Dr. Katie Walsh (Vita) has been the Director of the Sports Medicine/Athletic Training Program for East Carolina University since 1995. Originally from Carmel, California, she obtained her Bachelor of Science from Oregon State University in Physical Education and Athletic Training. She received her Masters of Science in Sports Medicine from Illinois State University. Dr. Walsh served as the Head Athletic Trainer for the Chicago Power Men's Professional Soccer team before returning to California to earn a Doctorate of Education and Administration in 1994 from USC. Dr. Walsh is an active member of the NATA. She has published numerous articles, chapters, and presented internationally, as well as nationally on her research area, which is lightning.

Dr. Tony Kulas,(Vita) an Assistant Professor in Health Education and Promotion came to ECU in Fall 2005. Originally from Hadley, Massachusetts, he received his B.S. in Movement Science from Westfield State College in 1998, and M.A. in Physical Education from Western Michigan University in 2000, and his Ph.D. in Exercise and Sport Science (sports medicine/biomechanics emphasis) from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in spring of 2005.

Prior to coming to ECU, Tony has served as an Athletic Trainer in high school, clinic, and college settings. He presently teaches in the undergraduate Athletic Training Education Program. In addition, Dr. Kulas is assisting with the development of the Master of Science in Athletic Training Program. To support both undergraduate and graduate Athletic Training Programs and faculty research, an Athletic Training Research Laboratory is also being developed. Dr. Kulas' current research interests include investigations into how trunk control and trunk muscle function relate to lower extremity injury and biomechanical function. Tony and his wife Julie, also an Athletic Trainer, have a little girl, Saline, who was born in July 2005. The Kulas family also includes two dogs, Fenway and Gizmo.

 

Dr. Sharon D. Rogers joined the Department of Health Education and Promotion as an assistant professor in 2007. A native of Wakefield, VA, she earned a B.S. in Kinesiology from the College of William and Mary in Willamsburg, VA, an M.S. in Exercise Science and a certificate of gerontology at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC, and a Ph.D. in Human Development at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, VA. After graduating with her doctorate, she spent two years working with Dr. James Blumenthal at Duke University Medical Center in the division of Behavioral Cardiology.  Dr. Rogers has spent more than 10 years practicing as an athletic trainer and in emergency medical services. 

 

She is especially interested in the application of athletic training to non-traditional athletes (i.e., subgroups within the general population). She also studies functional changes in adulthood and the effects of physical activity in special populations of adults.

Mike Hanley, a native of New Rochelle, NY, earned his Bachelor of Science in School and Community Health from ECU in 1982, where he also served as a student athletic trainer. He attended graduate school at Eastern Illinois, where he received his Master's Degree in Physical Education in 1986. Hanley began his collegiate athletic training career at Kentucky Wesleyan College in 1986. He also worked as an assistant athletic trainer at Kent State University for three years before returning to ECU. Since 1989, Hanley has been a clinical instructor in the Athletic Training Program, has primary responsibility for football, and currently serves as the Head Athletic Trainer. He also serves as the District III representative to the NATA College/University Athletic Trainer's Committee.

Sue Raedeke, an Assistant Athletic Trainer, is a native of Long Island, NY. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Health and Physical Education in 1991 from Gettysburg College. Raedeke attended graduate school at Western Michigan University, where she earned a Master's Degree in Athletic Training in 1993. At ECU since 1993, Raedeke is an instructor in the Athletic Training Program and has primary responsibility for Women's Basketball. In addition to her position at ECU, Raedeke has also served as an athletic trainer for the United States under 16 Girl's Soccer National Team.