Dr. Ryan N. Moran

Dr. Moran is an Assistant Professor in the  in the CAATE-accredited Athletic Training Program at The University of Alabama. He is currently the Director of the Athletic Training Research Laboratory and a research member of the Integrative Center for Athletic and Sport Technology (I-CAST). Dr. Moran's research interests include epidemiology and clinical evaluation of sport-related concussion and traumatic brain injury. His primary work centers on sensorimotor integration, neurocognition, and vestibular/ocular motor outcomes in pediatric and collegiate athletes. His work has been featured in The American Journal of Sports Medicine, Journal of Athletic Training, and a variety of journals across the sports medicine and brain injury literature. 

Dr. Moran, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, received his bachelor's and master's degrees in Athletic Training from East Stroudsburg University, later earning his doctorate in Kinesiology from Michigan State University. Prior to UA, Dr. Moran served as an Assistant Professor and Clinical Education Coordinator at North Dakota State University. 

Recent Publications
  1. Moran, R., Broglio, S., Francioni, K., Sosnoff, J. (2020). Exploring baseline concussion assessment performance in adapted wheel-chair sport athletes. Journal of Athletic Training. 55(8): 856-862. 
  2. Moran, R., Cochrane, G. (2020). Preliminary study on an added VOR visual conflict task for postural control. Journal of Clinical and Translational Research. 5(4): 155-160. 
  3. Moran, R., Murray, N., Esco, M., Dobbs, W., McAllister-Deitrick, J. (2020). Effects of exercise on symptoms, Vestibular/Ocular Motor Screening, and postural stability in a college-aged sample. Concussion. 5(2): 73-81. 
  4. Moran, R., Ingargiola, A. (2020). Self-reported prior night’s sleep quantity on baseline symptom factors and computerized neurocognitive testing in high school athletes. Applied Neuropsychology: Child. Accepted. 
  5. Moran, R., Meek, J., Allen, J., Robinson, J. (2020). Sex differences and normative data for the m-CTSIB and sensory integration on baseline concussion assessment in collegiate athletes. Brain Injury. 34(1): 20-25. 
  6. Morrison, R., Petit, K., Kuenze, C., Moran, R., Covassin, T. (2020). Pre- to post-season changes on the BTrackS force-plate in a sample of collegiate athletes. Journal of Sports Rehabilitation. 29(1): 134-136. 
  7. Moran, R., Wallace, J., Murray, N., Covassin, T. (2019). Effects of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and learning disability on vestibular and ocular baseline concussion assessment in pediatric athletes. Applied Neuropsychology: Child. Accepted. 
  8. Rabena, R., Moran, R. (2019). Comparison of steady state exercise and interval training on pitching performance in collegiate baseball players: a pilot study. International Journal of Exercise Science. 12(6): 726-734. 
  9. Murray, N., Szekeley, B., Moran, R., Ryan, G., Powell, D., Munkasy, B., Buckley, T., Guskiewicz, K. (2019). Concussion history associated with increased postural control deficits after subsequent injury. Physiological Measurement. 40(2): 1-9.
  10. Moran, R., Covassin, T., Wallace, J. (2019). Premorbid migraine history as a risk factor for vestibular and oculomotor baseline concussion assessment in pediatric athletes. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 23(4): 465-470. 
  11. Moran, R., Covassin, T., Elbin, R. (2019). Sex differences on vestibular and ocular motor assessment in youth athletes. Journal of Athletic Training. 54(4): 445-448. 
  12. Moran, R., Covassin, T. (2018). King-Devick test normative reference values and internal consistency in youth football and soccer athletes. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 28(12): 2686-2690. 
  13. Crutcher, B., Moran, R., Covassin, T. (2018). Examining the relationship of social support satisfaction, perceived stress, and depression in professional athletic training students. Athletic Training Education Journal. 13(2): 168-174. [Selected as The Athletic Training Education Journal’s Outstanding Research Manuscript] 
  14. Wallace, J., Covassin, T., Moran, R. (2018). Racial disparities in concussion knowledge and symptom recognition in American adolescent athletes. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 5(1): 221-228. 
  15. Moran, R., Hauth, J., Rabena, R. (2018). The effect of massage on acceleration and sprint performance in track and field athletes. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice. 30: 1-5. 
  16. Moran, R., Covassin, T., Elbin, R., Gould D., Nogle, S. (2018). Reliability and normative reference values for the vestibular/ocular motor screening (VOMS) tool in youth athletes. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 46(6): 1475-1480.