About Researcher Amy Case

Dr. Jeff Russell is Associate Professor of Athletic Training and Director of Science and Health in Artistic Performance (SHAPe) at Ohio University where he leads a team of researchers who study artists in dance, music, theatre, circus, film and TV, and marching band. He earned his PhD in dance medicine and science from the University of Wolverhampton in in the United Kingdom. As an athletic trainer since 1982, his career spans sports medicine, orthopaedics, and performing arts medicine. He serves on the Board of the Bridge Dance Project and is a past member of the Boards of Directors of the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science and the Performing Arts Medicine Association. Dr. Russell’s international research group focuses primarily on concussions in film and TV stunt performers, as well as on injuries and healthcare access of dancers in the commercial industry and dancers on university dance teams.