Gary Wilkerson, EdD
Professor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Gary Wilkerson is a tenured
professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he has taught in
the Graduate Athletic Training Education Program since 1999. He has received
degrees from Eastern Kentucky University (1978), the University of Arizona
(1979), and the University of Kentucky (1989). Clinical expertise acquired in a
wide variety of practice settings has guided his research endeavors, which were
initially focused on management of chronic ankle instability. His work
gradually transitioned to a broader interest in predictive modeling of elevated
risk for lower extremity injury. His most recent research has been focused on development
of clinical methods for identification of individuals who possess subtle
perceptual-motor performance deficiencies that increase susceptibility to both
sport-related concussion and musculoskeletal injury. The findings of his
research have been published in numerous peer-reviewed sports medicine journals,
with more than 3000 citations of his work by other authors. He was among the
first scholars in his discipline to be selected as a Fellow of the National
Athletic Trainers’ Association when the designation was created in 2008. He was
inducted into the Southeast Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame in 2010
and the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame in 2016. The Research
and Education Foundation of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association awarded
him its Medal for Distinguished Research in 2019.