Associate Professor, Exercise & Sport Science
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Allied Health Sciences
• PHD Human Movement Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2009
Languages:
• French (limited working proficiency)
Specialization:
Head Injury Biomechanics; Youth hockey injuries; Smartphone app development; Military TBI research; Concussion evaluation & management
Relevant Experience:
• 2016 Associate Professor, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, UNC-Chapel Hill • 2010-2016 Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, UNC-Chapel Hill • 2009-2010 Visiting Assistant Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill • 2004-2009 Doctoral Student/Candidate; Research Assistant; UNC-Chapel Hill
Distinctions:
• 2011-ongoing Co-Director, Matthew A. Gfeller Sport-Related TBI Research Center • 2010-2013 Kenan Junior Faculty Fellow • 2004-2009 Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster, Jr. Fellow
Dissertations and Theses Supervised in Past 5 Years:
13
Relevant Courses Taught:
• EXSS 385 Biomechanics of Sport • EXSS 700 Applied Statistics and Research Methods
Recent Publications:
• 2016 Urban JE, Konczal E, Kopacki M, Register-Mihalik JK, Mihalik JP, Stitzel JD, & Rosenbaum DA. (2016). Presence of athletic trainers in a youth football organization: A single institution’s experience. Athletic Training & Sports Health Care. (In Press).
• 2016 Mihalik JP, Lynall RC†, Fraser MA, Decoster LC, De Maio VJ, Patel AP, & Swartz EE. (2016). Football equipment removal improves chest compression and ventilation efficacy. Prehospital Emergency Care. Epub ahead of print on March 17, 2016. (In Press).
• 2016 Lynall RC†, Kerr ZY, Parr M‡, Hackney AC, & Mihalik JP*. (2016). Division I college football concussion rates are higher at higher altitudes. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 46(2), 96-103.
• 2016 Casa DJ, Stearns RL, Mihalik JP, & Ganio MS. (2016). The unique challenges of field research. In LE Armstrong & WJ Kraemer (Eds.), ACSM’s research methods for exercise science. (pp. 163-184). Indianapolis, IN: American College of Sports Medicine.
• 2016 Schmidt JD, Pierce AF†, Guskiewicz KM, Register-Mihalik JK, Pamukoff DN, & Mihalik JP*. (2016). Influence of safe play knowledge and aggression on head impact biomechanics in adolescent ice hockey players. Journal of Athletic Training. (In Press).
• 2016 Asken BME‡, Mihalik JP*, Schmidt JD, Littleton AC, Guskiewicz KM, & Hopfinger JB. (2016). Visual performance measures and functional implications in healthy participants: A sports concussion perspective. Athletic Training & Sports Health Care. Epub ahead of print on March 30, 2016. (In Press).
• 2016 Lynall RC†, Mauntel TC, Padua DA, & Mihalik JP*. (2015). Acute lower extremity injury rates increase after concussion in college athletes. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 47(12), 2487-2492.
• 2016 Mihalik JP & Guskiewicz KM. (2015). Brain injuries. In DJ Casa & RL Stearns (Eds.), Emergency management for sport and physical activity. (pp. 83-96). Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning.
• 2016 Lynall RC, Kerr ZY, Parr MS, Hackney AC, & Mihalik JP. (2016). Altitude (if you can call it that) has no bearing on the rates of concussions in athletes. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 46(3), 226-228. (Response to Letter to the Editor)
• 2016 Schmidt JD, Guskiewicz KM, Mihalik JP, Blackburn JT, Siegmund GP, & Marshall SW. (2016). Head impact severity in American high school football. Pediatrics. (In Press).
• 2016 Liao S‡, Lynall RC†, & Mihalik JP*. (2016). The effect of head impact location on day of diagnosed concussion in college football. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. Epub ahead of print on February 11, 2016. (In Press).
• 2016 DeFreese JD & Mihalik JP. (2016). Work-based social interactions, perceived stress and workload incongruence as antecedents of athletic trainer burnout. Journal of Athletic Training, 51(1), 28-34.
• 2016 Mihalik JP, Lynall RC†, & Guskiewicz KM. (2017). Brain injuries. In DJ Casa & RL Stearns (Eds.), Preventing sudden death in sport and physical activity, 2nd Edition. (pp. 97-126). Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning.
• 2016 REFEREED ARTICLES (11)
• 2016 Lynall RC†, Clark MD, Grand EE, Stucker JC†, Littleton AC, Aguilar AJ, Petschauer MA, Teel EF†, & Mihalik JP*. (2016). Head impact biomechanics in women's college soccer. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. (In Press).
• 2016 Lynall RC†, Schmidt JD, Mihalik JP, & Guskiewicz KM. (2016). The clinical utility of a concussion rebaseline protocol after concussion recovery. Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine. Epub ahead of print on November 17, 2015. (In Press).
