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CEPA's 2026 Annual online Conference

Saturday, February 7th, 2026

The CEPA Annual Online Conference will feature a variety of topics relevant for clinical exercise physiologists. Featured presentations will focus on practical application of innovative research, and will include topics such as sarcopenia/frailty, usage of AI and technology, peripheral artery disease, and gestational diabetes. Additional invited presentations will focus on exercise oncology and the management of treatment-related side effects, healthy equity considerations, Alzheimer’s and dementia, and LVAD in rehabilitation.

Recordings: Access to recordings of the sessions will be provided for 6 months to all registrants.
CECs: This conference is approved by ACSM for five (5) continuing education credits (CECs).

Registration

CEPA Professional Members: $45 CEPA Student Members: $10

Professional Non-Members: $125 (become a member and save $20! JOIN TODAY)
Student Non-Members: $30 (become a member and save $5! JOIN TODAY)

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Conference Sponsorship Opportunities

If your institution is interested in sponsoring & advertising during the conference, please contact us at cepa@acsm.org for information.

Program Planning Committee

Conference Chair: Garett Griffith, PhD, MPH, ACSM-CEP, FACSM, FCEPA
Conference Co-Chair: Matthew Thomas, MS, MBA, ACSM-CEP
Sadie Engelken, MS, ACSM-CEP
Cassandra Ledman, MS, ACSM-CEP, FCEPA
Laura Newsome, PhD, ACSM-CEP, FCEPA
Cemal Ozemek, PhD, ACSM-CEP, FACSM, FCEPA
Peter Ronai, MS, ACSM-CEP, FACSM, FCEPA
Shirit Rosenberg, EdD, ACSM-CEP
Taylor Rowley, PhD
Michael See, MS, ACSM-CEP

Questions? Contact cepa@acsm.org

Final Program

Abstract ePresentations

Read the abstracts in a supplement of the Journal of Clinical Exercise Physiology (available in 2026)
Abstract presentations will be available before the conference to view asynchronously.

Live Program [Times shown below are US EST]

10:00 am – 10:10 am • Welcome

Garett Griffith, PhD, MPH, ACSM-CEP, FACSM, FCEPA
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

10:10 am – 10:55 am • Keynote Presenter

A Discussion of the 2025 Canadian Guideline for Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Sleep Throughout the First Year Postpartum

Margie Davenport, PhD; University of Alberta

10:55 am – 11:30 am • Invited Presenter

Managing Musculoskeletal Health in Cancer Survivors
Kerri Winters-Stone, PhD; OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Speaker Sponsor: Wake Forest University

11:30 pm – 11:35 pm • Break

11:35 am – 12:20 pm • Featured Presenter

Exercise for Peripheral Artery Disease: An Update
Mary McDermott, MD; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Speaker Sponsor: Ball State University

12:20 pm – 12:55 pm • Invited Presenter

Making Success Out of Failure… Exercise in Patients with an LVAD
Steven J. Keteyian, PhD; Henry Ford Hospital and Medical Group
Speaker Sponsor: University of Mary

12:55 pm – 1:00 pm • Early Investigator Award

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm • Lunch & Breakout Sessions

CoAES Programmatic Accreditation Panel
Co-Lead: Brittany Overstreet, PhD, ACSM-CEP, FACSM; University of Delaware
Co-Lead: and Ben Thompson, PhD, ACSM-CEP, FACSM; Committee on Accreditation for the Exercise Sciences

Case Study: From Frailty to Function (Resistance Training in Older Adults)
Leader: Paul Gallo, EdD, FACSM; CT State Community College

Virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation
Co-Lead: Alexis Bhagat, MS, ACSM-CEP; Kaiser Permanente Colorado Cardiology
Co-Lead: Kelsey Paarmann, MS, ACSM-CEP; Kento Health