Dr. Nate Hollister (Emergency Medicine) and his colleague Scott McDonald (Kinesiology) organized the Circus Meets Medicine conference held at UNLV on March 22, 2024.
The conference featured live demonstrations from artists as well as speakers discussing perspectives from elite performers and experts on injury management, biomechanics, and well-being of elite performers. Dr. John Mercer (UNLV Sports Innovation Institute; Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) along with Dr. Alina Swafford (UNLV Sports Innovation Institute) presented information about Sport Science of Circus movements.
