February 15-17, 2018 – Medellín, Colombia

Dr. Kreider was a featured speaker at the International Congress on Academia and Fitness in Medellín, Colombia.  He made two presentations at the conference including “Role of Protein in Exercise, Training, and Health” and “Emerging Sports Ingredients” as well as served on discussion panels. He also had the opportunity to meet with sport science professionals at the Atlético Nacional football training facility (one of the top professional football teams in Colombia) as well as colleagues at Universidad CES to tour their laboratories and discuss their new Sport Nutrition Masters Degree program.  A special thanks to Professor Diego A. Bonilla Campo (Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas) and Professor Jorge Petro (Universidad de Córdoba) for organizing the visit as well as Alejandra Alzate (sport nutritionist) and Dr. Carlos A. Tabares (sports physician/therapist) from Atlético Nacional and Professor Maximilano Kammerer from the Universidad CES for their hospitality during tours of their facilities. You can see Dr. K’s presentations by clicking on the research recent presentations.