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Neuromuscular Research Laboratory
Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UPMC Center for Sports Medicine

Personnel

 

Faculty

Department of Defense Laboratory Personnel

Research Associates

Alumni

 

Faculty

Scott M. Lephart, PhD, ATC

lephartsm@upmc.edu

Dr. Lephart is the director of the Neuromuscular Research Laboratory as well as Department Chair and Associate Professor of Sports Medicine and Nutrition and Associate Professor within the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. He completed his undergraduate degree at Marietta College (Marietta, OH) and both his Master's and Doctoral degrees in Sports Medicine at the University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA) in 1988. Dr. Lephart's research interests include musculoskeletal sports and female ACL injury prevention, neuromechanical contributions to upper extremity function, and injury prevention in golfers.

Timothy C. Sell, PhD, PT

selltc@upmc.edu

Dr. Sell is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, as well as Coordinator of the Neuromuscular Research Laboratory. Dr. Sell completed his PhD in Rehabilitation Science at the University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) his Masters degree in Human Movement Science and his undergraduate in Physical Therapy at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC). His research interests include knee biomechanics during athletic tasks, pathomechanics of ACL injuries, and pediatric ACL injury prevention.

Kevin M. Conley, PhD, ATC

kconley@pitt.edu

Dr. Conley is the Director of the Undergraduate Athletic Training Education Program for the Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Conley completed with PhD in Rehabilitation Science as well as his Masters degree in Sports Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA). Prior to serving as the Director of the Athletic Training Education Program, he was a clinical instructor and staff athletic trainer for the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Conley's research interests include neuromuscular control and dynamic stabilization of the ankle and the contribution to injury prevention provided by external ankle supports.

John P. Abt, PhD, ATC

abtjp@upmc.edu

Dr. Abt is an Assistant Professor in Sports Medicine at the Neuromuscular Research within the Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Abt completed his PhD in Rehabilitation Science at the University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) as well as his Masters degree in Sports Medicine. His research interests include core stability in cyclists, pedaling mechanics in cyclists, and physiological training of cycling.

Mita Lovalekar, MBBS, PhD, MPH

lovalekarm@upmc.edu

Dr. Lovalekar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition within the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh . She is a physician trained in India , and completed both her Master's and Doctoral degrees in Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh . Dr. Lovalekar's research interests include injury epidemiology and surveillance, injury prevention, and chronic disease epidemiology.

Qi Mi, PhD

qim3@pitt.edu

Dr. Mi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition within the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. He is also a member of Center for inflammation and Regenerative Modeling within McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. He completed his PhD in Mathematics at the University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA). His research interests include: systems biology, musculoskeletal modeling and mathematical modeling of inflammation.

LTC Rusty Rowe, MD

Lieutenant Colonel Rusty Rowe, MD is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Sports Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh . LTC Rowe is the Command Surgeon of Special Operations Command Europe and former Division Surgeon of the Army 101 st Airborne (Air Assault) at Ft Campbell, KY. LTC Rowe received his medical degree from the Baylor College of Medicine ( Houston , TX ) and his family practice residency at the Martin Army Community Hospital ( Columbus , GA ). LTC Rowe's research interests include the prevention of unintentional musculoskeletal injury in the military and performance optimization of the tactical athlete.

Freddie H. Fu, MD

Dr. Fu is the Medical Director of the UPMC Center for Sports Medicine as well as the David Silver Professor and Chairman for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery's Division of Sports Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. He is currently the head team physician for the University of Pittsburgh and serves as Adjunct Professor for the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. He completed his Doctor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) after completing two previous degrees at Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH). Dr. Fu has also received honorary degrees from Chatham College (Doctor of Public Service) and Point Park College (Doctor of Science). Dr. Fu's research interests include double bundle ACL reconstruction techniques, rotational instability in copers, clinical outcomes of surgery.

 

Department of Defense Laboratories Personnel

Fort Campbell Lab Staff

Takashi Nagai, MS, ATC

tnagai@pitt.edu

Takashi is a doctoral student in Rehabilitation Science within the Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh (Anticipated graduation in 2007). Prior to enrolling in the doctoral program, Takashi completed his Masters degree in Exercise Physiology at the University of Utah. His research interests include ACL repair techniques, rotational stability in ACL deficient copers, and the stretch shortening cycle.

