American College of Sports Medicine
Environmental Physiology Interest Group (EPIG)

5^th Annual Environmental Physiology Graduate Student Research Award

ACSM’s Environmental Physiology Interest Group (EPIG) is proud to announce that James A. Lang, M.S. (Penn State University) has been selected to receive EPIG’s 2009 Graduate Student Research Award for his abstract entitled “Local Tetrahydrobiopterin Administration Augments Reflex and Tyramine-Induced Cutaneous Vasoconstriction in Aged Human Skin.”  Mr. Lang will be presented this award at the EPIG Meeting at ACSM’s Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA.

Former winners of this award:

2005 (Nashville, TN)-David W. DeGroot, Penn State University: Impaired Metabolic and Tissue insulation Responses to Cold in Aged Humans.

2006 (Denver, CO)-Glen A. Selkirk, York University CANADA:  Intracellular HSP72 Expression in Monocyte Subsets Between Trained and Untrained Individuals During Exertional Heat Stress.

2007 (New Orleans, LA)-Heather E. Wright, York University CANADA:  Acute Neuroendocrine Response to Uncompensable Heat Stress in Endurance Trained Versus Untrained Males.