Personnel
The Sports Medicine Research Laboratory (SMRL) is supervised by faculty members in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science. Doctoral students and graduate research assistants are also a part of the SMRL team, working together to advance the research agenda of the SMRL.
Faculty
James A. Onate, PhD, ATC (jonate@odu.edu
Dr. Onate received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Florida, and his Master's and Doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He serves as an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Sports Medicine Research Laboratory at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia USA.His main teaching responsibilities include human anatomy, biomechanics and motor learning concepts related to sports medicine rehabilitation. His primary research interests focus on lower extremity injury and factors to aid in the development of lower extremity injury prevention programs. He currently is mainly focused on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and ankle injury prevention and received a National Institutes of Health- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases RO3 award (NIH # 1R03AR054031-01) to study a lower extremity assessment program in collegiate athletes from 2006-2008.His current research projects include evaluating biomechanical aspects of jump-landing tasks, utilization of motor learning theories (e.g., augmented feedback) to influence motor skill acquisition and dynamic movement patterns, clinical assessments of postural control, and military sports medicine injury prevention screenings.
Dr. Onate is a member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association and the American College of Sports Medicine.He is currently an editorial board member for the Journal of Athletic Training and serves as a clinical consultant for Baltimore Therapeutic Equipment Technologies, Inc.Dr. Oñate's scholarly work includes 25 invited conference presentations, eight papers published or in press with refereed journals related to athletic training and sports medicine, and 38 scientific abstracts presented at the annual meetings of the National Athletic Trainers' Association and the American College of Sports Medicine. Awards include the 2001 National Athletic Trainers' Association Research and Education Foundation Graduate Scholarship, 2003 Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association Graduate Research Merit Award, and the 2005 Most Inspirational Faculty Award for the College of Education at Old Dominion University.Journals in which his work may be found include the American Journal of Sports Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of Athletic Training, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society and the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy.
Bonnie Van Lunen, PhD, ATC (bvanlune@odu.edu)
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Doctoral Students - Human Movement Science
Nelson Cortes, MS Ed (nneve001@odu.edu
Nelson Cortes is the lab manager for the Sports Medicine Research Laboratory. Nelson completed his undergraduate education at Universidade Lusofona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (ULHT), Lisbon, Portugal and completed his Master's degree at Old Dominion University, 2005. Nelson is currently 1st year doctoral student in the new Human Movement Science Doctoral Program within the College of Education, Exercise Science Department at Old Dominion University. He is the manager for the Sports Medicine Research Laboratory designed to conduct motion analysis and sports medicine research projects, and he is the Exercise Science Undergraduate Internship Supervisor.
His primary research interest focus on motion patterns of lower extremity during dynamic and athletic motions, as well as factors to aid in the development of injury classification risk. Main research focus is on analyzing various aspects of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, gender related risk factors associated with ACL injury, different foot position aspects (self-preferred, forefoot and rearfoot) linked to ACL injury utilizing a biomechanical and modeling approach.Other interests include, traveling, biking, playing volleyball, and reading.
KarinAHaines,MSATC (khain002@odu.edu)
Karin A. Haines is a Doctoral Student in the Human Movement Science program at Old Dominion University.She earned her masters degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and her undergraduate degree from Southern Connecticut State University. She began her career as an athletic trainer at Castle High School, also spending part of her career at the Housatonic Orthopedic Sports Medicine Clinic. Her primary research interests focus on didactic education issues, such as surveying students, instructors, and program directors on classroom interaction. Additionally, she is interested in evidence based outcomes in manual therapy (joint mobilizations and muscle energy techniques) and lower extremity musculoskeletal injuries. Other interests include reading, running, swimming, and hiking.
