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Research
Award
Criteria
&
Nomination
Information
The NATA
Research
&
Education
Foundation
is
committed
to
encouraging
research
among
athletic
trainers
who can
contribute
to the
athletic
training
knowledge
base. A
strategy
for
achieving
this
goal is
to
provide
formal
recognition
for
outstanding
athletic
training
researchers.
To that
end, the
NATA
Foundation
has
established
an
awards
program
to
acknowledge
and
reward
those
individuals
whose
work
helps
fulfill
that
goal.
Nominations
are
being
accepted
until
October
7th
for the
Medal
for
Distinguished
Athletic
Training
Research,
the
New
Investigator
Award
and the
Doctoral
Dissertation
Award
for
deserving
researchers
among
the NATA
membership.
To
nominate
an
individual
for a
2014
Research
Award,
simply
submit
his/her
name,
e-mail,
mailing
address
and
phone
number
to Patsy
Brown (patsyb@nata.org
or
972.532.8847)
Upon
receipt
of the
nomination,
NATA
Foundation
staff
will
send the
candidate
an award
application,
along
with a
request
for a CV
and
three
letters
of
recommendation
outlining
the
candidate’s
scholarly
contributions.
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The NATA
Foundation
is
pleased
to
introduce
the
Double
your
District
Donors
challenge
for
2013.
The
“Triple
D”
Challenge
encourages
NATA
members
to
donate
to the
NATA
Foundation
in an
effort
to
double
the
number
of
donors
we had
in 2012.
The work
of the
NATA
Foundation
has
aided
every
athletic
trainer
in our
profession,
in every
type of
work
setting.
Please
do your
part so
we can
continue
to help
advance
the
profession
of
athletic
training
through
education
and
research.
No
amount
of
donation
is too
small.
Every
dollar
counts.
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NATA
Foundation
Approves
Position
Statement |
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The NATA
Foundation
and the
Pronouncements
Committee
recently approved
a
position
statement
on
pre-participation
physical
examinations
and
disqualifying
conditions.
It will
be
published
in the
January
issue of
the
Journal
of
Athletic
Training.
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 The NATA Foundation has just approved a new issue of its ongoing educational series, Building Blocks for Clinical Practice. The issue focuses on recognition of heat related illnesses. The latest issue of Building Blocks is now available on our website at http://www.natafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/9-Types-of-Heat-Illness.pdf.
We hope this program will help athletic trainers build a stronger foundation of clinical practice provide valuable tools for athletic trainers working as clinicians and educators as well as students growing in our profession. Feel free to print out these documents or forward the link to parents, athletes, coaches or anyone else who might benefit from the information. We welcome feedback from the membership on this program and ideas for upcoming issues.
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Are you
a past
scholarship
winner
or grant
recipient?
The NATA
Foundation
would
love to
hear
from
you.
The NATA
Foundation
Winners’
Circle
highlights
scholarship
winners
and
grant
recipients,
illustrating
the
significant
impact
their
work has
made on
the
clinical
practice
of
athletic
training.
It
spotlights
both
current
and past
award
winners
and
their
substantial
contributions
to our
profession.
Please
go to
the
following
website
for more
information:
http://www.natafoundation.org/awards/winners-circle
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 The NATA Foundation has benefited from a pair of silent auctions that have been held recently. The NATA Foundation Silent Auction that was held during the NATA Convention was a huge success, raising a record $10,962.00.
A second silent auction took place at the District 6 meeting in July. A record amount of $4,673 was raised at the SWATA meeting.
The NATA Foundation would like to thank all who donated items and participated in both of these auctions. We look forward to setting more records next year! If you’d like to donate an item, please contact Rachael Oats at rachaelo@nata.org.
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The NATA
Foundation
approved
$159,610.65
in
grants
for the
2013
Grant
Cycle.
The NATA
Foundation
would
like to
congratulate
all of
the
recipients.
