Christina Orozco Nevers, Ph.D., ATC

Dr. Christina Orozco Nevers teaches health and wellness courses, including health sciences courses in anatomy and physiology and internship.

Dr. Nevers enjoys teaching and mentoring students and is most fulfilled in building meaningful relationships with her students and watching them succeed.

Dr. Nevers began her career as a healthcare professional, practicing as a certified athletic trainer (AT) and teaching as an adjunct college faculty member. She has worked with various college/university athletic teams, providing sports medicine healthcare services for college/university athletes. She has also served as a sports medicine internship coordinator while practicing as an AT. After her clinical career, Dr. Nevers worked in higher education as a clinical director and professor for undergraduate and graduate athletic training programs.

Dr. Nevers is a board-certified athletic trainer with an AT license in New York. Her academic instructional experience includes teaching online, hybrid, in-person lectures, clinical labs, and practicums. She has also served as a clinical preceptor - teaching and mentoring athletic training students in the practice of sports medicine - and as an academic and research advisor for undergraduate and graduate athletic training students. Dr. Nevers research interests center on interprofessional education (IPE) in allied health professions, athletic training education, teaching strategies used in higher education, and various health science and sports medicine topics.

• National Athletic Trainers Association Board of Certification
• New York State Professions Athletic Trainer Licensure
• American Heart Healthcare Provider Certification
• American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor
• National Provider Identifier
• NASPA CPE Certified Trainer (National Association of Student Personnel Administrators) (Certified Peer Educator Trainer)
• Adult Mental Health First Aider (National Council for Mental Wellbeing)

National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA)
Association for Athletic Training Education (AATE)
National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (NEXUS)
Association of Schools for Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP)
American Interprofessional Health Collaborative

• Volunteer Lector - Saint Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church
• Volunteer - Iona Preparatory Mother's Auxiliary, Classroom Mom
• Iona University, New York Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences - Interprofessional Experiences Committee - Chair

Orozco Nevers, C.G., Pinto Zipp, G. (2023). Athletic Training Educators’ Perceptions of Collaborative when Infusing Interprofessional Education. [Platform Presentation - Sole presenter]. (ASAHP)

Liz, A., Pinto Zipp, G., Orozco Nevers, C.G., Roux, S., Salazar, R., & Nixon, C. (2023). Implementing the 2020 WHO Rehabilitation Competencies Framework to advance interprofessional curricula and advance research opportunities in the academy. [Lightening Talk – Co-Author/Presenter]. NEXUS SUMMIT 2023, Working Together for Impact. Virtual. 

Orozco Nevers, C.G., Pinto Zipp, G. (2023). Athletic Training Educators’ Perceptions of Collaborative when Infusing Interprofessional Education. [Virtual Poster Presentation - Sole presenter]. NEXUS SUMMIT 2023, Working Together for Impact. Virtual.

Liz, A., Pinto Zipp, G., Orozco Nevers, C.G., Roux, S., Salazar, R., & Nixon, C. (2022). Implementing the 2020 WHO Rehabilitation Competencies Framework to advance interprofessional curricula and advance research opportunities in the academy. [Poster Presentation – Sole Presenter/Co-Author]. Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions Conference. Long Beach, CA.

Orozco, C.G. (2010). ‘Postural Control in Persons with Low Back Pain Following Stabilization Exercises’ [Conference presentation]. Far west athletic trainers’ association, Honolulu, HI, United States.

Orozco, C.G. (2010). ‘Exertional Rhabdomyolysis and Sickle Cell Trait in the Athlete’
[Platform presentation – Sole presenter]. Far west athletic trainers’ association, San Francisco, CA, United States.

Orozco, C.G. (2010). ‘Hit the Hill Day-The Athletic Training Student’s Experience’
[Platform presentation – Co-presenter]. Far west athletic trainers’ association, San Francisco, CA, United States.

Orozco, C.G. (2010). ‘Preventative Measures of Shoulder Pathologies & Impingement Syndrome with Soft Tissue Mobilization Techniques & Capsular Stretching’ [Platform presentation – Co-presenter]. Far west athletic trainers’ association, Las Vegas, NV, United States.