JAT Chat | Heat Safety and Environmental Monitoring

Dr. Kara Radzak interviews Dr. Doug Casa, Dr. Yuri Hosokawa, and Dr. William Adams about their recent series of papers discussing best practices for heat safety and environmental monitoring. Dr. Douglas Casa is the Chief Executive Office for the Korey Stringer Institute and a full professor at the University of Connecticut. In 2008 he was the recipient of the medal for distinguished athletic training research from the National Athletic Trainers’ Association. In 2016 Dr. Casa received the highest honor in his field when he was named a fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology (FNAK #556). He was named a fellow of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association in 2008. Dr. Yuri Hosokawa is an Associate Professor at Waseda University in Tokyo Japan. Her research interests include prevention and education of sudden death in sport, establishing best practices in road race medicine, development of regional-specific heat guidelines for exertional heat illness prevention, and development of heat acclimatization guidelines for tactical athletes. William Adams is currently an Assistant Professor and Director of the Athletic Training Program at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. William has been a licensed Athletic Trainer since 2010 and has worked clinically in collegiate and secondary school settings. Dr. Adams’ research interests are focused on investigating various facets of exertional heat stroke, maximizing athletic performance in the heat and preventing sudden death in sport and physical activity.