The
approved
studies
(listed
in
alphabetical
order by
Principle
Investigator)
are:
General
Grants
Phillip
Gribble,
PhD,
ATC
University
of
Toledo
“Using
Dynamic
Postural
Control
to
Identify
Risk
for
Ankle
Injury
in
Adolescent
Football
Players”
$48,875.00
Dorice
Hankemeier,
PhD,
ATC
Ball
State
University
“Assessment
of
Healthcare
Competencies
in
Professional
Athletic
Training
Education”
$38,668
Erik
Wikstrom,
PhD,
LAT,
ATC
University
of
North
Carolina,
Charlotte
“Charlotte
Ankle
Sprain
Tracing
Study
(CASTS)”
$48,875.00
Doctoral
Grants
Luke
Donovan,
MEd,
ATC
University
of
Virginia
“Rehabilitation
for
Chronic
Ankle
Instability
with
and
without
Destabilization
Devices:
A
Randomized
Controlled
Trial”
$2,500
Dustin
Grooms,
MEd,
ATC,
CSCS
Ohio
State
University
“Visual
Interference
Effects
on
Lower
Extremity
Neuromuscular
Control”
$2,300
Elizabeth
Hibberd,
MA,
ATC
University
of
North
Carolina,
Chapel
Hill
“Effect
of
Swim
Training
on
Physical
Characteristics
in
Youth
Swimmers”
$2,498
Lindsey
K.
Lepley,
MEd,
ATC
University
of
Michigan
“The
Effectiveness
of a
Combined
NMES
and
Eccentric
Exercise
Intervention
to
Improve
Quadriceps
Function
and
Restore
Knee
Mechanics
Post-ACL
Reconstruction”
$2,500
Funded
by:
Joe
Gieck,
EdD,
AT
Ret,
PT
Challenge
Doctoral
Research
Endowment
Kelly
D.
Pagnotta,
PES
University
of
Connecticut
“Implementing
Health
and
Safety
Policy
Changes
in
the
High
School
Setting
From
a
Leadership
Perspective”
$2,475
Michele
Pye,
MS,
ATC
University
of
North
Carolina,
Greensboro
“Comparison
of
Neuromuscular
Control
Strategies
between
Female
Dancers
and
Athletes”
$2,500
Funded
by:
James
R.
Andrews,
MD
Excellence
in
Athletic
Training
Research
Endowment
Aaron
H.
Struminger,
MA,
ATC
University
of
Delaware
“Comparing
Glenohumeral
and
Scapular
Musculoskeletal
Adaptations
between
Youth
and
Collegiate
Swimmers”
$2,500
Funded
by:
District
2
Research
Grant
Endowment
Masters
Grants
Samantha
Bowker,
BS,
ATC
University
of
Toledo
“A
Comparison
of
Excitability
Measures,
ROM,
Laxity,
and
Dynamic
Postural
Control
between
Copers
and
Patients
with
Chronic
Ankle
Instability”
$1,000
Funded
by:
Richard
Malacrea,
AT
Ret
Research
Endowment
Stephanie
Clines,
ATC
University
of
Connecticut,
Storrs
-
“An
Examination
of
Graduate
Assistant
Athletic
Trainer
Experiences”
$950
Funded
by:
Ted
Quedenfeld
Research
Endowment
Ariel
Guldstrand,
ATC,
LAT
University
of
Utah
“The
Effects
of
Gait
Retraining
on
Iliotibial
Band
Syndrome
in
Runners”
$1,000
Funded
by:
Louis
R.
Osternig,
PhD
Research
Endowment
Eric
Hunter,
BS
/Caitlyn
Crowley,
BS
Weber
State
University
“Effect
of
Salted
Ice
Bags
on
Surface
and
Intramuscular
Tissue
Cooling
and
Rewarming
Rates”
$969.65
Funded
by:
Edward
J.
Pillings
Research
Endowment
Anna
Porter,
ATC
University
of
Kentucky
Research
Foundation
“Scapular
Muscle
Activities
during
Closed
Chain
Shoulder
Exercises”
$1,000
Funded
by:
Richard
Malacrea,
AT
Ret
Research
Endowment
Jennifer
Werner,
ATC,
BS/Julia
Iannicelli,
ATC,
BS
University
of
Kentucky
Research
Foundation
“Understanding
Return
to
Sport
Factors
Following
Anterior
Cruciate
Ligament
Reconstruction:
A
Mixed-Methods
Study"
$1,000
Funded
by:
District
2
Research
Grant
Endowment
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The NATA
Foundation
Free
Communications
Program's
2014
Call for
Abstracts
will
begin
September
30 and
run
through
November
15.
Please
note
that the
abstract
submission
fee has
changed.
Beginning
this
year,
the fee
for all
Peer
Review
Track
submissions
will be
$30.
The
Student
Track
fee will
remain
$25.
We hope
you will
share
your
research
with
your
peers
through
this
valuable
educational
program!
