Jena Suffel

Jena has been a certified and licensed athletic trainer since 2009 after earning her Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training at Wilmington College. She completed an Athletic Training Graduate Assistantship at Valdosta State University, earning her Master's of Education degree in 2011. Jena completed her Doctorate of Health Science with a concentration in Education at A.T. Still University in 2019. Jena has experience with all three divisions in the NCAA as an athletic trainer and currently works with the women's basketball team. Beyond athletic training, Jena has additional certifications as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Corrective Exercise Specialist, CPR Instructor for the Red Cross, Dry Needling Pro Level 1, and Functional Movement Screen. Jena is the current treasurer and a board member of both the Ohio Athletic Trainers Association and the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association.

Jena started teaching at Heidelberg in 2013 and has stayed an active member of campus outside of the athletic training department. She is currently a Pre-Professional Health Advisor, Faculty Marshal, Chair of UAPC, member of GSC, and an advisor for the Philalethean Society. In the summers of 2014 and 2018, Jena was part of the team that taught conversational English at Tianjin University in China. In 2015, she earned Heidelberg's Aigler research grant and did a pilot study on the Functional Movement Screen. Jena was the SAAC Athletic Trainer of the Year in 2018. Every summer, she puts on a 3-day camp (Heidelberg Health Professions Camp) for current high school students.

She lives with her dog, Skyler, in Tiffin, OH.

Courses Taught

Graduate Courses taught:

Graduate Courses taught:
ATR 500 Special Topics for Athletic Training
ATR 513 Anatomy for Orthopedic Assessment
ATR 570 Clinical Proficiency I
ATR 580 Advanced Emergency Care
ATR 595 Advanced Professional Practice
ATR 601 BOC Prep
ATR 650 Upper Extremity Evaluation
ATR 671 Clinical Proficiency IV

Undergraduate Courses taught:
HSC 213: Anatomy for Orthopedic Assessment
HSC 370 Internship Faculty Supervisor
HEI 101: Advise/Inspire Mentor 1
HEI 102: Advise/Inspire Mentor 2

Expertise

Athletic training, emergency medicine, CPR, strength and conditioning, orthopedic anatomy, functional movement screen

Research Interests

Athletic training education