Roger Kollock, MA, ATC, CSCS (rkollo002@odu.edu>)
Roger Kollock is entering his first year of doctoral studies at Old Dominion University.He is the lab manager for the Applied Human Anatomy Laboratory.He received his undergraduate degree from Gardner-Webb University in athletic training and his masters' degree in exercise and sports sciences from East Tennessee State University.His academic responsibilities include course instruction for EXSC 340 and EXSC 322 laboratory. In addition to his academic responsibilities he serves as the assistant athletic trainer at Frank W. Cox High School, Virginia Beach, VA.His research focuses include ACL injury risk factors and the relationship of muscular strength to knee stability during athletic performance.Mr. Kollock and his wife, Stephanie, reside in Virginia Beach, VA.
Kathleen S. Thomas, MS, ATC (kthomas@odu.edu)
Kathy Thomas transferred to the Human Movement Sciences doctoral program from the Biomedical Sciences program at Old Dominion University.A native of San Diego, CA she received her BA from San Diego State University in Physical Education while she completed her athletic training internship with the athletes from a neighboring community college (San Diego Mesa). She received her NATA BOC credentials in February 1992.A brief move to Nashville, TN allowed Kathy to complete her MS in Exercise Science and Health Promotion from Middle Tennessee State University in 1997 where she traveled and cared for the women's sports at Belmont University through Vanderbilt Sports Medicine.A move to Norfolk, VA brought Kathy from the sidelines to the love of academia where she began teaching as adjunct faculty at Tidewater Community College and finally to Old Dominion University where she has taught undergraduate classes in the ESPER department for several programs within the department.Her research interests focus on use of electromyography (EMG) to identify potential for injury in the adolescent and child population. Her interest stems from her desire to implement injury prevention programs and training to middle school physical education programs.
An avid athlete of many sports (tennis, softball, volleyball) and regular runner, Kathy has been married for 15 years to Richard Thomas (now retired from the Navy) and has two children - Chase, 18 and a freshman at Virginia Tech and Kelsey, 14 a high school freshman and competitive league soccer player.
Sharan Zirges, PT, CWS (szirg001@odu.edu)
Sharan Zirges received her Masters of Health Science degree in Health Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2003. She received her Bachelors degree in Physical Therapy from Old Dominion University in 1986. Additionally, Sharan received a Bachelors degree in Rehabilitation Services from Virginia Commonwealth in 1984. Sharan has been a practicing physical therapist for 20 years and has been a certified wound specialist with the American Academy of Wound Management since 2000. She has been an adjunct faculty member at ODU and Hampton University in the Physical Therapy department teaching wound care and adult neurological rehabilitation for the past 3 years. Sharan has also been active in her professional organization locally and on a national level. She is currently the Tidewater Physical Therapy Association Chairperson and the newsletter editor for the American Physical Therapy Association Neurology section special interest group newsletters of the Vestibular SIG and the Balance and Falls SIG. Her research interests are the use of virtual reality in gait rehabilitation, falls in the elderly, and diabetic neuropathy and its effect on lower extremity function. Sharan lives in Virginia Beach with her husband, Chris and two children (Brooke, 16 and Clara, 11).
Graduate Students - Post Professional Athletic Training Education Program
Joshua Wade, ATC (jwade@odu.edu)
Joshua Wade is currently a second year graduate student in the Post-professional Graduate Athletic Training Education Program at Old Dominion University.Josh is a Graduate Teaching Assistant currently teaching Advanced First Aid and Emergency Care.He also serves as the marketing and web site manager for the Sports Medicine Research Laboratory.During his first year at ODU he served as a manager for the Applied Human Anatomy Lab as well as a teaching assistant for Anatomical Kinesiology and Biomechanics.
He completed his undergraduate education at Frostburg State University. While completing his senior year at Frostburg State, Josh served as the Head Athletic Trainer for Beall High School located in Frostburg, Maryland.Josh has worked with a variety of athletes in settings such as college and high school as well as athletic camps for adolescents. Josh's current research focus is centered on pre-season injury screening programs and the role of clinical balance and functional movement testing in the creation of these programs.His future career goals include obtaining a PhD in a related field. Interests outside of graduate school include football, basketball, mountain biking, and the outdoors.