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PRESIDENTIAL GUEST SPEAKER
USING VIRTUAL REALITY TO IMPROVE SURGERY, SPORTS MEDICINE, AND ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE
Michael Casale, PhD
PRESIDENTIAL SPORTS MEDICINE GUEST LECTURE
DOPING IN ATHLETES–THE WADA/USADA PERSPECTIVE & PERSPECTIVE OF A 4-TIME WORLD RECORD HOLDER
Edwin C. Moses, Sc.D hc
Room:
Date: Time:
General Session Gran Cancun
Tuesday, May 14 09:33 – 09:58
Room:
Date: Time:
General Session Gran Cancun
Tuesday, May 14 10:00 – 10:25
Track & Field icon, Edwin Moses, won Olympic gold medals in 1976 and 1984, three World Cup titles, two World Championships, and broke the World Record four times as a 400-meter hurdler. He remained undefeated in 122 consecutive races spanning nine years, nine months, and nine days.
Known as The Thinking Man’s AthleteTM, Moses is a physicist (Morehouse) with an MBA degree
Dr. Michael Casale is a cognitive neuroscientist whose research is focused on understanding the biological underpinnings of learning and memory. His research is aimed at understanding how to best optimize training for a variety of learning situations as well as understanding how to optimize training in order to ensure maximum benefit to the learner.
He has also led multi-year/multi-million dollar research projects aimed at understanding how virtual technologies can be used to facilitate the effectiveness of behavioral therapy and the brain basis underlying such processes. His work has been published dozens of times in notable peer-reviewed journals such as Memory & Cognition and the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. At STRIVR, Dr. Casale is able to blend his academic and applied research expertise to help develop training methodologies that optimize performance using immersive technologies.
@michaelbcasale
(Pepperdine). He has contributed pioneering work against the use of performance enhancing drugs at the USOC, IOC, USADA, and WADA in various capacities. Moses has cemented his place as a global sports icon through his work as Chairman of the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation,
an association of sporting legends, which uses the positive influence of sport as a powerful tool for social change around the globe.
Edwin is the proud father to son, Julian (23), with whom he shares his affinity for the sciences and all things sports.
@edwinmoses
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