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DR. JOSEPH JANOSKY

Global leader in athlete health promotion, coalition design, and sports injury prevention systems.


Dr. Janosky is one of the most experienced coalition architects and athlete health strategists in sports medicine today. He originated the National ACL Injury Coalition (Aspen Institute + HSS), is a leader of the Prevention For All campaign for the European Sports Medicine Associates (a division of ESSKA), and serves on multiple national boards including NCYS and PRiSM.
 

With dozens of scientific publications and over 30 years of experience across clinical, academic, and consulting roles, he brings unparalleled insight to organizations that want to reimagine what athlete health can look like at scale.

STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP

Board of Directors | European Sports Medicine Associates
 

Board of Directors | National Council of Youth Sports 


Board of Directors | Coach Safely Foundation


Board of Directors | Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine Society
 

Ambassador & Injury Prevention Expert  | Youth INC


Head Athletic Trainer and Physiotherapist | Puerto Rico Men's U20 National Lacrosse Team

Founding member | National ACL Prevention Coalition (Aspen Institute + HSS)

At YELLOW FINCH, DR JANOSKY LEADS EFFORTS TO MAKE ATHLETE HEALTH PROMOTION PART OF EVERDAY SPORT

HONORS AND AWARDS

HANK CHAMBERS AWARD FOR BEST SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATION

2024 PRiSM SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, USA

JANUARY 2024

NATIONAL PHYSICAL THERAPY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

2023 PRiSM SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING

DENVER, COLORADO, USA

FEBRUARY 2023

HANK CHAMBERS AWARD FOR BEST SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATION

2021 PRiSM SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, USA

JANUARY 2021

KEVIN M. SHEA AWARD FOR BEST SCIENTIFIC POSTER

2019 PRiSM SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA

JANUARY 2019 

BEST RESEARCH ABSTRACT AWARD

YOUNG ATHLETE FORUM FOUNDATION

MONTREAUX, SWITZERLAND

SEPTEMBER 2017

INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

2025

ESSKA-ESMA Focus Meeting

Bologna, Italy | June 2025

Invited Lecture: Return to Play After ACL Injury

Invited Lecture: Screening for ACL Injury Risk Factors


Isokinetic Medical Group Annual Football Medicine Conference

Madrid, Spain | May 2025

Invited Lecture: ESMA Specialty Session: ACL Injury Prevention Across Europe and the United States

Podium Presentation: An Examination of Injury Prevention Knowledge and Confidence Levels Among Youth Football Coaches

Podium Presentation: Inadequate Neuromuscular Control of The Trunk And Knee is Highly Prevalent Among Youth Football Participants


Lithuania HEALTH: We Are Not Ready for the Joint Replacement!

Kaunas, Lithuania | March 2025

Invited Lecture: Rethinking Screening: A New Strategy to Prevent Sports Injuries

  

American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting

Houston, Texas, USA | February 2025

Science Meets Practice Session – Beyond the Game: Perfectionism, Performance, and Gendered Challenges in Female Athlete Health and Rehabilitation


Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine (PRiSM) Society Annual Meeting

Columbus, OH, USA | January 2025

Conference Instructional Course: Optimizing Youth Development Through Physical Literacy

Conference Instructional Course: Are Recreational Sports a Relic of the Past or a Solution for the Future?

2024

European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery, and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) Congress

Milan, Italy | May 2024

A Two-Dimensional Video Assessment is Associated with Three-Dimensional Biomechanical Contributors to Dynamic Knee Valgus Among Female Volleyball Players


The Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research Annual Conference

Chapel Hill, NC, USA | April 2024

The National ACL Injury Coalition: Preventing ACL Injuries in High School Sport through Community-Engaged Research


Lithuania HEALTH: We Are Not Ready for the Joint Replacement!

Kaunas, Lithuania | March 2024

Preventing Sports Injuries and Promoting Athlete Health: Addressing the Factors that Matter Most


International Olympic Committee World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport

Monte Carlo, Monaco | February-March 2024

A Two-Dimensional Video Assessment is Associated with Three-Dimensional Biomechanical Contributors to Dynamic Knee Valgus Among Female Volleyball Players


Lithuanian National Sports Injury and Prevention Conference

Vilnius, Lithuania | February 2024

Keynote Lecture: Preventing Sports Injuries and Promoting Athlete Health: Addressing the Factors that Matter Most


8th Annual Winter Technology and Innovation in Orthopedics Symposium

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA | January 2024

Invited Lecture: Neuromuscular Control Deficiency Among Adolescents - A Problem Hiding in Plain Sight


Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine (PRiSM) Society Annual Meeting

Anaheim, CA, USA | January 2024

Pre-conference Instructional Course: Developing a Complete Research Team

Conference Instructional Course: Sex? Gender? Do These Words Influence ACL Injury Management?

