Dr. Julianne Schmidt is a Georgia Athletic Association Endowed Professor at the University of Georgia (UGA). Dr. Schmidt co-directs the UGA Concussion Research Center that provides clinical services to UGA Athletics, the University Health Center, and the Athens area. She completed her bachelor’s in Athletic Training at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, CA. She then completed her master’s and PhD at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dr. Schmidt’s concussion research and clinical practice address a wide range of topics, including: prevention, education, evaluation, and management. Her primary goals with these areas of research are:
• Develop recommendations and guidelines related to driving after concussion.
• Increase the number of individuals that seek medical care following a concussion.
• Improve post-concussion evaluation and management techniques available to clinicians with minimal resources.
• Reduce concussion risk by identifying biomechanical risk factors.