Members

Principal Investigators

Dustin R. Grooms, Ph.D., AT, CSCS

Dr. Dustin Grooms specializes in neuroplasticity and biomechanics with a focus on how a person’s brain changes after a muscular skeletal injury, such as an ACL injury. In particular, he looks at the impact of athletic injuries and orthopedics on the brain.

Dustin Grooms Google Scholar

Grooms MyNCBI

Janet E. Simon, Ph.D., AT

Dr. Janet Simon specializes in measuring the outcomes of various rehabilitation interventions as well as evaluating health related quality of life of high school and college athletes who suffer sport-related injury; and the use and development of patient-based outcomes instruments for the purpose of outcomes assessment and measuring the end result of health care services.

Janet Simon Google Scholars

Simons MyNCBI

Current Members

Byrnadeen Farraye, MS, AT

Byrnadeen Farraye is a Research Associate working full time in NMBHAL. Byrnadeen received her BS in Exercise Science from California State University San Marcos and MS in Athletic Training at Weber State University. She oversees the day to day operations of running the lab and assists in data collection for all projects. 

Meredith Chaput, DPT

Meredith Chaput is a Ph.D. student in the Translational Biomedical Sciences graduate program. Meredith received her BS in Exercise Science from University of Minnesota-Duluth and Doctor of Physical Therapy from Creighton University. She also completed a Sports Physical Therapy Residency at Vanderbilt Orthopedics Nashville and Belmont University. Her research interests are bridging the gap between neurologic and orthopedic rehabilitation interventions. 

Meredith Chaput Google Scholars

HoWon Kim, MS, AT

HoWon Kim is a Ph.D. student in the Translational Biomedical Sciences graduate program. HoWon received his BS in Sports Medcincine from Kyung Hee University and Masters Degrees in Athletic Training from Weber State University and Ohio University. His research interests relate to identifying the neural activity associated with psychological factors, such as kinesiophobia, after ACL injury. His ultimate goal is to identify factors that induce central nervous system(CNS) alternation after ACL injury and find clinical methods that can modulate the factors to improve patient outcomes after ACL injury. 

Amber Schnittjer, MS, AT

Amber Schnittjer is a Ph.D. student in the Translational Biomedical Sciences graduate program. Amber received her BS in athletic training at Luther College and Masters Degree in Athletic Training from Ohio University. Her research interests relate to understanding the effects of dual tasking on kinematics and kinetics after ACL injury.