Helen LaPlant

Douglas J. Casa, PhD, ATC, FACSM, FNATA, FNAK, University of Connecticut
“Exertional Heat Stroke: A Public Health Crisis in a Warming World -
Exploring Current Efforts to Mitigate the Risk”
April 17, 2025 | 12:30 PM | WebEx

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Dr. Casa is the CEO of the Korey Stringer Institute (since it was founded in 2010) and is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology (began at UCONN in 1999) at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Casa was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in June 2024. The mission of the KSI (ksi.uconn.edu) is to provide research, education, advocacy, and consultation, to maximize performance, optimize safety, and prevent sudden death for the athlete, warfighter, and laborer. Additionally, he is the editor of a book titled: Preventing Sudden Death in Sport and Physical Activity (2nd edition, 2017), published by Jones & Bartlett in cooperation with the American College of Sports Medicine. Another recent book titled Sports and Physical Activity in the heat: Maximizing Performance and Safety was published by Springer in the winter of 2018. His latest book- Elite Soccer Players: Maximizing Performance and Safety was published by Routledge in 2020. Dr. Casa has published about 400 peer- reviewed publications/book chapters and presented more than 600 times on subjects related to maximizing performance in the heat, exertional heat stroke, heat-related illnesses, preventing sudden death in sport, and hydration. He has an H-index of 66. As a licensed athletic trainer Dr. Casa has successfully treated 405 cases of exertional heat stroke (with 0 fatalities). In addition, from 2018 through 2021 he served on the International Olympic Committee Adverse Weather Impact Expert Group for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (took place in 2021) that focused on the extreme heat anticipated for these games.

Susan D. Brown, Ph.D., FSBM, University of California, Davis
Topic: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Recruitment and Retention of Research Participants
May 1, 2025 | 12:30 PM | WebEx

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Dr. Susan D. Brown is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine. Her research focuses on behavioral interventions for diabetes and cardiovascular disease prevention, particularly among diverse maternal populations. Her work targets engagement in preventive healthcare services, healthy eating, physical activity, and weight management behaviors; and engagement in clinical research itself, such as strategies to improve the representation of racial and ethnic minorities in randomized clinical trials. She leads several programs to advance mentoring excellence and support emerging scholars from underrepresented backgrounds in behavioral prevention research.