About
Growing up in West Virginia, the use of firearms for competition and recreation is not only a hobby, but a way of life. As a current Exercise Science student and Graduate Research Assistant, reviewing literature on concussion in sport is heavily emphasized. After speaking with my advisor, I found his father, an NRA shooting instructor, competitive shooter and avid hunter, developed neurological changes that may or may not be correlated with decades of chronic shooting. I developed an interest in measuring repetitive gunshot recoil in relation to neurological alterations in shooters. For my thesis, I propose examination of firearm recoil on skeet and trap shooters and neurometabolic changes associated with traumatic brain injury.
Joined
July 2018
