The faculty of the SMRI is comprised of experts with backgrounds in athletic training, physical therapy, orthopaedic and pulmonary medicine, exercise physiology, epidemiology, nutrition, concussion, biomechanics, and bioengineering.

Sports Medicine Research Institute

Scott Lephart, PhD Dean, Professor, Endowed Chair of Orthopaedic Research (University of Kentucky)

Nick Heebner, PhD, ATC Executive Associate Director, Sports Medicine Research Institute, Assistant Professor

Matt Hoch, PhD, ATC Associate Professor, Associate Director, Sports Medicine Research Institute

Dee Dlugonski, PhD Assistant Professor

Kelly Calia Administrative Services Assistant

Joshua Winters, PhD, CSCS Associate Professor

Reiley Bergin Research Analytic

Jeremy Ross, B.S., M.Ed., CSCS Assistant Professor

Michaela Keener, MS Research Administrative Coordinator

Kimberly I. Tumlin Assistant Professor

Jacob Jelmini

Jennifer Tinsley

Danielle Torp, PhD, ATC Assistant Research Professor

Ke'La Porter Research Assistant

Associate Faculty

College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

• James MacLeod, VMD, PhD

College of Education

• Mark Abel, PhD
• Ben Johnson, EdD
• Robert Shapiro, PhD, FACSM

College of Engineering

• Babak Bazrgari, PhD

College of Health Sciences

• W. Scott Black, MD, MS
• Timothy Butterfield, PhD, ATC
• Ming-Yuan Chih, PhD, MHA
• Esther Dupont-Versteegden, PhD
• Phillip Gribble, PhD, ATC, FNATA
• Johanna Hoch, PhD, ATC
• Nathan Johnson, PT, DPT, PhD
• Patrick Kitzman, PhD, MSPT
• Carl Mattacola, PhD, ATC, FNATA
• Brian Noehren, PT, PhD, FACSM
• Charlotte Peterson, PhD
• D. Travis Thomas, PhD, RD, CSSD
• Timothy Uhl, PhD, ATC, PT, FNATA

College of Medicine

• Jose Abisambra, PhD
• Jody Clasey, PhD, FACSM
• Stephen Duncan, MD
• James Geddes, PhD
• Dong (Dan) Han, PsyD
• Carolyn M. Hettrich, MD
• Robert Hosey, MD
• Mary Lloyd Ireland, MD
• Henry Iwinski, MD
• Cale Jacobs, PhD, ATC
• Darren Johnson, MD
• Scott Mair, MD
• Susan McDowell, MD
• Eric Moghadamian, MD
• Peter Morris, MD
• Caitlin Whale-Conley, PhD, ATC

College of Nursing

• Deborah Reed, MSPH, PhD, RN, FAAOHN, FAAN

College of Public Health

• Glen Mays, PhD, MPH
• Wayne Sanderson, PhD, MS

UK Athletics

• Jim Madaleno, MS, ATC
• Chris Morris, PhD