The Huffines Discussion was a great event.  If you couldn't be there, don't worry - we'll be putting the videos of all of the speakers on the website in the upcoming weeks.  Stay tuned right here - or sign up for our mailing list - so you'll know when they'll be available.  Don't miss the opportunity to hear what eight of the top leaders and thinkers in sports medicine said.  There were big ideas and new discoveries...so tune it (and spread the word!).

There was a great write-up in The Eagle - the primary newspaper for the Bryan/College Station area - regarding the Huffines Discussion.  The article even made the front page and above the fold!  Click here to read the article.....thanks to our friends at The Eagle!

Click here to see the interview with Dr. Lightfoot, Director of the Huffines Institute, on KBTX about the upcoming Huffines Discussion.

A hearty congratulations goes out to Ms. Emily Schmitt, Huffines Institute Volunteer, for winning the 5K in her age group and placing second overall for women in the Fifth Annual College Station Armadillo Dash on Sunday, March 6, 2011. Schmitt crossed the finish line at 21:06.

The TED Talks have made a significant impact on understanding by bringing leaders in various fields together to give talks less than 20 minutes in length that are understandable to a general audience. The Sydney and JL Huffines Institute is using the TED format and applying it to Sports Medicine. The result? An exciting new event called the Huffines Discussion. The Director of the Huffines, Dr. Tim Lightfoot noted, “We are so excited to bring this unique event to the central Texas Region a...

Dr. Steve Crouse, former Director of the Huffines Institute, received $6000 to continue his research documenting the cardiovascular risk markers and changes in cardiac structure and function in first year football players at Texas A&M University. This study continues and follows up on Dr. Crouse and co-workers recently published study, “Electrocardiograms of collegiate football athletes” in Clinical Cardiology.

The Sydney and JL Huffines Institute for Sports Medicine and Human Performance recently awarded almost $29,000 in Student Research Grants to graduate students in Sports Medicine. “These awards are an important stimulus to continue research in Sports Medicine to expand the knowledge base of what we know and how we practice Sports Medicine,” Huffines Director Tim Lightfoot noted. “These students are the future of our field and it is important that they have the resources needed t...

The Sydney and JL Huffines Institute for Sports Medicine and Human Performance awarded a total of $16,500 in travel grants to graduate students in Sports Medicine fields. These travel awards will be used by the students to present their research at regional, national, and international meetings. As such, these awards will enable exposure of the work of graduate students in Sports Medicine to a larger audience as well as giving the students the chance to meet and get to know leaders in the Sports...