(NOTE: This event has been cancelled). Claudio Battaglini, a former soccer star and international-level coach turned award-winning Carolina professor, will serve as feature speaker for the Sept. 26 Tar Heel Tailgate Talk. Beginning at 10:30 a.m., “Dr. B” will share how the power of exercise can make a difference in the lives of cancer patients.
Exercise Oncology: Improving Cancer Care Outcomes
with Claudio Battaglini
September 26
Multipurpose Room at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History
Tar Heel Tailgate Talk • 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
UNC vs. Delaware Kick-off • 12:30 p.m.
As director of the Exercise Oncology Research Laboratory (EORL) and the Get REAL & HEEL Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Program, Dr. Battaglini researches the effects of exercise training on the mitigation of treatment-related side effects and quality of life in cancer patients.
Tar Heel Tailgate Talks offer Carolina fans an inside look at the intersection of academics and athletics. Led by Carolina faculty members whose research and scholarship reveal a deeper understanding of the world of sports, talks take place before home football games. (Note: Talks will not be held before games that kick off at noon.)
Gather with fellow Tar Heels to learn more about topics from the invention of commercial sports to the delights of Southern tailgating. Explore all the Tar Heel Tailgate Talk speakers at tarheeltailgatetalk.unc.edu.
