University Of Alabama Instructor Works To Prevent Injuries In Young Athletes

By Kim Eaton
University of Alabama

Dr. Lizzie Hibberd’s goal for the University of Alabama’s Athletic Training Research Lab is that it have an impact in the real world.

“Every step is about building relationships with people — the athletes, athletic trainers, the parents — so they understand that you’re there to improve their health care,” she says. ”I’m trying to build relationships with people to become part of the community so the research has more impact.”

Hibberd, who came to the University of Alabama in 2014, completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in athletic training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While a graduate student, she was an athletic trainer for the swimming and diving teams there. “One of the big pushes in health care is evidence-based practice, so [I wondered] what does the literature say? But when I went to the literature for answers to my questions on how to treat athletes better, I couldn’t find the answers. That’s when I set out to help create that evidence,” Hibberd says.

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