Katie Sniffen, PhD, ATC is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Master of Athletic Training (MAT) Program at Saint Louis University (SLU) and has been a part of the SLU MAT Program since 2017. Dr. Sniffen has an additional six years of clinical experience providing quality, affordable, and accessible health care to collegiate student-athletes at the University of Oregon and Pepperdine University. She obtained a BS in Athletic Training from California State University, Long Beach; a MS from the University of Oregon’s Post-Professional Athletic Training Program; and a PhD in Public Health Studies: Health Outcomes Research from Saint Louis University. 

Dr. Sniffen is an active volunteer and leader on state, district, and national committees for both the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and the American Public Health Association. Dr. Sniffen’s research interests reside in demonstrating the value of athletic training services on the health of populations through the application of health outcomes research, as well as in injury prevention and risk mitigation.