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In town for Founder’s Day, athletic training alumni, faculty, and students hiked the Flat Iron trail in the Superstition Mountains east of Mesa, Ariz., on November 7 and did their best to spell out “ATSU” on the top.

A – Pat McKeon, Ph.D., ATC, ’01
T – Jennifer Medina McKeon, Ph.D., ATC, CSCS, ’02,
S – John Parsons, Ph.D., AT/L, athletic training program director
U – Kenneth Lam, M.Ed., ATC, post-doctoral fellow with the ATSU Center for Clinical Outcomes Research

On the ground from left to right are Alison Snyder, Ph.D., ATC, athletic training associate professor; Terricka Stewart, AT ‘11; and Samantha Campbell, AT ‘11.

Kevin Miller, D.O.

Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of Oregon (OPSO) installed Kevin Miller, D.O., a board certified family practice osteopathic physician from Sisters, Ore., as the 2009-11 OPSO president at a ceremony on September 26.

Dr. Miller earned his medical degree from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine where he completed an additional year fellowship in osteopathic manipulative medicine. He completed a residency in family medicine at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, at Ohio University.

In addition to his involvement with OPSO, Dr. Miller is the president and founder of Diabetes Nation, a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing diabetes care and awareness in the public and private sector. Through this work, Dr. Miller has co-authored the Diabetes Intervention and Management with Excellence Program® (DIME) a chronic disease treatment algorithm designed to improve primary care performance in diabetes patient care. Dr. Miller believes disease prevention is critical for improving the health of our nation.

Dr. Miller resides in Sisters with wife, Eden Miller, D.O., and their children, Michaela and Lexie.

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Although there are 19 times more high school athletes than college athletes, the majority of epidemiological information is for the collegiate athletic population. One ASHS alumna is working hard to level the playing field.

Jennifer Medina McKeon, Ph.D., ATC, CSCS, ’02, shared her research-oriented presentation “From Observation to Intervention: The Pathway to Improving Sports Clinical Outcomes” at a colloquium on ATSU’s Arizona campus on November 5. She shared epidemiologic data that she has collected over the last two years while studying seven Kentucky high schools, as well as her views for future efforts to conduct injury surveillance on a larger scale.

“As an alumna of the ATSU-ASHS athletic training program, and a recognized expert in the area of lower extremity biomechanics, evidence-based practice, and sports injury epidemiology, this colloquium was an opportunity for ATSU students and faculty to have greater exposure to cutting edge research from the athletic training profession,” said Athletic Training Program Director John Parsons, Ph.D., AT/L.

“We hope this event, along with the first annual ASHS research symposium, held November 6, demonstrates ATSU’s commitment to producing quality research that both advances our respective professions and benefits our patients,” he continued.

Dr. Medina McKeon is currently an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. in kinesiology and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in exercise and sports science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also serves as a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Sports Rehabilitation.

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R. W. Jackson, D.O., ’81, Macon, Mo., president of Premier Specialty Network, was a contributing author to an article published online at Springer Link. The article is entitled “Eggshell membrane in the treatment of pain and stiffness from osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study.”

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