Carey (she/her) is the Director of Health Promotion within the NCAA Sport Science Institute.  In this role, Carey serves as the member point of contact for a portfolio of topics including student-athlete mental health promotion, sexual violence prevention, substance misuse prevention and harm reduction, and more. Carey is a nationally certified Physician Assistant with over 10 years of experience providing team-based patient care in the sports medicine and behavioral health fields. Carey served as Director of Clinical Assessment and Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Division of PA Education for five years, where she developed and taught behavioral health and adolescent development curriculum, as well as led the PA Student Wellness Committee. Carey earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and her master’s degree in PA Studies from the University of South Dakota. She completed an executive fellowship in addiction medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where she is also PhD Candidate in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research.