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Rechnitzer Annual Lecture Series
Peter Rechnitzer, CCAA co-founder
The Rechnitzer Annual lecture is given by an invited speaker who is highly-regarded and recognized nationally and internationally for work in the areas of exercise, well-being and aging. The lecture also provides a platform for bringing together its invited speaker with CCAA’s Research Associates to promote scholarly dialogue and to explore research collaborations in the area of exercise, activity, health, well-being and aging. The lecture recognizes the outstanding contributions of CCAA co-founder Dr. Peter Rechnitzer.
About Peter A. Rechnitzer
Peter Rechnitzer was a practising physician who donated his efforts and expertise to combine research with practical application. He and Professor David Cunningham co-developed the idea for a research centre that focuses on physical activity in people ages 55 to 90 years. He enthusiastically joined with scientists, Professors Cunningham and Donald Paterson, and Nancy Ecclestone to develop the Centre for Activity and Aging.
Explore topics discussed at past Rechnitzer Lectures
2020-2022
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| Year | Lecturer | Title/Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 |
Juan Murias |
Declines in cardiovascular function with aging: Does this need to be the case? |
| 2021 |
Kevin Shoemaker |
The Brain-Heart Connection: Impact of heart disease and cardiac rehabilitation on brain health. |
| 2020 |
Dr. Jane Thornton |
Health-enhancing Physical Activity: Research Solutions for Lifelong Mobility. |
2010-2019
| Year | Lecturer | Title/Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 |
Dr. Manuel Montero Odasso Dr William McIlroy |
Multidomain Interventions to prevent Dementia. The Synergic Trial. From the Lab to the Clinic and now @Home: Advancing the assessment of balance, mobility and activity in older adults. |
| 2016 | Don Paterson, PhD Western University |
30-years of Exercise and Aging: Prescription for Successful Aging |
| 2015 | Stuart M. Phillips, PhD McMaster University |
A Mantra for Active Aging: Eat Well, Move Lots, Be Strong. Live Long. |
| 2014 | Russell T. Hepple, PhD McGill University |
Golden Oldies: What Elite Octogenarian Athletes Tell Us About Optimal Aging |
| 2013 | David Hood, PhD York University |
Can Exercise Rescue Aging Muscle? |
| 2012 | Lawrence L. Spriet, PhD University of Guelph |
Human Skeletal Muscle: Our Maginificent Energy Producer for Movement and Exercise |
| 2011 | Dr. Edward Lakatta Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, National Institute of Aging, National Institutes of Health |
Stress of aging viewed from the cardiovascular system |
| 2010 | Judy M. Muller-Delp, PhD Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics University of Florida |
Effects of Age and Exercise on Endothelial Function in Skeletal Muscle: Role of Reactive Oxygen Species |
2000-2009
| Year | Lecturer | Title/Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Walter R. Frontera, MD, PhD University of Puerto Rico |
Aging Muscle Fibres and Exercise |
| 2008 | David N. Proctor, PhD Penn State University |
Blood Flow to Exercising Muscles: New Insights to Age-Old Questions |
| 2007 | David C. Poole, PhD Kansas State University |
Muscle Microcirculation in Healthy Aging: Inconvenient Truths |
| 2006 | KE Conley, PhD University of Washington Medical Centre |
Age, Exercise and Adaptation: The Mitochondria Link |
| 2004 | Archie Young, MD University of Edinburgh |
Exercise After 80 |
| 2003 | Kevin K. McCully, PhD University of Georgia |
Evalutating the Role of Oxygen in Skeletal Muscle with Radiofrequencies, Light and Sound |
| 2002 | David A. Cunningham, PhD School of Kinesiology, Western University |
Aging Research: The First 35 Years |
| 2001 | Norman L. Jones, M.D.,F.R.C.P.(London), F.R.C.P.(C) McMaster University |
Sensory Aspects of Exercise in Aging |
| 2000 | Loring B. Rowell, PhD University of Washington Medical Centre |
Why do we Require a Second Heart during Exercise? |
1995-1999
| Year | Lecturer | Title/Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Bengt Saltin, M.D. University of Copenhagen |
Mechanisms for Matching Oxygen Delivery to Energy Demands in Contracting Skeletal Muscle |
| 1998 | John A. Faulkner, Ph.D. The University of Michigan |
Muscle Atrophy, Weakness, Fatigue, and Injury: Inevitable Concomitants of Aging |
| 1997 | Brian Whipp, Ph.D. St. George's Hospital Medical School |
Oxygen Utilization and Exercise Tolerance: A 2000 Year Perspective |
| 1996 | Jerome A. Dempsey, Ph.D University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Biological Determinants of Maximal Exercise Performance |
| 1995 | Doug Seals, Ph.D The University of Colorado |
Exercise and Aging: Autonomic and Cardiovascular Adaptations |
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