About Free Communications Program

The Free Communications program provides a forum for researchers and clinicians to disseminate research and clinical case studies. Those abstracts selected by the Committee are published in the Supplement to the Journal of Athletic Training and are presented at the NATA Annual Meeting & Clinical Symposia via oral or poster presentation.

Please note the deadline for submitting Free Communications program abstracts is November 15, 2011. Authors will be notified in February 2012.

The Free Communications Committee is a subcommittee of the Foundation Research Committee. The role of this group is to solicit and review abstracts for inclusion in the Free Communications program.

Free Communications Sub-Committee

Vice-Chair for Free Communications
Jennifer E. Earl-Boehm, PhD, ATC
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
P. O. Box 413
Pavilion 350 Atep
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413
(414) 229-3227 office
jearl@uwm.edu

Past Chair
Thomas P. Dompier, Ph.D., ATC                                              
President
Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research and Prevention
401 West Michigan Street, Suite 500
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Columbia, SC 29208
(317) 275-3667
tdompier@datalyncenter.org

Joseph M. Hart, III, PhD, ATC
University of Virginia
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
P.O. Box 800159
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0159
(434) 243-0256
jmh3zf@virginia.edu

Lisa Jutte, PhD, ATC, LAT
Associate Professor
Xavior University
Department of Sport Studies
3800 Victory Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45207-6312
(513) 745-3902-Office
Juttel@xavior.edu

Thomas Kaminski, PhD, ATC, FACSM
University of Delaware
Health Nutrition&Exercise Science
541 S Coll Ave
Newark, DE  19716
(302) 831-6402-Phone
kaminski@udel.edu

Melanie L. McGrath, PhD, ATC
University of Nebraska-Omaha
562 Briggs St.
Omaha, NE 68106
(402) 554-3252 – Phone
melaniemcgrath@mail.unomaha.edu

Darin A. Padua, PhD, ATC
Associate Professor
Department of Exercise and Sport Science
Director, Sports Medicine Research Laboratory
University of North Carolina
216 Fetzer CB#8700
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8700
(919) 843-5117-Office
dpadua@email.unc.edu

William Pitney, EdD, ATC
Dept of Kinesiology and Physical Education
College of Education
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL  60115
815-753-1163 –Phone
wpitney@niu.edu

Student Awards Chair
Brian Ragan, PhD, ATC
Ohio University
E333 Grover Center
School of applied Health Sciences and Wellness
Athens, OH 45701
(740)-597-1876  office
ragan@ohio.edu

Stephen Straub, PhD, ATC
Professor of Physical Therapy
Quinnipiac University
Echlin Center   210
Hamden, CT  06518-1908
(203) 582-8443- Phone
Stephen.Straub@quinnipiac.edu

Charles A. Thigpen, PhD, ATC, PT
103 Gleneagles Ct.
Simpsonville, SC 29681
(904) 303-5695
chuckt@proaxistherapy.com

Kavin Tsang, PhD, ATC
California State University, Fullerton
800 N. State College Blvd.
KHS-222
Fullerton, CA 92831-3547
(657) 278-7970
ktsang@fullerton.edu

Susan Yeargin, PhD, ATC
Assistant Professor, Athletic Training
Indiana State University
401 N. 4th St, Arena C39
Terre Haute, IN 47809
812-237-3962
susan.yeargin@indstate.edu

Staff Liaison
Patsy Brown, Volunteer Coordinator
NATA Office
2952 Stemmons Freeway, Suite 200
Dallas, Texas 75247
(972) 532-8847
patsyb@nata.org

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