Kenneth Cameron PhD, MPH, ATC

Education

Doctor of Philosophy
University at Albany, SUNY, Albany NY
Doctor of Philosophy Degree
Conferred: May 2004
Major Area: Educational Psychology and Methodology
Area of Specialization: Research Methodology, Program Evaluation and Statistics

Master of Public Health
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Master of Public Health Degree
Conferred: August 2011
Major Area: Public Health
Area of Specialization: Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Certificate of Advanced
University at Albany, SUNY, Albany NY
Certificate of Advanced Study
Conferred: May 2002
Major Area: Educational Psychology and Methodology
Area of Specialization: Educational Research Methodology

Master of Science
University at Albany, SUNY, Albany NY
Master of Science Degree
Conferred: May 2001
Major Area: Educational Psychology and Methodology
Area of Specialization: Measurement, Program Evaluation and Statistics

Master of Arts
San Jose State University, San Jose CA
Master of Arts Degree
Conferred: May 1996
Major Area: Movement Science
Area of Specialization: Athletic Training/Sports Medicine

Bachelor of Science
Oregon State University, Corvallis OR
Bachelor of Science Degree
Conferred: June 1993
Major Area: Exercise and Sport Science
Area of Specialization: Athletic Training/Sports Medicine

Biography

Dr. Cameron currently serves as the Director of Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Research at Keller Army Hospital, West Point, New York, where he holds faculty appointments with the John A. Feagin Jr. Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship and the US Army-Baylor University Sports Physical Therapy Doctoral Program. Dr. Cameron also serves as a Professor in the Departments of Surgery and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Dr. Cameron’s primary research interests are in the areas of injury prevention, musculoskeletal injury and disease epidemiology, and outcomes associated with the treatment of these injuries, specifically in physically active and military populations. He also has specific research interests in knee and ankle injuries, shoulder instability, biomarkers associated with post-traumatic osteoarthritis, and sports related concussion.

Dr. Cameron was competitively selected to participate in the U.S. Bone and Joint Decade Young Investigator’s Initiative in 2007 and he has subsequently obtained research funding support as a principal investigator from The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, The National Athletic Trainers’ Association Research and Education Foundation, and The U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command’s Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Peer Reviewed Medical Research, and Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research programs, respectively. He has also obtained research funding through the Military Operational Medicine Research Program (JPC-5). Dr. Cameron has also obtained research funding support as a co-investigator/site principal investigator on projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIAMS) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Dr. Cameron currently serves as the site principal investigator for the NCAA-DoD funded Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) Consortium research activities at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Dr. Cameron has authored over 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has presented his work nationally and internationally.

Dr. Cameron earned the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service in recognition of exemplary service to the United States Military Academy in 2004 and the Department of the Army Superior Civilian Service Award in 2014. Dr. Cameron’s work has resulted in several research awards. These awards include the Arthritis Foundation’s New Investigator Award (2010), The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health MPH Capstone Research Award (2011), the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons Founders’ Award for the best scientific paper with military relevance (2011), the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Research Award for the Best Scientific Research Paper presented at the AMSSM annual meeting (2013), and the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine’s Best Scientific Poster Award (2011), Aircast Award (2013, 2014, 2015) for the Best Clinical Science Paper submitted by a sports medicine fellow, and O’Donoghue Award (2012) for the best overall paper which deals with clinical based research or human in-vivo research. In 2015 Dr. Cameron earned designation as a Fellow in the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (FNATA) for exemplary scholarship and service and in 2017 he earned the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer (MDAT) award recognizing exemplary professional service at the district and national levels. Dr. Cameron also earned the United States Sports Academy Dr. Ernst Jokl Sports Medicine Award in 2017. Dr. Cameron was recognized by The Geneva Foundation Scientific Advisory Board as the 2020 Researcher of the Year. The Researcher of the Year award is presented to a researcher who exemplifies Geneva’s mission of advancing innovative medical research within the U.S. military, for the benefit of U.S. service members and veterans, their families, and the global community.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

1996-2004: Certified Athletic Trainer/Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, West Point, NY

2006-present: Assistant Professor, USM-BU Sports Medicine-PT Doctoral Program, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY

2006-present: Director of Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Research, John A. Feagin Jr. Sports Medicine Fellowship, Keller Army Hospital, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY

2017: United States Sports Academy Dr. Ernst Jokl Sports Medicine Award

2017: National Athletic Trainers’ Association Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award (MDAT)

2015: Recognized as a Fellow in the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (FNATA) for distinguished scholarship and service

2014: Department of the Army Superior Civilian Service Award, Keller Army Hospital, US Military Academy, West Point, NY

2012: American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine O’Donoghue Award for Best Clinical Based or In-vivo Research

2011: Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons Founders’ Award for Best Original Research Paper with Military Relevance

2015: American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Aircast Award for the Best Clinical Science Paper submitted by a sports medicine fellow for presentation at the AOSSM annual meeting

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