Darin Padua is a professor and the chair of the Exercise and Sport Science department and associate director of the Motion Science Institute at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

His research focuses on understanding factors that influence knee stability, identification of risk factors associated with knee injuries, identification of evidence-based prevention strategies for knee injuries, and validation of performance enhancement training techniques.

Expertise: Sports medicine, athlete injuries, injury prevention, orthopedics, knee injuries

Location: Chapel Hill, N.C.

E-mail: dpadua@email.unc.edu

Twitter: @DarinPadua