Barry Franklin, Ph.D.

The Exercise Science Research Center’s Fall 2024 Symposium

Elizabeth Joy, M.D.
Elizabeth Joy, M.D.

The Exercise Science Research Center of the University of Arkansas co-hosted a symposium Oct. 17, 2024, with the U of A chapter of Exercise Is Medicine on Campus.

The program “Exercise is Medicine: Translating Science into Action” featured Dr. Barry A. Franklin, Ph.D., director of Preventive Cardiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation at Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, and Elizabeth Joy, M.D., chief medical officer for Lore Health based in San Diego. Both are former presidents of the American College of Sports Medicine.

The 2024 EiM symposium was held in the Graduate Education auditorium on the Fayetteville campus with an online option for those who couldn’t be there in person. After the talks by Franklin and Joy, a panel discussed the Exercise Is Medicine initiative and related matters.