CHCS - Perspectives Winter/Spring 2016

COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE SCIENCES • 5 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE T Continued on next page From left: Exercise science students Winter Rodriguez, Kyle Welp, and Sean Lopez, watch as Tobin Silver, Ph.D., CSCS, right, associate professor of the exercise and sports science program, prepares to measure the fat-free mass and fat mass of Michael Salerno, a student, using the Bod Pod. he Department of Health and Human Performance was created in 2015 and encompasses the Athletic Training Education Program, the exercise and sport science major, and the exercise science minor, with the potential for growth to add new programs. The Athletic Training Education Program, established in 2003 by Elizabeth Swann, Ph.D., is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education. Athletic training students graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training and are eligible to sit for the Board of Certification (BOC) examination. In 2015, the college’s BOC pass rate was 100 percent in the graduating class. Athletic trainers (ATs) are health care professionals who collaborate with physicians to provide preventative services, emergency care, clinical diagnoses, therapeutic intervention, and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions. Pradeep Vanguri, Ph.D., ATC, serves as the program director along with Megan Colas, Ph.D., ATC, NEMT-B, clinical education director.