dr. katie marino, me, and dr. sheree bekker on stage after our session on prevention of women’s injuries in sport.
title slide for my presentation on Project ACL, featuring a background photo of the WSL in a dark purple filter with the Project ACL logo on top in white.
overview slide describing Project ACL as a collaborative research project between leeds beckett university, FIFPRO, the professional footballers' association, and nike. our aim is to reduce anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries and *increase player availability*. the background photo features Sam Kerr in a Chelsea shirt doing a knee slide celebration.
objectives slide for Project ACL. in 'reverse engineering' style, the end goal is to reduce ACL injury risk and increase player availability --> (so first we have to) develop effective ACL injury risk reduction strategies --> identify key ACL injury risk factors --> understand the existing landscape of professional women's football. the background photo features Jill Roord and Chloe Kelly in Manchester City kits celebrating together.
flashback to 2 weeks ago when i had the opportunity to share about #ProjectACL at #BASEM2024!
shoutout to dr. katie marino for the invite. so lovely to have met so many amazing sports med folks who i will happily bother for the foreseeable future 🤓