Exercise is Medicine! ACHSM WA Live webcast

ACHSM WA invite you to register for this online live webcast event. Hear from Prof Daniel Galvao as he discusses the role of exercise in improving cancer outcomes across the cancer trajectory and the research evidence for specific exercise programs in collaboration with oncologists.

Prof Rob Newton will discuss exercise clinical services and their extension using telehealth.

About the speakers: Professor Daniel Galvão is Director of the Exercise Medicine Research Institute at Edith Cowan University, Australia, and Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and Exercise and Sports Science Australia. Galvão’s research program developed and tested targeted exercise interventions to reverse treatment-related toxicities and improve patient outcomes that have changed the clinical management of cancer patients worldwide. Full bio

Professor Robert Newton is Professor of Exercise Medicine in the Exercise Medicine Research Institute that he established (2004) at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia.  Current major research directions include: exercise medicine as neoadjuvant, adjuvant and rehabilitative cancer therapy to reduce side-effects and enhance effectiveness of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy; the influence of targeted exercise medicine on tumour biology and exercise medicine for reducing decline in quality of life, strength, body composition and functional ability in cancer patients. Full bio

Registration fee inc GST
Single ACHSM Member: FREE to attend, registration essential
Single non-member $50
Group 15 and under $99
Group 15+ $199

Program: AWST
10:00am Welcome
10:05am Prof Daniel Galvao
10:25am Prof Rob Newton
10:45am Q&A
11:00am Event concludes