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Dr. Adrian Wright-FitzGerald is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health, Exercise & Applied Science, where she also serves as the Program Director of the Health Sciences program. She received a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training from Duquesne University, a Master of Science in Applied Anatomy & Physiology from Boston University, and a Doctor of Athletic Training from A.T. Still University.
Dr. Wright-FitzGerald is a licensed athletic trainer through the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine with over 17 years of clinical experience providing care for collegiate athlete populations at the NCAA Division I & II levels. She spent a year working full-time with the Boston Fire Department as a Human Performance Specialist, developing and providing full-time, in-house programming and education to support injury reduction and improved health, wellness, and human performance with all 1500 active-duty members of the Fire Department.
Dr. Wright-FitzGerald has designed and led immersive study abroad and service-learning programs to Guatemala, Peru, Thailand, and India, focusing on ethical tourism, cultural humility, traditional medicine, and social determinants of health. She was recently awarded the John G. Rangos, Sr. School of Health Sciences Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching for the 2024-2025 Academic Year.
Dr. Wright-FitzGerald is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, the Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association, the Public Safety Athletic Trainers’ Society, and the American College of Sports Medicine. She has extensive experience in endurance race medicine as a volunteer member of the Boston Marathon Finish Line Medical Team since 2011.
Dr. Wright-FitzGerald is a diverse educator and holds certifications as an American Red Cross Basic Life Support Instructor and American College of Surgeons Stop the Bleed Instructor. She is a RYT200 Registered Yoga Teacher through Yoga Alliance and a Certified Functional Range Conditioning Specialist and teaches both Yoga and Boxing in her spare time.
Education
- DAT, Athletic Training, A. T. Still University, 2020
- M.S., Applied Anatomy and Physiology, Boston University, 2011
- B.S., Athletic Training, Duquesne University, 2009
Research Interests or Expertise
- Health & Wellness Promotion, Injury Mitigation
- Exercise is Medicine
- Exertional Health Illness
- Sleep Health & Hygiene
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- Wright-FitzGerald AS, Burrows AM. Adaptations in prosimian glenohumeral joint structure relative to posture and locomotion. Am J Phys Antropol. 2010;50:248
- Wright-FitzGerald AS, Balceniuk MD, Burrows AM. Shouldering the Burdens of Locomotion and Posture: Glenohumeral Joint Structure in Prosimians. The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology. 2010; 293:680-691.
- Gass A, Kelshaw PM, Donahue C, Wright-FitzGerald A, & Beidler E. The Impact of Mental Health Diagnoses and Medication Use on Sleep In Collegiate Athletes. Annual Conference of the American College of Sports Medicine. May 2025
- Wright-Fitzgerald A, Martinez S, & Mehls K. Hamstrings:Quadriceps Co-Activation Ratio Between Males and Females in the Barbell Back Squat. Poster Presentation at National Strength and Conditioning Association National Conference, July 2022
- Wright-FitzGerald A. Athletic Trainers' Perceptions of and Experience with Social Determinants of Health in the Collegiate and University Setting. National Athletic Trainers' Association (VNATA). Rapid Fire Presentation. July 2020
- Wright-FitzGerald. Adaptations in Prosimian Glenohumeral Joint Structure Relative to Posture and Locomotion. American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Poster Presentation, Albuquerque, NM, April 2010
- HLTS115: Introduction to Health and Exercise Science
- ATHT120: Elements of Athletic Training, Information Literacy and Scientific Terminology
- HLTS225/L: Current Concepts of Sports Medicine
- HLTS285: Foundations of Health Promotion and Disease Mitigation
- HLTS452: Origins of Preventative Health