Jennifer Deluzio, MS, CSCS

Jennifer Deluzio is a coordinator at NMRL's Department of Defense Laboratory at Ft. Campbell, KY. Prior to joining the lab at Ft. Campbell, she completed her Bachelor's degree in Public Health at The Johns Hopkins University. She completed her Master's degree in Health and Human Performance at Austin Peay State University. Her research interests include: musculoskeletal injury prevention programs, the epidemiology of musculoskeletal injuries in the military, and health issues related to female soldiers.

Tony House, MS, ATC, CSCS

ajh55@pitt.edu

Tony is a doctoral student in Rehabilitation Science within the Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh (Anticipated graduation in 2011). Prior to enrolling in the doctoral program, Tony completed his Masters degree in Kinesiology-Biomechanics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His research interests include the kinetic and kinematic consequence of prophylactic devices/techniques, lower extremity pathomechanics, and neuromuscular control relating to lower extremity injury prevention.

Dale Williams, MS, CSCS

Dale Williams serves as a Strength and Conditioning coach at the NMRL's Department of Defense Laboratory at Ft. Campbell, KY. He returns to the University of Pittsburgh, where he completed his Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science, his Master's degree in Exercise Physiology, and was a four year letterman in football. Prior to joining the staff at Ft. Campbell, he spent three years as a Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He has also worked for the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Club, the Cleveland Browns, and was a volunteer Strength and Conditioning Coach for the University of Pittsburgh Olympic Staff.

Daryl Lawrence, MS, CSCS

Daryl Lawrence serves as a strength and conditioning coach at the NMRL's Department of Defense Laboratory at Ft. Campbell, KY. He completed his Bachelor's degree in Food Nutrition and Dietetics and Master's degree in Physical Education/Exercise Physiology from Illinois State University. He spent eight years as a strength and conditioning coach in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals. Daryl worked as a strength and conditioning coach at the collegiate level for four years. He spent two years as a graduate assistant at Illinois State University, and two years as an assistant at the United States Military Academy at West Point (Army). Daryl has experience working as an exercise specialist in fitness centers and medically based health and fitness centers. Daryl is a former member of the United States Army's 82 nd Airborne Division.

Brandon Sullivan

Brandon Sullivan is a Research Assistant at NMRL's Department of Defense Laboratory at Ft. Campbell, KY. Prior to joining the lab at Ft. Campbell, he completed his Bachelor's degree in Health and Human Performance at Austin Peay State University. He is currently enrolled in the Health and Human Performance Master's program at APSU. As an avid distance runner, he is interested in optimizing overall running performance, and the prevention of running related injuries including overuse injuries. His research interests also include injury prevention programs within the military.

Anthony C. Zimmer, ATC

Anthony Zimmer is a research associate at the NMRL's Department of Defense laboratory at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek . Anthony completed his Bachelors degree in Rehabilitation Science with a concentration in Athletic Training at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining the NMRL staff, Anthony worked for UPMC's Center for Sports Medicine as a Certified Athletic Trainer. Anthony's research interests include the prevention of musculoskeletal injuries and methods of performance enhancement in the military's elite special forces units.

Greg D. Hovey, MS, CSCS

Greg Hovey is a Research Associate assigned to the NMRL's Department of Defense Laboratory at the Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Norfolk, VA. Prior to this appointment Greg completed his Masters degree in Exercise Science at Central Washington University. As a former Marine Greg has a special interest in working with the military's elite Special Forces Units. His research interests include the multifaceted factors contributing to preventable musculoskeletal injuries.

 

Research Associates

Hung-Chun Huang, PT

huh8@pitt.edu

Hung-Chun (a.k.a. Gordon) is a doctoral student in Sports Medicine within the Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh (anticipated graduation 2008). Prior to enrolling in the master program, Gordon completed his Bachelor degree in Physical Therapy at the National Taiwan University (Taipei, Taiwan). His research interests include bicycling kinematics and kinetics, neuromuscular contributions to bicycling performance, and pathomechanics of meniscal injuries and neuromuscular control in relation to meniscal injury prevention.

Yungchien Chu, MS

yuc24@pitt.edu

Yungchien is a doctoral student in Rehabilitation Science within the Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh (Anticipated graduation in 2011). Prior to enrolling in the doctoral program, Yungchien completed his Masters degree in Biomechanics at the University of Georgia, and participated the Student Researcher Program for one year at the American Sports Medicine Institute (Birmingham, AL). His research interests include the kinematic and kinetic analysis regarding performance of overhand throwing and club/bat swinging.

Jon Akins

jsa14@pitt.edu

Jon Akins is a doctoral student in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh (Anticipated graduation 2011). Prior to enrolling in the doctoral program, Jon completed his Master of Science in Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Oklahoma State University . His research interests include spinal kinematics and kinetics analysis regarding athletic and occupational environments.

