and one in Public Health (Poland). He currently serves as the Assistant Chairman of the Department of Exercise & Sport Science.

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