Staff Directory
Dr. Tracey Covassin
- Title:
- Athletic Trainer/MSAT Graduate Program Director
- Email:
- Phone:
- 353-2010
Began at Michigan State: 2005
Education: Covassin graduated with a PhD in kinesiology in 2003 from Temple University.
Job Responsibilities: Covassin is a professor and licensed athletic trainer at Michigan State University in the Department of Kinesiology. She is currently the CAATE Director of the Graduate Athletic Training Program, and is also the Director of the Sport Concussion Research Laboratory, with research focusing on sex differences in concussion outcomes, epidemiology and risk factors associated with sports-related concussions.
Dr. Tracey Covassin is a professor and licensed athletic trainer at Michigan State University in the Department of Kinesiology. She is currently the Director of the Undergraduate Athletic Training Program at Michigan State University and a Fellow in the NATA. She is also the Director of the Sport Concussion Research Laboratory, where her research focuses on sex differences in concussion outcomes, epidemiology and risk factors associated with sports-related concussion.
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Dr. Covassin currently directs a multi-site high school and college sport-concussion outreach program in the Mid-Michigan area. Dr. Covassin has over 100 professional publications and 200 professional presentations, and over 2 million in external grant funding. She completed her undergraduate degree at McMaster University in Canada, Master’s in Athletic Training at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and PhD at Temple University.
Education: Covassin graduated with a PhD in kinesiology in 2003 from Temple University.
Job Responsibilities: Covassin is a professor and licensed athletic trainer at Michigan State University in the Department of Kinesiology. She is currently the CAATE Director of the Graduate Athletic Training Program, and is also the Director of the Sport Concussion Research Laboratory, with research focusing on sex differences in concussion outcomes, epidemiology and risk factors associated with sports-related concussions.
Dr. Tracey Covassin is a professor and licensed athletic trainer at Michigan State University in the Department of Kinesiology. She is currently the Director of the Undergraduate Athletic Training Program at Michigan State University and a Fellow in the NATA. She is also the Director of the Sport Concussion Research Laboratory, where her research focuses on sex differences in concussion outcomes, epidemiology and risk factors associated with sports-related concussion.
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Dr. Covassin currently directs a multi-site high school and college sport-concussion outreach program in the Mid-Michigan area. Dr. Covassin has over 100 professional publications and 200 professional presentations, and over 2 million in external grant funding. She completed her undergraduate degree at McMaster University in Canada, Master’s in Athletic Training at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and PhD at Temple University.
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