Brian Bremmer of Montvale, N.J. writes abstract that was accepted for presentation at the 2010 Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association

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HAMDEN, CT (12/18/2009)(readMedia)-- Brian Bremmer of Montvale, N.J., a senior majoring in athletic training/sports medicine in the School of Health Sciences at Quinnipiac University, will present an abstract at the Eastern Athletic Trainers Association's annual convention in Boston, Jan. 8-11.

Bremmer will present "Abdominal Injury in a Male Division I Ice Hockey Player," which he wrote with Richard Kaplan, an athletic trainer at Yale University; and Susan Norkus, a professor of physical therapy at Quinnipiac University.

Bremmer, a 2005 graduate of Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, N.J., expects to graduate from Quinnipiac in January 2010.

The Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association was first formed in 1949 when a few athletic trainers in the northeast decided to gather and share information. Today, the EATA encompasses all members of the National Athletic Trainers' Association who reside in either District I or District II. The EATA holds an annual meeting and provides scholarships and research opportunities for students and certified athletic trainers who are members.

Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls 5,700 full-time undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students in 52 undergraduate and 19 graduate programs of study in its School of Business, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, School of Law, and College of Arts and Sciences. Quinnipiac ranks among the top 10 universities with master's programs in the Northern region in U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges. The 2009 issue of U.S. News and World Report's America's Best Colleges named Quinnipiac as the top up-and-coming school with master's programs in the North. Quinnipiac also is recognized in Princeton Review's The Best 371 Colleges. For more information, please visit http://www.quinnipiac.edu.