Karen Keenan, MA

kak170@pitt.edu

Karen Keenan is a doctoral student in Rehabilitation Science within the Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh (Anticipated graduation in 2012). Prior to enrolling in the doctoral program, she worked as a certified athletic trainer in the university setting and taught in several accredited Athletic Training Education Programs. She completed her Masters degree in Physical Education, Exercise, & Sports Science at the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education with a Concentration in Athletic Training at the University of New Hampshire. Her research interests include spinal kinematics and kinetics, core stability, and neuromuscular control relating to lower extremity injury prevention.

Katelyn Fleishman, MS

kaf14@pitt.edu

Katelyn is a doctoral student in Rehabilitation Science within the Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh (Anticipated graduation in 2013). Prior to enrolling in the doctoral program, Katelyn completed her Bachelors degree in Exercise Science and Masters degree in Exercise Physiology at the University of Pittsburgh, where she competed in Cross Country and Track .  Her research interests include methods for performance enhancement, neuromuscular control relating to lower extremity injury prevention, and overuse injury prevention in females.

Nicholas Clark, MSc, PG Dip, PT, CSCS.

ncc18@pitt.edu

Nick is a Doctoral Student in Rehabilitation Science within the Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to enrolling in the Doctoral Program Nick gained extensive clinical experience in the British National Health Service (NHS), private practice, elite sport, and the British Army. He has been a Visiting Lecturer to several British Manual Physical Therapy, Sports Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Master's Degree programs, and a Rehabilitation Consultant for the British Ministry of Defence. Nick completed his Master's Degree in Manual Therapy and Neuromusculoskeletal Rehabilitation at University College London (UK), a Post-Graduate Diploma in Clinical Biomechanics at Staffordshire University (UK), and a Bachelor's Degree in Physiotherapy at the University of East London (UK). His research interests include knee proprioception and neuromuscular control, the role of different exercise training methods in lower limb injury prevention and rehabilitation, the correlation between laboratory and clinical measurement procedures, and the effective clinical application of laboratory-based research.

 

Alumni

Doctoral Program in Sports Medicine

Roger Clark, PhD, ATC (1994): University of Southern Colorado

Paul A. Borsa, PhD, ATC (1994): University of Florida

Susan P. Lephart, PhD, ATC (1996): The Aircast Foundation

Danny M. Pincivero, PhD (1997): University of Toledo

Susan L. Rozzi, PhD, ATC (1997): College of Charleston

Timothy J. Henry, PhD, ATC (1997): SUNY Brockport

C. Buz Swanik, PhD, ATC (1998): University of Delaware

Kathleen A. Swanik, PhD, ATC (1998): Neumann College

Richard G. DeMont, PhD, CAT (1999): Concordia University (Canada)

Bryan L. Riemann, PhD, ATC (2000): Armstrong Atlantic State University

James F. Cerullo, PhD, ATC (2000): University of Pittsburgh

Joseph B. Myers, PhD, ATC (2001): University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Yan-Ying Ju, PhD, PT, ATC (2002): Chang Gung University (Taiwan)

Cheryl M. Ferris, PhD, ATC (2003): The Aircast Foundation

Kevin G. Laudner, PhD, ATC (2004): Illinois State University

Timothy C. Sell, PhD, PT (2004): University of Pittsburgh

John P. Abt, PhD, ATC (2004): University of Pittsburgh

Kevin M. Conley, PhD, ATC (2005): University of Pittsburgh

Yung-Shen Tsai, PhD, PT (2005): National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan)

Sports Medicine Fellows

Christian Fink, MD (1996): Austria

Ivan Vassilev, MD (1996): Germany

Jorge Giraldo, MD (1996): Colombia

Hung-Man Lee, MD (1996): Taiwan

Arthur Kleipool, MD (1996): Netherlands

Keeho Rhu, MD (1999): Korea

Robert Griffin, MD (2000): London, Ontario

Ali Engin, MD (2001): Turkey

Gamal Zayed, MD (2001): Colombia

Jong-In Im, MD (2001): Korea

Filip Staes, PhD, PT (2001): Belgium

Ji-Hye Hwang, MD, PhD (2002): Korea

Cristian Fontbote, MD (2003): Chile

Jin-Goo Kim, MD (2003): Korea

Matthew Brick, MD (2004): New Zealand

Joyce Koh, MD (2005): Singapore

Derk Van Kampen , MD (2005): Netherlands

Takumi Nakagawa, MD (2006): Japan

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