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and Surgery, and Co-Director, Orthopaedics and Pediatrics. A
Principal Investigator, and Mentor non-operative Sports Medicine
of CHAMPP Urban Outreach, “ Research is critical to physician, she’s been working
has published the first two peer- this endeavor so that we with Exercise Express, a local,
reviewed papers for the program. can learn more about the female- and minority-owned gym,
They outline multiple, measurable program’s efficacy, continue to provide training space and
improvements for athletes who to improve our offerings, education to study the long-term
followed the program. benefit of athletic training and
and understand how this mentoring on young women.
“The initial paper showed can be replicated elsewhere
improvement in athletes’ to extend CHAMPP’s “We’re working to engage
Functional Movement Screening benefits far beyond our inactive adolescent women
scores, speed and agility,” Cole and empower them to achieve
said. “But the most surprising community. ” more active lifestyles, because
benefit was the psychosocial inactivity makes them more at
impact on female participants; risk for obesity, diabetes and
data showed that we were able to The CHAMPP team’s lessons hypertension and the lifelong
reduce anxiety, improve mood, learned about recruiting and health problems that they cause,”
reduce depressive symptoms and working with underrepresented Rizzone said.
pain, and improve participants’ patient populations can add value
pain interference.” for University research initiatives, Academic performance is
Cole said. more important than athletics:
Cole’s second paper demonstrated “The greatest accomplishment
that CHAMPP improved physical “One of the biggest obstacles for for me is the knowledge that we
activity in female participants research is the ability to recruit are more than just an athletic
specifically; and individuals minority subjects,” he said. “With program,” Cole said.
who were more physically the CHAMPP program, we have
active during CHAMPP training built relationships and trust. While “I’m extremely proud that we have
showed greater improvement in there are challenges to recruiting helped kids and seen them grow
physical performance and body minority participants and getting and go on to graduate high school
composition. consents, we’ve demonstrated and start their adult lives,” said
successful approaches, and that Cameron Apt, Director of Athletic
Ongoing research is essential: there are many opportunities to do Performance for UR Medicine.
“Research is critical to this research in this environment.” “We can’t claim credit for all of
endeavor so that we can learn that, but CHAMPP was part of
more about the program’s Cole’s early success is already the supportive structure—family,
efficacy, continue to improve our yielding more opportunities for school, community—for them
offerings, and understand how CHAMPP. His initial research during high school.”
this can be replicated elsewhere generated sufficient preliminary
to extend CHAMPP’s benefits data to secure a $25,000 NIH P30 First-year CHAMPP graduates
far beyond our community,” pilot, and submit a $1,518,940 NIH have finished high school and
said Edward M. Schwarz, Ph.D., R01 grant entitled “Improving begun college. And more recent
Richard and Margaret Burton Long-Term Activity Levels and CHAMPP alumni are right behind
Distinguished Professor of Health Outcomes in At-Risk, them: Deziree Garrick, an East
Orthopaedics and Director of Underrepresented Females” in High softball player, will be the
the Center for Musculoskeletal October 2020. The project PI first CHAMPP graduate accepted
Research (CMSR). will be Katherine Rizzone, M.D., to the University of Rochester,
M.P.H., Assistant Professor in majoring in education.
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