Barbara Ainsworth, Ph.D., MPH, FACSM, Regents’ Professor in the Exercise Science and Health Promotion Program in School of Nutrition and Health Promotion at Arizona State University, recently received a 2018 Honor Award from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) for her work in sports medicine and the exercise sciences.
Ainsworth Receives ACSM Honor Award
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“Honor award winners are selected for their outstanding performance in the areas of research and scholarship, clinical care, administrative services or educational services,” said ACSM President Kathryn Schmitz, Ph.D., MPH, FACSM. “We are happy to recognize Dr. Ainsworth’s outstanding accomplishments.”
Ainsworth focuses her work on the assessment of physical activity in women and minorities to understand how gender and race influence the cultural context for physical activity assessment.
She has served as president of ACSM, the National Academy of Kinesiology, the Southwest Chapter of ACSM, and the Research Consortium of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD).
Ainsworth has received many awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition; the McKenzie Award from AAHPERD; and the Henry J. Montoye Scholar Award from the Southeast Chapter of ACSM.
Ainsworth was recognized at an awards banquet during the association’s recent annual meeting, which was held from May 29 to June 2, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
At the annual meeting, the association also awarded the 2018 Citation Award to seven recipients, including Janet Walberg Rankin of Virginia Tech, Mary Jane De Souza, Ph.D. of Pennsylvania State University, Sandra Hoffman, M.D., FACSM of Idaho State University, William W. Dexter M.D., FACSM of Tufts University School of Medicine, David R. Bassett, Jr. Ph.D., FACSM of University of Tennessee, Lawrence E. Armstrong, Ph.D. FACSM of the University of Connecticut and Timothy Lightfoot, Ph.D., FACSM of Texas A&M University.
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This is a fascinating development. In my practice we've seen similar outcomes with the revised protocol. The key differentiator seems to be patient selection criteria. Has anyone else noticed the correlation with BMI thresholds?
Great point. I'd push back slightly on the conclusion, the sample size in the cited study is too small to draw population-level inferences. That said, the directional signal is compelling and worth a larger RCT.
We implemented a similar approach last year. Early results are promising but we're still gathering 12-month follow-up data. Happy to share our protocol if anyone is interested.
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