SUNY Youth Sports Institute Convenes Top Experts in NYC Next Week to Present Research & Analysis on Energy Drink Heal...(A Growing Problem. Kathleen Mill...),Health

Kathleen Miller, PhD, Research Scientist, Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. Dr. Miller focuses on the gender-specific relationships among problem behaviors and athletic involvement, with particular attention to "toxic jock" identity. Her current research focuses on the understudied links between energy drink consumption and risk-taking.

Amelia Arria, PhD, is Senior Scientist, Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA, Associate Director, Center for Substance Abuse Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. One of Dr. Arria's primary research interests is to understand the antecedents and consequences of adolescent and young adult health-risk behaviors.

Other noted participants are from recognized institutions like New York Presbyterian Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, the State University of New York, the University of Maryland, Drexel University, and the NCAA. A full list of panelists is attached.

About SUNY Youth Sports: The SUNY Youth Sports Institute training network is called Youth Sports NY. It works with 29 SUNY Community Colleges and 50 high level coaches as trainers. Since March 2008 the program has trained over 2,000 non-school volunteer youth coaches in New York State to a common minimum coaching standard.

Presenters

Peter Salgo, MD

Associate Director, Open Heart ICU at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Chad Reissig, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Kathleen Miller, PhD

Research Scientist, Research Institute on Addictions, Univers
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