News Byte: New York Tech Experts Tapped for Timeout Talks
May 26, 2020
Pictured: Brian Harper, M.D., M.P.H., New York Tech’s chief medical officer and NYITCOM associate professor, and Hallie Zwibel, D.O., M.P.H., director of New York Tech’s Center for Sports Medicine and team physician for the New York Tech Bears athletics teams.
Two New York Tech experts appear in the East Coast Conference’s new Timeout Talks, a virtual series that launched on May 15, 2020, and features ECC Commissioner Bob Dranoff’s interviews with student-athletes, coaches, athletic staff, alumni, and others affiliated with ECC member institutions:
Brian Harper, M.D., M.P.H., New York Tech’s chief medical officer and NYITCOM associate professor, provides information about the COVID-19 virus and also shares tips on how to stay healthy during the pandemic. In addition, he discusses the steps New York Tech will have to make when it welcomes students back to campus. Watch Dr. Harper’s Timeout Talk.
In another segment focusing on the impacts of COVID-19 on colleges, Hallie Zwibel, D.O., M.P.H., director of New York Tech’s Center for Sports Medicine and team physician for the New York Tech Bears athletics teams, focuses on what needs to be done in regard to college sports. As director of the Center for eSports Medicine, Zwibel also discusses Esports wellness. Watch Dr. Zwibel’s Timeout Talk.
New York Tech is one of 10 universities in the ECC, a regional intercollegiate athletics organization that is a member of the NCAA Division II.
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