Biography
Dr. Jane McDevitt completed her PhD in kinesiology at Temple University, where she also completed a master of science in kinesiology. She earned a BS in athletic training at East Stroudsburg University. Her dissertation was entitled “N-Methyl-D-Aspartic Acid Receptor Submit NR2A Repeat Polymorphism and Sport Concussion.” Dr. McDevitt has published 12 articles has made 20 presentations at regional, national and international conferences.
Since 2015, Dr. McDevitt has been an assistant professor at East Stroudsburg University, where she taught anatomy and physiology as well as athletic training courses. She also taught as an adjunct faculty at Alvernia University in the Department of Occupational Therapy. Dr. McDevitt is a regular contributor to the Sports Medicine Research Blog, serves as a member of the Free Communication Committee for the Eastern Athletic Training Association and is a reviewer for seven different sports medicine journals.
Dr. McDevitt teaches in the College of Public Health's athletic training programs. She will also continue to pursue her research investigating genetic association to concussions. Additionally, in her new line of research she will be designing a concussion-specific outcome measure to identify the patient’s prospective as they recover from concussion.
Education
- PhD, Kinesiology, Temple University
- MEd, Kinesiology, Temple University
- BS, Athletic Training, East Stroudsburg University
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
ATHT 5142 | Foundations of Athletic Training | Graduate |
ATHT 5244 | Orthopedic Assessment II | Graduate |
ATHT 5444 | Therapeutic Interventions in Athletic Training | Graduate |
ATHT 5644 | Applied Research in Athletic Training | Graduate |
ATHT 5808 | Advanced Sport Concussion | Graduate |
ATHT 8344 | Rehabilitation Methods and Techniques for Sports-Related Injuries | Graduate |
ATHT 8348 | Laboratory Techniques in Athletic Training | Graduate |
KINS 5444 | Therapeutic Interventions in Athletic Training | Graduate |
KINS 8343 | Orthopedics in Athletic Training/Sports Medicine | Graduate |
Selected Publications
Recent
McDevitt, J., Rubin, L., Simone, F.D., Phillips, J., & Langford, D. (2020). Association between (GT)n Promoter Polymorphism and Recovery from Concussion: A Pilot Study. Journal of Neurotrauma, 37(10), 1204-1210. doi: 10.1089/neu.2019.6590.
Tierney, R. & Devitt, J.M. (2019). Sport concussion genetics. In Routledge Handbook of Sport and Exercise Systems Genetics (pp. 388-401). doi: 10.4324/9781315146287-27.
Cheever, K., McDevitt, J., Tierney, R., & Wright, W. (2018). Concussion Recovery Phase Affects Vestibular and Oculomotor Symptom Provocation. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 39(2), 141-147. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-118339.
Wright, W., McDevitt, J., Tierney, R., Haran, F., Appiah-Kubi, K., & Dumont, A. (2017). Assessing subacute mild traumatic brain injury with a portable virtual reality balance device. Disability and Rehabilitation, 39(15), 1564-1572. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2016.1226432.
Bretzin, A., Mansell, J., Tierney, R., & McDevitt, J. (2017). Sex Differences in Anthropometrics and Heading Kinematics Among Division I Soccer Athletes: A Pilot Study. Sports Health, 9(2), 168-173. doi: 10.1177/1941738116678615.
McDevitt, J. & Krynetskiy, E. (2017). Genetic findings in sport-related concussions: potential for individualized medicine? Concussion, 2(1), cnc26. doi: 10.2217/cnc-2016-0020.
Wright, W., Tierney, R., & McDevitt, J. (2017). Visual-vestibular processing deficits in mild traumatic brain injury. Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation, 27(1), 27-37. doi: 10.3233/VES-170607.