NATA Now

The August/September NATA News featured an article about current Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society President Rick Burkholder, MS, ATC, and Incoming PFATS President James Collins, ATC. The two head athletic trainers discussed the challenges facing PFATS members, recent accomplishments of the society and what they hope to achieve in the future.

By Casey Christy, MA, ATC, CSCS, and Dale Grooms, ATC

The Athletic Training Education Journal (ATEJ) Editor-in-Chief (EIC) position becomes available in June 2017. The term of appointment is three years and can be renewed once, with agreement between the EIC and NATA, for a total of six years of service. Electronic applications are being accepted.

By Aaron Ngor, ATC

I consider myself lucky that I was able to find my passions early on. By passions I mean my love for hip-hop dance and medicine.

The Back to Sports Mini-Grant Program, an initiative of the National Football League and American Heart Association, is accepting applications for the 2016-17 school year.

A study conducted by NATA found that 82% of members surveyed felt they were not prepared to deal with psychological impact of catastrophic events.

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By Monica Serra, PhD, RD, ATC

Big news out of Hawaii this week: Governor David Ige signed into law Senate Bill 2557 appropriating legislative funding to continue the development and implementation of the concussion monitoring and testing program. Hawaii is the first state to designate legislative financial support for a law targeting youth sport related concussions.

By Katie Scott, MS, ATC

NATA Athletic Trainer in Residence

What a great week in Baltimore!