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Graduate Athletic Training Program Master of Science in Exercise Science
Master of Sciences in Exercise Science
Faculty and Staff
Dr. Phillip Gribble, Ph.D., ATC, Program Director
Ph.D. in Kinesiology, Concentration in Athletic Training, Pennsylvania State University, 2003
M.A. in Exercise and Sport Science, Concentration in Athletic Training, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998
B.A. in Physical Education/Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996
Research Interest: Using an ankle instability model to understand neuromuscular control deficits and injury prediction in the physically active.
Dr. Brian Pietrosimone, Ph.D., ATC
Ph.D. in Sports Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2009
M.Ed. in Athletic Training, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2006
B.S. in Athletic Training, Springfield College, 2005
Research Interest: Neuromuscular origins of disability and identificationof interventions that will influence these neuromuscular pathways.
Dr. Abbey Thomas, Ph.D., ATC
Postdoc in Physical Therapy Program, University of Colorado Anschutz
Medical Campus, 2012
PhD in Kinesiology, University of Michigan, 2010
M.Ed. in Kinesiology, Concentration in Athletic Training,
University of Virginia, 2006
B.S. in Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University, 2005
Research Interests: Understanding the neuromechanical
consequences of anterior cruciate ligament injury and how
those factors influence knee osteoarthritis development.
Developing interventions to counter post-traumatic
knee osteoarthritis.
