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Johna Register-Mihalik, PhD, LAT, ATC, FACSM, FNATA

Johna Register-Mihalik, PhD, LAT, ATC, FACSM, FNATA

Dr. Johna Register-Mihalik is the Associate Chair for Curricula and Faculty Affairs and an Associate Professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is also a core faculty member in the Matthew Gfeller Center and serves as the Co-Director of the STAR Heel Performance Laboratory and Traumatic Division Director for the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research. 

Her primary research work is based in her background as an Athletic Trainer and centers on novel behavioral and clinical interventions to improve concussion care across the lifespan. She has been the recipient of several research grants to pursue this line of work including funding from the Department of Defense, the Centers for Disease Control, and several foundations. Dr. Register-Mihalik is also an active member of many professional organizations including the National Athletic Trainers' Association and the American College of Sports Medicine and is a Fellow in both organizations. 

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  • Contains 7 Component(s), Includes Credits

    The evidence concerning concussion care is rapidly evolving with limited resources to help inform athletic trainers on how to best transition this evidence into various clinical practice settings. This webinar will provide background and content from the current NATA Bridge Statement on Concussion Management to help address this gap.

  • Contains 5 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Much of the work to date for concussion has focused on evaluation/assessment in young adults. (McCrory, 2017; King, 2014) However, recently the CDC published a guideline outlining care specifically for children. (Lumba-Brown, 2018) There is little convergence of evidence across age groups to understand how concussion prevention and management evolves over the lifespan. Due to the fast pace of emerging evidence (McCrory, 2017), it is challenging for clinicians to understand how to apply new evidence to age appropriate groups concerning education/information for patients/families, injury mechanism, overall care, and treatment. Thus, the primary practice gap that exists is a gap in knowledge and competency for…