Kate Yung PhD

Unpacking my recently conferred PhD, an intellectually stimulating journey that I hope will also bring impact to practitioners in the field ⚽

PhD thesis title: "Developing Methodologies to Improve Return-to-Sport Decision Quality through a Complex Systems Approach."

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Thank you for the opportunity to speak at the AFC Medical conference. I explored how complex systems make injury prediction challenging. Clinical utility of injury prediction models remains limited, especially when they are black boxes without transparency or interpretability.

🚨 New Open Access Research on Return-to-Sport Classification! ⚽📊

A Bayesian Network (BN) model that integrates clinical and non-clinical factors to classify RTS timelines and injury severity in professional football.

🔗 Open Access paper here:
journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

It's exciting to see the NBA introduce a league-wide biomechanics program, providing valuable insights into player performance/ injury prevention. Even more interesting would be the future implications for other sports leagues.

sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/…

Exciting opportunity here!