• 2016 BOOK CHAPTERS (3)
• 2016 OTHER PUBLICATIONS (1)
• 2015 PM&R, 7(3), 283-295.
• 2015 REFEREED ARTICLES
• 2015 Lenhardt CS, Mihalik JP, Lynall RC, Fraser MA, Petschauer MA, & Swartz EE. (2015). The effect of football shoulder pad removal technique and equipment removal training on cervical spine motion, time to task completion, and perceived task difficulty. Athletic Training & Sports Health Care. (In Press).
• 2015 Swartz EE, Mihalik JP, Decoster LC, Al-Darraji SJ, & Bric JD. (2014). Emergent access to the airway and chest in American football. Journal of Athletic Training. (In Press).
• 2015 Kerr ZY, Mihalik JP, Guskiewicz KM, Rosamond WD, Evenson KR, & Marshall SW. (2015). Agreement between athlete-recalled and clinically documented concussion histories in former collegiate athletes. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 43(3), 606-613.
• 2015 Kerr ZY, Evenson KR, Rosamond WD, Mihalik JP, Guskiewicz KM, & Marshall SW. (2014). Association between concussion and mental health in former collegiate athletes. Injury Epidemiology, 1, 28.
• 2015 Mihalik JP, Moise KF, Ocwieja KE, Guskiewicz KM, & Register-Mihalik JK. (2014). The effects of player anticipation and involvement on head impact biomechanics in college football body collisions. In A. Ashare & M. Ziejewski (Eds.), ASTM Selected Technical Papers 1552 on Symposium on the Mechanism of Concussion in Sports (pp. 41-55). West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM International.
• 2015 Smith AM, Stuart MJ, Dodick DW, Roberts WO, Alford PW, Ashare AB, Aubrey M, Benson BW, Burke CJ, Dick R, Eickhoff C, Emery CA, Flashman LA, Gaz D, Giza CC, Greenwald RM, Herring S, Hoshizaki TB, Hudziak JJ, Huston III J, Krause D, LaVoi N, Leaf M, Leddy JJ, MacPherson A, McKee AC, Mihalik JP, Moessner AM, Montelpare WJ, Putukian M, Schneider KJ, Szalkowski R, Tabrum M, Whitehead J, & Wiese-Bjornstal DM. (2015). Ice Hockey Summit II: Zero Tolerance for Head Hits and Fighting. Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, 25(2), 78-87.
• 2015 These proceedings were published concurrently in the following journals:
• 2015 Kerr ZY, Collins CL, Mihalik JP, Marshall SW, Guskiewicz KM, & Comstock RD. (2014). Impact locations and concussion outcomes in high school football player-to-player collisions. Pediatrics, 134(3), 489-496.
• 2015 BOOK CHAPTERS
• 2015 Mihalik JP, Lynall RC, Teel EF, & Carneiro KA. (2014). Concussion management in soccer. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 3(4), 307-313.
• 2015 Current Sports Medicine Reports, 14(2), 135-144.
• 2015 Mihalik JP, Lynall RC, & Guskiewicz KM. (2015). Brain injuries. In D. J. Casa (Ed.), Preventing sudden death during sport and physical activity, 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning. (In Production)
• 2015 Schmidt JD, Guskiewicz KM, Mihalik JP, Blackburn JT, Siegmund GP, & Marshall SW. (2015). Does visual performance influence head impact severity among high school football athletes? Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine. Published online before print November 6, 2014. (In Press).
• 2015 Pietrosimone BG, Golightly YM, Mihalik JP, & Guskiewicz KM. (2015). Concussion frequency associates with musculoskeletal injury in retired NFL players. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. (In Press).
• 2011 Mihalik JP, Guskiewicz KM, Marshall SW, Greenwald RM, Blackburn JT, & Cantu RC. (2011). Does cervical muscle strength in youth ice hockey players affect head impact biomechanics? Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, 21(5), 416-421.
• 2011 Mihalik JP, Guskiewicz KM, Marshall SW, Blackburn JT, Cantu RC, & Greenwald RM. (2011). Head impact biomechanics in youth hockey: Comparisons across playing position, event types, and impact locations. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. (In Press).
• 2010 Mihalik JP, Greenwald RM, Blackburn JT, Cantu RC, Marshall SW, & Guskiewicz KM. (2010). The effect of infraction type on head impact severity in youth ice hockey. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 42(8), 1431-1438.
• 2010 Mihalik JP, Blackburn JT, Greenwald RM, Cantu RC, Marshall SW, & Guskiewicz KM. (2010). Collision type and player anticipation affect head impact severity in youth ice hockey players. Pediatrics. DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2849, e1394-e1401
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