Trotter earns biomechanics award and research funding

The Biomechanics Interest Group of the American College of Sports Medicine Southeast Chapter selected Brittany Trotter with the top doctorate-level biomechanics abstract. Trotter will represent East Carolina University and the College of Health and Human Performance when she presents a poster on Feb. 20 and delivers a 3-minute presentation the next day at the ACSM Southeast annual meeting in Greenville, S.C.

The abstract is titled, “Altered Cortical Activity During Oculomotor Control Following COVID-19 Infection.”

Trotter, a Master of Science graduate in kinesiology at ECU with a concentration in biomechanics and motor control, is a doctoral candidate in bioenergetics and exercise science. She also is a graduate research assistant in the Visual Motor Lab. Dr. Nick Murray is the Visual Motor Lab director.

Trotter also earned a grant award, funded by the International Society of Biomechanics. The project is slated to run through December and titled, “Mobile Sensorimotor Integration Assessment Following Repetitive Sub-Concussive Loading.”