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Davies Honored By American College of Sports Medicine

By Athan Bezaitis

Kelvin Davies, holder of the James E. Birren Chair of Gerontology, was named the presidential lecturer at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in New Orleans earlier this year. The lecture came with an award and a check.


Kelvin Davies, USC Professor and holder of James E. Birren Chair of Gerontology

Davies, who holds a joint appointment in the USC Davis School of Gerontology and biological sciences at USC College, was honored by the sports medicine college for a discovery he made 25 years ago showing
that free radicals are produced in exercise. Davies found that free radicals can cause tissue damage in extreme or exhaustive exercise, or initiate adaptation and increased endurance with exercise training. These discoveries, noted the American College of Sports Medicine, opened up an entirely new field of exercise science.

 

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