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Greg Janik, DAT

Greg Janik, DAT
Clinical Professor
Health and Human Performance Department

Alley Center 232

Biography

Dr. Greg Janik is an Athletic Trainer and Clinical Professor in the Athletic Training Program at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre. He currently serves on the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Research and Education Foundation as the District 2 Director. He is a member of the NATA, Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association (EATA) and the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers' Society (PATS) Quiz Bowl Committees. He has represented the NATA State Association Advisory Committee (SAAC) as a representative for Division 4 (the extra-large states). He also served on the NATA Foundation Pronouncement’s Committee as well as on the Pennsylvania Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Advisory Board for the Pennsylvania Department of Health. He is a former President of the Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association (EATA) 2018 to 2019 and the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers’ Society (PATS) 2010 to 2012.

Education

  • B.S., Kinesiology /Athletic Training, Pennsylvania State University
  • M.S., Sports Health Care, AT Still University
  • Doctor of Athletic Training, AT Still University

Publications, Presentations, and Conferences

  • Presented and moderated the Pennsylvania Athletic Training Society (PATS) Student Quiz Bowls; 2006 to Present.
  • Presented and Moderated the Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association (EATA) Student Quiz Bowls for District I (Pa., N.Y., N.J., and Del.) and Districts II (All New England States); 2008 to Present.
  • Presented and Moderated the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Student Quiz Bowl; 2009 to Present.
  • Presented the James L. Thornton Keynote Student Address tilted, “A Journey of Chaos and Order…and the people you meet along the way.” at the 77th EATA Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium, Mashantucket, Conn., January 2024.
  • National Athletic Trainers’ Association Annual Meeting & Clinical Symposium & AT Expo on the topic, Engaging, Developing, and Advancing Future Association Leaders, Philadelphia Pa., June 2022.
  • Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers’ Society (PATS) Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium Poster Presentation, “DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS AND SADDLE PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN A COLLEGIATE ATHLETE POST MENISCAL ROOT REPAIR”, June 2023.
    FINALIST BEST UNDERGRADUATE POSTER
  • Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers’ Society (PATS) Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium Poster Presentation, “SHOULDER DISLOCATION WITH DORSAL SCAPULAR NERVE NEUROPATHY IN A FEMALE COLLEGIATE LACROSSE PLAYER”, June 2023.
  • King’s College, First-Generation Monarchs - First to Finish Faculty Panel, November 4, 2021

Awards and Designations

  • Inducted into the Alpha, Alpha, Alpha Honor Society at King’s College, Spring 2022. King’s College Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
  • King’s College Fr. Frank J. O’Hara Distinguished Service Professorship 2020 to 2025.
  • National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award.
  • AT Still University – Arizona School of Health Sciences Distinguished Service Award, Las Vegas, Nev., June 2019.
  • Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers’ Society (PATS) Distinguished Merit Award, Grantville, Pa., June 2018.
  • Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers’ Society (PATS) Service Award, Gettysburg, Pa., June 2015.
  • National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Best State Association Effort, Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers Society (PATS) Public Relations.