Rebecca Begalle, MS, ATC, CSCS, NASM‐PES   (rbegalle@email.unc.edu)

Rebecca (Becky) is a first year doctoral student in the Interdisciplinary Program in Human Movement Science.  She graduated from the Canisius College in Buffalo, NY with a BS degree in Athletic Training and Sports Medicine in 2002.  She then completed a one‐year sports medicine fellowship with the New Hampshire Musculoskeletal Institute.  In 2007, Becky graduated from Plymouth State University in New Hampshire with a MS degree in Sports Medicine.  Before coming to UNC she served as an assistant athletic trainer and exercise science adjunct instructor at Skidmore College in New York.  She has also served as strength and conditioning coordinator for the Shake‐a‐Leg whole life therapy program, and worked as an athletic trainer in a hospital based health and wellness facility.  Her main research interest is lower extremity injury prevention through the study of muscle dysfunction and imbalance.

David is a fifth year doctoral student in the Interdisciplinary Program in Human Movement Science. He graduated from the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC) with a BA in Exercise and Sport Science (specialization in athletic training) in 2001. In 2002, he graduated from the University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA) with a Master's Degree in Education, specializing in Athletic Training. He received $3,400 in funding from the NATA and Injury Prevention Research Center to pursue his research agenda. David was also named a NATA doctoral scholarship finalist in 2008 and also has received Mentoring Grants from the UNC Graduate School.

His primary research focus is lower extremity injury prevention, specifically, non-contact ACL injuries.  He is also validating the overhead squat as a screening tool for clinicians with the National Academy of Sports Medicine.  He also has an interest on the influence of hormonal fluctuations on muscle and connective tissue.

Benjamin M. Goerger, MS, ATC (bgoerger@email.unc.edu)

Ben is a first year doctoral student in the Interdisciplinary Program in Human Movement Science. In 2005, he graduated from the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC) with a B.A. in Exercise and Sports Science (Athletic Training concentration). In 2007, he received his M.S. in Sports Medicine from the University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA).

His research interests include lower extremity and trunk biomechanics and the role they play in injury prevention.

 

Shiho Goto, MS, ATC   (shiho228@hotmail.com)

Shiho is a first year doctoral student in the Human Movement Science program. She graduated from Central Michigan University (Mt. Pleasant, MI) with a BS in Athletic Training in 1998. In 2009, she completed her Masters degree in Exercise Science with specialization in Athletic Training at the University of Toledo (Toledo, OH).  She has previously served as a staff athletic trainer for football, college baseball, and youth soccer teams in Japan from 1999 to 2007.

Her research interests include knee and hip neuromuscular control characteristics related to the development of acute and chronic knee injuries.

Johna Register-Mihalik, MA, ATC (johnakay@email.unc.edu)

Johna is a fourth year doctoral student in the Interdisciplinary Program in Human Movement Science. She graduated from The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL) with a BS in Athletic training in 2004 and completed her graduate work in May 2006 with a MA in Exercise and Sports Science (Athletic Training Specialization) at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


Marc F. Norcross, MA, ATC (norcross@email.unc.edu)

Marc F. Norcross is a third-year doctoral student in the Interdisciplinary Program in Human Movement Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He graduated from Boston University with a BS in Athletic Training in 2001. In 2003, he completed his MA in Exercise and Sport Science (with a specialization in Athletic Training) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research interests include electromyography methodology and identification of biomechanical and neuromuscular factors related to lower extremity joint injury.

Sakiko Oyama, MS, ATC (oyamas@email.unc.edu)

Saki is a first year doctoral student in the Interdisciplinary Program in Human Movement Science. She completed her undergraduate degree in Exercise and Sports Science at Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR) in 2004, and completed her Masters degree in Sports Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) in 2006. Saki continued on to pursue her Doctoral degree at the University of Pittsburgh. She transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 2007, after completing her first year of the doctoral program in Pittsburgh.

Her research interests include scapular kinematics in overhead athletes, sports specific adaptations in overhead athletes' shoulders, and biomechanics of baseball pitching injuries.

Julianne D. Toler, MA, ATC   (jtoler@email.unc.edu)

Julianne is a first year doctoral student in the Interdisciplinary Program in Human Movement Science. She graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Athletic training in 2007. In May 2009, she received her Master’s of Arts in Exercise and Sports Science in Athletic Training at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Julianne recently received the Research Merit Award for her Master’s Thesis titled “Alternative techniques to gain emergency airway access”. 

Her research interests include on-field emergency care of cervical spine injuries and sports-related concussion.