UWI researcher Dr. Rachel Irving, Research Fellow, Department of Basic Medical Sciences has been invited to make a presentation at the 56th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sport Medicine. Dr. Irving’s presentation will explore the role of genes in elite Jamaican and USA sprinters. The Meeting takes place on May 27-30 and the presentation on May 29, 2009 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, Washington. The abstract will be published in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Volume 41:5 Supplement.