Wade Johnson of Portland, Ore. writes abstract that was accepted for presentation at the 2010 Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association

HAMDEN, CT (12/18/2009)(readMedia)-- Wade Johnson of Portland, Ore., a senior majoring in athletic training/sports medicine in the School of Health Sciences at Quinnipiac University, has had an abstract accepted for presentation at the Eastern Athletic Trainers Association's 62nd annual convention in Boston, Jan. 8-11.

Johnson will present "Respiratory Distress in a Collegiate Field Hockey Player," which he wrote with Jennifer Mead, associate athletic trainer at Quinnipiac, Stephen Straub, a physical therapy professor at Quinnipiac, and Timothy White, an athletic trainer at Quinnipiac.

Johnson, a 2006 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Portland, Ore., is the son of Vicki and Chuck Johnson. He expects to graduate from Quinnipiac in May 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.