 | Congratulations to Dr. Jen Nickelson! Her work in the area of community engagement has been selected for a premiere award by the UA Council on Community-Based Partnerships (CCBP). Her project, Health Lab, will be recognized as an Outstanding Faculty/Staff-Initiated Engagement Effort for 2017. The award includes recognition by the CCBP and funding support to aid in the continuation of her work. She will be recognized at the Eleventh Annual Awards Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, April 14, 2017, in the Bryant Conference Center Sellers Auditorium. The SCOPE Showcase will begin at 8:30 a.m. and poster display exhibition will begin at 10:00 a.m. The Showcase and posters will feature engagement projects involving UA and community partners. |
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The University of Alabama Jr High and High School Athletic Training Student Aide Camp Staff invites you to learn about athletic training from the athletic trainers who provide medical care to some of the best athletes in the nation! The camp is designed for jr high and high school students who are interested in gaining athletic training knowledge and skills. The program will address current concepts in athletic training and is taught by certified athletic trainers who work at The University of Alabama.
Camp Brochure Registration Form March is National Athletic Training Month and each year the Department of Health Science is able to bring in a nationally-recognized research scholar to present to our students, athletic trainers, other health care professionals, and community members. This year, Darin Padua will be coming to Tuscaloosa. Dr. Padua is an ACL injury prevention and rehabilitation researcher. We are thankful for the support of the Department and the College to bring in a speaker each year! Dr. Padua will be in Tuscaloosa March 26 - 28 and will be giving 3 lectures, in addition to individual meetings. On Monday, March 27, Dr. Padua will be presenting his talk “Evidence Based Recommendations for ACL Injury Presentation - An Overview of the Upcoming NATA Position Statement” at the Child Development Research Center at 6:30 pm. This presentation is meant for a broader audience, including athletic trainers, athletics administrators, parents, and other health care professionals. This presentation will focus on providing some background on ACL injury and then focus on the recommendations that will be coming forth in the upcoming NATA position statement that he has helped to chair. The presentation will stress the need to implement simple solutions to prevent ACL injury, which requires support at all levels of athletics. On Tuesday, March 28 from 7:30-9:00am, he will be presenting “A Systematic Approach for Return to Sport Testing and Decision Making Following ACL Injuries.” This presentation, which is only open to UA AT program students, staff, and faculty, will highlight the high rate of secondary ACL / knee injury that occurs when athletes return to sport following ACL injury / reconstruction. We will then explore some of the factors that have been shown to contribute to the elevated secondary injury rates. Following we will explore a systematic and multi-component approach for return to sport testing that involves an integrated testing protocol (stability, strength, power, biomechanics, function, and perception) combined with training load monitoring and management strategies. While the talk is structured around ACL injury the same concepts apply to any type of injury in my opinion and help us to think through how we might better consider return to sport testing and management for time-loss injuries.   Dr. Lori Turner TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama’s College of Human Environmental Sciences has selected Dr. Lori Turner as the 2016 recipient of the HES Leadership Board Excellence in Scholarly Research Award.
The award is presented annually to a member in the College who demonstrates research or scholarly excellence. During her 19-year research career, Turner has published more than 100 manuscripts, at least five book chapters, eight editions of a student study guide and approximately 20 instructional manuals. She has presented at more than 140 national conferences as either the primary presenter or collaborator, and her research articles have been cited more than 750 times. She has also served as the chair of a dozen or more doctoral committees. Her research focuses on osteoporosis prevention, particularly the prevention of low bone density among college students. She has mentored many doctoral students and coordinates UA’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Conference for the College. After earning a doctorate from The University of Alabama in 1997, Turner accepted a position with the University of Arkansas and was promoted to the position of associate professor in 2002. She returned to the Capstone in 2006 and accepted her current position of tenured professor. Turner’s 2001 publication in Journal of Women and Aging titled “Influence of Yard Work and Weight Training on Bone Mineral Density Among Older U.S. Women” was tremendously successful, and her overall work led to her selection as “Outstanding Researcher” in the department of health, human performance and recreation at the University of Arkansas in both the 1999-2000 and 2001-2002 academic years. Turner attained her bachelor’s degree in 1980 from Florida State University and went on to get her master’s in dietetics and nutrition from Florida International University in 1983. She then returned to FSU, where she earned a master’s in health education before attending The University of Alabama. The University of Alabama Jr High and High School Athletic Training Student Aide Camp Staff invites you to learn about athletic training from the athletic trainers who provide medical care to some of the best athletes in the nation! The camp is designed for jr high and high school students who are interested in gaining athletic training knowledge and skills. The program will address current concepts in athletic training and is taught by certified athletic trainers who work at The University of Alabama.
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