Tamerah Hunt

Tamerah Hunt, PhD, LAT, ATC, FACSM is a Professor and Waters Faculty Fellow at Georgia Southern University. Dr. Hunt is a Certified Athletic Trainer and has worked at every level of sports during her career.  Her research focuses on youth concussion examining the effects of the social determinants of health on incidence, management and recovery outcomes; youth recovery patterns; effort on assessment; and co-morbidities. Dr. Hunt has secured numerous grants, published concussion and brain injury research and has given numerous presentations regionally, nationally and internationally. She serves on numerous professional committees to enhance inclusion and diversity in the clinical and research setting. She has served as an Allied Health and Education Board of Trustee for ACSM and is currently the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Research and Education Foundation District 9 Board of Director.  Dr. Hunt completed her undergraduate degree in Athletic Training from the University of Delaware, her MS in Athletic Administration from James Madison University and her PhD in Kinesiology from the University of Georgia.