Summary & Impact Reports

The NATA Foundation supports and advances the athletic training profession through its research grants program. Through 2021, the NATA Foundation has awarded 361 research grants valued at more than $5.13 Million. 

Below you will find Summary & Impact Reports highlighting the outcomes of professional and student grants supported by the NATA Foundation. The reports provide information such as clinical take home messages, publications resulting from the funding, and statements highlighting the impact the NATA Foundation and its donors have had on individuals and the athletic training profession.

Professional Research Grant Recipients
Student Research Grant Recipients

Timothy Butterfield, PhD, ATC
2012 Professional Research Grant Recipient: General
“Load Dependent Effects of Massage on Immunomodulation and Afferent Density”
Read Dr. Butterfield’s Grant Report

 

 

Richard J. Boergers, PhD, ATC & Thomas Bowman, PhD, ATC
2015 Professional Research Grant Recipients: General
“The Effect of LaCrosse Protective Equipment and Advanced Airway Equipment on the Ability to Provide CPR”
Read Dr. Boergers’ & Dr. Bowman’s Grant Report

 

 

Kenny Lam, ScD, ATC
2016 Professional Research Grant Recipient: Outcomes
“Do treatments provided at the point-of-care influence recurrent injury risk and long-term patient outcomes after acute lateral ankle sprain?”
Read Dr. Lam’s Grant Report

 

 

Lindsey K. Lepley PhD, ATC
2016 Professional Research Grant Recipient: New Investigator
“Eccentric exercise to promote immediate beneficial adaptations to muscle”
Read Dr. Lepley’s Grant Report

 

 

Sara Nottingham, EdD, LAT, ATC
2016 Professional Research Grant Recipient: Education
“An investigation into doctoral preparation and mentorship in the socialization of pre-tenured athletic training faculty
members”
Read Dr. Nottingham’s Grant Report

 

Kara Radzak, PhD, ATC
2017 Professional Research Grant Recipient: New Investigator
“An Evaluation on the Prevalence and Effectiveness of Care Provided by Athletic Trainers in a Military Population”
Dr. Radzak’s Grant Report coming soon

 

 

Christopher Kuenze, PhD, ATC
2018 Professional Research Grant Recipient: New Investigator
“Physical Activity Participation in Adolescent Athletes with a Recent History of ACL Reconstruction”
Read Dr. Kuenze’s Grant Report

 

 

Sakiko Oyama, PhD, ATC
2018 Professional Research Grant Recipient: General 
“Investigation of lumbo-pelvic-hip muscle function, trunk/pelvis kinematics and joint loading in baseball pitching”
Read Dr. Oyama’s Summary Report

 


Joshua Honrado, DAT, ATC, CSCS, RYT
2020 Professional Research Grant Recipient: LGBTQ+
“Comparing Harmful Behaviors among Dancers Utilizing the RISQ and According to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity”
Read Dr. Honrado’s Summary Report 

Samantha E. Scarneo-Miller, PhD, LAT, ATC
2017 Student Research Grant Recipient: Doctoral
“Emergency Action Planning Policy Adoption in Secondary School Athletics”
Read Dr. Scarneo-Miller’s Grant Report

 

 

Alicia Pike Lacy, PhD, ATC
2017 Student Research Grant Recipient: Doctoral
“Organizational Culture’s Effect on Injury Treatment Decision Making”
Read Dr. Pike Lacy’s Grant Report

 

 

Rebecca Hirschhorn, PhD, ATC
2019 Student Research Grant Recipient: Doctoral
“The Epidemiology of EMS Activations for Sport-Related Injuries by Athletic Training Service Level”
Read Dr. Hirschhorn’s Grant Report

 

 

Alexandra F. DeJong Lempke, PhD, ATC
2020 Student Research Grant Recipient: Doctoral
“In-field gait training for runners with exercise-related lower leg pain”
Read Dr. DeJong Lempke’s Summary Report 

 

 

Danielle Torp, PhD, ATC
2020 Student Research Grant Recipient: Doctoral
“Effects of gait retraining with auditory biofeedback on biomechanics and ankle joint health in individuals with chronic ankle
instability.”
Read Dr. Torp’s Summary Report 

 

Derek Dewig, PhD, ATC
2021 Student Research Grant Recipient: Doctoral
“Effects of Whole Body Vibration on Quadriceps Function, Landing Biomechanics, and Performance in Individuals with ACL Reconstruction”
Read Dr. Dewig’s Summary Report

 

Mayrena Isamar Hernandez, MPH, LAT, ATC
2021 Student Research Grant Recipient: Doctoral
“Secondary School Athletic Trainers’ Clinical Management Decisions toward Low Socioeconomic Status Student Athletes”
Read Ms. Hernandez’s Summary Report