Annual Meeting session

Molecules, Medals & Medicine: Maximizing Human Potential Through Exercise & Technology

The application of molecular techniques to exercise biology has provided greater understanding of the complexity of cellular networks involved in response to training, while the insights gained from analyzing the practices of elite athletes have been directly applied to improve health and…

About this course

2026 ACSM Annual Meeting Joseph B. Wolffe Memorial Lecture

What you will learn

  • Provide an overview of how ‘omics technologies can provide a deeper understanding of how the body responds to training at a cellular level
  • Demonstrate how the training practices of elite athletes can be applied to improve the health of the general population
  • Understand how leveraging molecular insights from large-scale ‘omics data sets and digital technologies can help identify unique "molecular and digital signatures” to drive personalized, data-driven exercise interventions