# LATIN AMERICAN CONGRESS ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTH RESEARCH

> **NIH NIH R13** · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $20,000

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
This application requests support to strategically enhance the reach and impact of the first Latin American
Congress on Physical Activity and Health Research, taking place in Cuernavaca, Mexico, in April 15-17,
2020. The sponsoring institution for this application is Washington University in St. Louis, and the PI is Deborah
Salvo. The conference venue is the main campus of the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico, which is
the leading research, surveillance, and educational public health institution in Latin America. Other confirmed
sponsoring partners are the Secretariat of Health of Mexico and the Pan American Health Organization (World
Health Organization). Physical inactivity is a global pandemic,1 and is an underlying cause of thirteen site-specific
cancers.2 Physical activity also has demonstrated benefits for cancer management.3 One in three Latin
Americans are insufficiently active and the burden of cancer in the region is high.4, 5 Among US Latinos, 55.5%
do not meet aerobic physical activity guidelines,6 and cancer constitutes the first cause of death.7, 8 In spite of
the magnitude and burden of the problem, high-quality physical activity research on Latin American populations
has been lacking until recently.9 For the first time, there is a critical mass of well-trained and motivated
investigators working together to build momentum and push this field forward in Latin America. Dr. Salvo (PI)
and a team of Latin American colleagues from seven countries will formally launch the Latin American Society
of Physical Activity and Health Research (SLIAFS) at the Congress. The conference objective is to provide a
knowledge exchange and scientific networking venue for Latin American researchers, as well as international
researchers conducting work with Latin American populations. This will be the first research-focused scientific
conference of its kind for the region. The venue for the first edition of the Congress and all required spaces,
materials, audiovisual technology, website, and local logistics for carrying out a high-quality conference have
been secured. Over twenty physical activity and health researchers from Latin America and the US have
confirmed attendance with funds beyond those sought with this proposal. This proposal requests support for the
attendance of twelve leading global experts in physical activity and cancer research, all of whom have accepted
the invitation to participate as conference speakers. This will allow us to achieve the following specific aims: 1)
maximize the international reach of the Congress by convening key leading global experts as invited speakers;
2) include cancer prevention and control as a special emphasis topic of the Congress; 3) include a strong
capacity-building component for early career physical activity and cancer researchers; and 4) evaluate
and disseminate the Congress’s results through two peer reviewed published articles, conference
presentations, social me...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9993836
- **Project number:** 1R13CA250281-01
- **Recipient organization:** WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Deborah Salvo
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $20,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-08-01 → 2021-09-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9993836

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9993836, LATIN AMERICAN CONGRESS ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTH RESEARCH (1R13CA250281-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9993836. Licensed CC0.

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