WFATT Impact Award Winners Series, Part 5 of 5: Award Winner: Gal Zmora Gal is a certified sports therapist and athletic trainer, pursuing a rigorous academic path, completing a B.Sc. in Athletic Training/Sports Therapy with honors through a collaboration with the University of Texas at Arlington. He specializes in personal training, medical sports techniques, and sports rehabilitation. He has managed a physiotherapy department and led educational programs for athletes to date. His research focuses on the psycho-social well-being of wheelchair basketball players, reflecting his commitment to i ..read more

WFATT Impact Award Winners Series, Part 4 of 5: Award Winner: Kerri DownerKerri has been the Head Athletic Therapist at Mount Royal University since 2018.  She has worked with football, hockey, rugby, basketball, volleyball, soccer, and field hockey teams at various universities in Ontario and Alberta since 2001 Kerri also works part time as a Clinical Assistant at the Benson Concussion Institute, located in the Markin MacPhail Centre at Winsport.   Nominator: Mark Lafave, PhD, CAT (C)Mark is the current Program Coordinator in Athletic Therapy at Mount Royal University. He has ..read more

WFATT Impact Award Winners Series, Part 3 of 5: Award Winner: Kaori Tamura, PhD, ATCKaori is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Master of Science in Athletic Training at University of Hawai'i at Manoa. She is a BOC Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) and has completed a Doctor of Philosophy Master of Science while impacting the International vision of the profession of Athletic Training.  Growing up in Japan, she moved stateside to study Athletic Training. As a Japanese speaker, she studied this in a non-native language in living out her passion of helping others. Kaori utilizes ..read more

WFATT Impact Award Winners Series, Part 2 of 5: Award Winner: Jim Mensch, PhD, ATCDr Mensch is Director of the Professional Athletic Training Program and teaches classes in the AT program and EXSC Department at the University of South Carolina. Mensch's research interests are in pediatric sports medicine and socialization of athletic training professionals into the workforce, specifically non-traditional settings. Dr. Mensch has several current projects related to sports medicine care and epidemiological research in youth sport athletes. Nominator: Zachary Winkelmann, Ph.D., SCAT, ATCDr. Winke ..read more

WFATT Impact Award Winners Series, Part 1 of 5: Award Winner: Rick Griffin Rick was named the Mariners Head Athletic Trainer in 1983, and served in that capacity for 35 years until 2016. He was then given the Title of Mariners Athletic Trainer Emeritus for the next three years, overseeing the medical aspects of the MLB draft for the Mariners until his retirement in 2019.  - 2018: Awarded the Al “Moose” Clausen Community Service Award  - 1999:  awarded the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society Award Rick has made 25 trips to Japan with MLB Teams and has been an advisor ..read more

Where You AT? See. Go. Learn. Grow: Short Term International Opportunities (Part 3) The Athletic Training experience, internationally. Join the conversation with Meghan McKay and Rick Griffin.  We discuss the international opportunities of the AT profession through the experiences of these two highly-qualified and well-respected guests.  Meghan has worked with the Wales Men's National Lacrosse Team and is currently a consultant with them. She is a Senior Athletic Trainer at Baylor College of Medicine, Head of Medical at Houston SaberCats Rugby, a founding franchise of Major League R ..read more

Dr Melissa CorsoCommunity & Championing Your Passion Melissa is a Sports Specialist Chiropractor and recently opened her own sports medicine clinic, THE HIVE Sports Medicine + Performance, which focuses on education, rehabilitation and performance training of young and developing athletes. Melissa is also a research associate at the Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research and is completing her PhD in Community, Population and Public Health at Ontario Tech University.  Recently, she undertook organizing the RCCSS(C) conference in Toronto, ON, an annual education weekend ..read more

Where You AT? Athletic Training Around The Globe This episode can also be found on “The NATA-Cast” feed wherever podcasts are found. Something like This is an exclusive sneak peek into another podcast I hosted with NATA called “Where You AT? which is a special 4-part series on “The NATA-Cast”. Guests: Rusty McKune Rusty is the Ambulatory Supervisor for the Sports Medicine Program at Nebraska Medicine.  He serves as the Chair of the BOC International Committee.  He is also the Past President for the Mid-America Athletic Trainers Association and the Governmental Affairs Chair for the ..read more

Ali Kershner The Power Of Choice  Ali Kershner is a seasoned professional in both sport performance and business. As a director at Art of Coaching, she has played a pivotal role in shaping marketing, education, and mentorship initiatives with a focus on power dynamics, leadership, and human behavior. Prior to Art of Coaching, Ali was the Associate Sports Performance Coach for Stanford Women’s Basketball, spent time at University of Kansas and played 4 years at Duke University on the women's soccer team, serving as Captain.  www.artofcoaching.com/whatdrivesyou  ali@artofcoachin ..read more

Where You AT? Athletic Training Around The Globe  The Athletic Training experience, internationally. Join the conversation with Jenn Rizzo and Anto Felippo as they share the international lens, providing services on different continents, in South America and Asia.  This episode can also be found on “The NATA-Cast” feed wherever podcasts are found. Something like This is an exclusive sneak peek into another podcast I hosted with NATA called “Where You AT? which is a special 4-part series on “The NATA-Cast”.  ..read more