Program overview
Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, FACSM, presented the Fall 2020 Penn State College of Medicine Dean's Lecture.
Credit
CME credit provided to those who attended live.
Penn State College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Penn State College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, FACSM
Professor of Public Health Sciences and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Penn State College of Medicine
Member, Penn State Cancer Institute
Dr. Kathryn Schmitz is a leading researcher in exercise oncology - the use of exercise in cancer prevention, control and survivorship.
Dr. Schmitz, who has led many exercise trials and translated her work into clinical practice, has published more than 240 peer-reviewed scientific papers and has had $25 million in funding for her research since 2001.
She was the lead author of the first American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Roundtable on Exercise for Cancer Survivors, which published guidance for exercise testing and prescription for cancer survivors in July 2010.
In June 2017, she became president-elect of ACSM, taking the role of president from June 2018 to May 2019.
In March 2018, Dr. Schmitz chaired an International Multidisciplinary ACSM Roundtable on Exercise and Cancer Prevention and Control, at which physicians, outpatient rehabilitation specialists, researchers and exercise professionals in the room broadly agreed that the field of exercise oncology needs to be elevated further. Dr. Schmitz’s professional mission is to determine how to do so.
Research Recognition Awards
The seventh annual Penn State College of Medicine Research Recognition Awards ceremony directly followed the Dean's Lecture.
The awards are sponsored by the Office of the Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and organized by the Unified Campus Research Team.
See details on the awards here