JAT Chat | Women Scholars in ACL Research

Dr. Kara Radzak interviews Dr. Sandy Shultz, Dr. Lindsey Lepley, and Dr. Shelby Baez about the work investigating ACL injury risk and rehabilitation strategies for patients with ACL reconstruction. This interview is accompanying the release of a special issue of the Journal of Athletic Training women who are scholars in athletic training research.

Dr. Sandy Shultz is a Professor of Kinesiology and Director of Women’s Health and Wellness in the School of Health and Human Sciences at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. She is also a fellow of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, the National Academy of Kinesiology and the American College of Sports Medicine, and was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 2015.

Dr. Lindsey Lepley is an assistant professor of Athletic Training and co-director of the Orthopedic Rehabilitation and Biomechanics (ORB) Laboratory at the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology. Much of Dr. Lepley's research focuses on the identification of neuromuscular mechanisms of dysfunction after ACL injury.

Dr. Shelby Baez is an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology, the director of the BRAIN Lab, and a co-director of the Athletic Injury and Rehabilitation Labs at Michigan State University. Her research examines the impact of psychological responses on clinical outcomes after traumatic knee injury in the high functioning, physically active population.