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GRANT INFORMATION SUMMARY
The Identification of Biomechanical Predictors of Lower Extremity Energy Absorption |
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 PRACTICAL
SIGNIFICANCE
This
investigation
demonstrated
that
landing
profiles
consistent
with
greater
anterior
cruciate
ligament
(ACL)
injury
risk may
be
predicted
using
biomechanical
factors
that are
modifiable;
and that
these
factors
should
be
specifically
targeted
in ACL
injury
prevention
programs.
Click
HERE
to review
the full
Grant
Information
Summary.
Principal
Investigator
Marc F.
Norcross,
PhD, ATC
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This
Grant
Information
Summary
may be
downloaded
in a
2-page
pdf file
from
http://www.natafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Norcross-Mark.pdf
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NATA
Foundation
Board
Members
Inducted
into
NATA
Hall of
Fame |
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The NATA
Foundation
would
like to
congratulate
two of
its
board
members
on their
induction
into the
NATA
Hall of
Fame
this
past
June at
the NATA
Convention
in Las
Vegas.
R.T.
Floyd,
NATA
Foundation
President
and
Robert
Kersey,
District
Eight
Chair,
were
inducted
on June,
26th,
2013.
We would
like
recognize
and
thank
them for
their
many
years of
service
to the
athletic
training
profession.
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R.T. Floyd
- NATA Foundation President |
Robert Kersey
- District Eight Chair |
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The Shoe Box Society for Planned Giving is designed to honor those who utilize estate planning to support the mission of the NATA Foundation. These commitments hearken back to the visionaries who founded NATA in Kansas City in 1950. Those pioneers undoubtedly knew their efforts would benefit all who would follow them in the profession much more than themselves. Please consider becoming a member of the shoe Box Society.
Shoe Box Society Structure
Planned Gift Acknowledgment Form
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The 2014 Athletic Training Student Challenge is set to begin on October 1st. The 2014 Athletic Training Student Challenge offers your club a unique opportunity to support the NATA Foundation by raising money to help our organization meet its goals. Last year’s efforts raised more than $12,500 for the NATA Foundation’s annual fund and endowment program. We’re hoping that, with your help, the 2014 will be even bigger and better!
As an ATSC participant, your donation can be made to the 2014 Annual Fund, to help the NATA Foundation with important initiatives like the research and scholarship programs. Or your school can elect to designate its donation to go directly to one of our NATA Foundation research or scholarship endowments that hasn’t yet been fully funded.
More information can be found on the NATA Foundation Website: http://www.natafoundation.org/development/athletic-training-student-challenge
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The NATA Foundation Board of Directors held its April conference call on April 22, 2013. The highlights of actions taken on this call are below:
Approved the minutes for the 2/18/13 Board Meeting as presented.
Approved the editorial changes to the NATA Foundation Strategic Plan as presented.
The NATA Foundation Board of Directors held its annual board meeting on Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 8:30 PM CST in the Mandalay Bay South Convention Center – Mandalay Bay Ballroom B. The highlights of actions taken on this meeting are below:
Approved the minutes for the 4/22/13 Board Conference Call as presented.
Approved funding for the General Grants recommended by the Research Committee from the February 15, 2013 Grant Cycle, provided each PI reduce his/her budget by 15% to the amount indicated in the motion.
Approved funding of the Doctoral Grants recommended by the Research Committee from the February 15, 2013 Grant Cycle.
Approved funding of the Master’s Grants recommended by the Research Committee from the February 15, 2013 Grant Cycle.
Approved the 2013 NATA Foundation Scholarship recipients.
Approved the NATA Foundation Logo Usage Policies & Procedures as presented.
The NATA Foundation Board of Directors held its August conference call on August 30, 2013. The highlights of actions taken on this call are below:
Approved the minutes for the 6/23/13 Board Meeting as presented.
Approved the development of the Athletic Training Student Challenge Committee with District Three Chair Jill Manners as chair.
The NATA Foundation Board is scheduled to have its next conference call at 12:00 A.M. CDT, Friday, September 20, 2013.
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Mark
your
calendar
with
these
important
dates
and
deadlines
for
2013 and
2014.
Feb.
15,
2014
General
Research
Grant
applications
due.
Pre-Proposal
Submission
Form
required
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NATA
Research
&
Education
Foundation
2952
Stemmons
Dallas,
TX
75247
214.637.6282
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and
advancing
the
athletic
training
profession
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The NATA Foundation is a proud member of the Athletic Training Strategic Alliance.