Conference Instructional Course: If You Build it (Right), They Will Come: An Evidence-Based Approach to Injury Prevention Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Podium presentation (Award Finalist): ACL Injury Prevention Training Fosters Meaningful Behavior Change Among High School Sports Coaches

Poster presentation (Award finalist): Upper Extremity Injury Risk Factor Prevalence Among Adolescent Baseball Players

2023

European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery, and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) Specialty Days 

Warsaw, Poland | November 2023 

Highlight lecture: ACL Injury Prevention: The Role of Screenings, Education, and Exercise


American Public Health Association Annual Conference

Atlanta, GA, USA | November 2023

An Epidemiologic Analysis of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Among High School Sports Participants 


Next Up 2023

New York, NY, USA | October 2023

Prioritizing Player Health & Safety


U.S Youth Soccer Grassroots Symposium

Minneapolis, MN, USA | October 2023

Reducing the Risk of Youth Soccer Injuries; Understanding and Addressing the Factors That Matter Most


American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine: Youth to the NFL Sports Medicine Course

New Orleans, LA, USA | March 2023 

Creating an ACL Injury Prevention Program 


National ACL Injury Coalition Inaugural Meeting

New York, NY, USA | March 2023

Identifying and Addressing ACL Injury Risk Factors


Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine (PRiSM) Society Annual Meeting

Denver, CO, USA | February 2023

Creating a Screening Toolbox: What? Why? How? And Who Pays? 

Building Athletes for Life: Sports Medicine Professionals as Champions of Physical Literacy Development  Among Youth 

Injury Prevention Research Interest Group Update 

Investigating Associations Between Youth Sport Families’ Sociodemographic Characteristics, Sport Participation Behaviors, and Perceptions of Youth Sport Specialization 

Often Mistaken but Seldom Uncertain: An Examination of Injury Prevention Knowledge and Confidence Among Youth Soccer Coaches

2022

American Public Health Association Annual Conference

Boston, MA, USA | November 2022

Often Mistaken but Seldom Uncertain: An Examination of Injury Prevention Knowledge and Confidence Among Youth Soccer Coaches 


Lithuania HEALTH: We Are Not Ready for the Joint Replacement!

Kaunas, Lithuania (virtual) | March 2022

Using a Public Health Approach to Prevent Sports Injuries: Lessons Learned from Five Years of Community Implementation


Reimagining School Sports Playbook Release Event (Aspen Institute’s Sport and Society Program)

Washington, DC, USA (virtual) | March 2022

Prioritizing Health and Safety of High School Athletes


American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting

San Antonio, TX, USA (virtual) | January 2022

Physical Therapists as Drivers of Physical Literacy: A Global Perspective


Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine (PRiSM) Society Annual Conference

Houston, TX, USA (virtual) | January 2022

Injury Prevention Research Interest Group Update 

2021

American Volleyball Coaches Association Convention

Columbus, OH, USA | December 2021

Injury Risk Factor Identification and Injury Prevention Among High School Volleyball Players 


International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) Global Congress

Danville, CA, USA (virtual) | November 2021 

Coach Education Improves Implementation of ACL Injury Prevention Programs: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial


International Olympic Committee World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport

Monte Carlo, Monaco (virtual) | November 2021 

The Effectiveness of Online ACL Injury Prevention Education for Sports Coaches  

The Effectiveness of Onsite ACL Injury Prevention Education for Young Athletes  

A Controlled Trial of the Effects of Neuromuscular Training on Biomechanical Efficiency in Adolescent Student Athletes  


European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery, and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) Congress 

Milan, Italy (virtual) | May 2021 

Age-Appropriateness of Common Neuromuscular Training Exercises in ACL Injury Prevention Programs 

A Controlled Trial of The Effects of Neuromuscular Training on Biomechanical Efficiency in High School Athletes  

The Effectiveness of Online ACL Injury Prevention Education for Sports Coaches 

The Effectiveness of Onsite ACL Injury Prevention Education for Young Athletes 


Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine (PRiSM) Society Annual Conference 

Milwaukee, WI, USA (virtual) | January 2021 

 Coach Education Improves Adherence to ACL Injury Prevention Programs: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

2020

 Aspen Institute: Project Play Summit 

Washington, DC., USA (virtual) | October 2020 

How to Use Project Play Tools to Responsibly Return to Play 


USA Baseball Coaching Clinic | New York Silverbacks 

Somers, NY, USA | February 2020 

Current Injury Trends Among Youth Baseball Players 


American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Combined Sections Meeting 

Denver, CO, USA | February 2020 

The Effects of Neuromuscular Training on Biomechanical Efficiency in High School Athletes 


ACL Study Group Meeting 

Kitzbuhel, Austria | January 2020 

The Effects of Neuromuscular Training on Biomechanical Efficiency in High School Athletes


Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine (PRiSM) Society Annual Conference  

Glendale, AZ, USA | January 2020 

The Effects of Neuromuscular Training on Biomechanical Efficiency in High School Athletes  

DESIGNING THE FUTURE OF ATHLETE HEALTH

DESIGNING THE FUTURE OF ATHLETE HEALTH

DESIGNING THE FUTURE OF ATHLETE HEALTH

DESIGNING THE FUTURE OF ATHLETE HEALTH

DESIGNING THE FUTURE OF ATHLETE HEALTH

DESIGNING THE FUTURE OF ATHLETE HEALTH

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