SMART Lab

06/26/2025

Congratulations to SMART lab director Dr. Shane Caswell for being selected as a NATA fellow at the NATA Convention this week in Orlando, FL! This distinction is for scholarly accomplishments and service to the field of Athletic Training. Well done Dr. Caswell!

NATA Fellow status recognizes members of the association who have demonstrated outstanding professional scholarly achievement in combination with leadership in advancing research and scholarly endeavors in the profession, including the education and scholarly development of trainees. Only the most a...

10/30/2024

We were pleased to host a HS sport medicine class today in the lab and teach the students about VO2max and body composition testing. Thanks for visiting!

07/23/2024

We are recruiting participants for a research study!!

04/02/2024

Congratulations to our very own Dr. Shane Caswell! Dr. Shane Caswell is the recipient of the 2024 Earle C. Williams Medal for Excellence in Social Impact. Learn more about this award here:

Sub Navigation Nomination Information Recipients Description Sponsored by the Office of the President, the Presidential Awards for Faculty Excellence were created to recognize, promote, and honor outstanding members of our community for excellence in teaching, research, social impact, and diversity....

03/11/2024

If you are an emergency responder or know one in the Northern Virginia area we are providing free movement and fitness assessments at the SMART lab on the Science and Technology campus. See the flyer for more info!

12/15/2023

Congrats to 2 of our doctoral students on being awarding dissertation grants by the George Mason University!

The grants are awarded to Mason doctoral candidates whose research is deemed worthy of provost level funding.

12/14/2023

We hosted another group of students in our lab today and demonstrated motion capture, force plates, wearables and VR! Huge thanks for our graduate students who helped out. Great way to end the semester as we head into the holiday season!

12/12/2023

We hosted a group of high school students in the lab today from Chantilly High School who are taking a personal training course. They learned about several types of physiological and body composition assessments in the SMART lab. Thanks for visiting!

06/19/2023

New publication from our PhD student Anne Blackstone, Sam Hacherl and Dr. Shane Caswell!

https://academic.oup.com/acn/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/arclin/acad042.10/7199427?redirectedFrom=fulltext

AbstractPurpose. Virginia state law requires athletes with suspected concussions to be evaluated and receive written clearance from an appropriately licensed he

06/09/2023

Hot off the press...new SMART lab publication from the Fit2Serve project led by Dr. Joel Martin!

https://oem.bmj.com/content/early/2023/05/31/oemed-2023-108828

Objectives To examine the effects of implementing a consequential fitness assessment (pull-ups, curl-ups, push-ups, 3 min step test) in a fire department on an individual level. Methods We used a repeated-measures design to analyse fitness assessment data from 2019 to 2020 in Northern Virginia. A ...

06/02/2023

Hot off the press....new SMART lab publication. Congrats to our alumni Victoria Fauntroy for her work on the paper!

Introduction: Sleep is essential for athletes and dancers to optimize recovery. Poor sleep negatively affects cognitive function and injury risk in athletes. In...

06/01/2023

Our national conference season has started. First up is ACSM in Denver. Congrats to our alumni Dr. Amanda Estep and Dr. Susannah Taylor for their presentations today!