HOPE's Advisory Committee

Christine Boyd Stopka, B.S., M.Ed., ATC/L, Ph.D., CSCS, CAPE, MTAA

Christine is a Professor of Health Education & Behavior and has been at the University of Florida since 1982 . She established the Athletic Training & Sports Medicine Undergraduate and Graduate Specializations, the Student Injury Care Center, and the athletic training community out-reach program serving the North Central Florida area high schools, and P.K. Yonge and SFCC. She also established the Special PE & Exercise Therapy Specializations and the UF Special PE & Exercise Therapy Lab. Established the UF Adapted Aquatics program serving students with disabilities from Pre-K through adolescents. Established the Special PE/Exercise Therapy Community out-reach program providing adapted physical activity services to over 50 schools, centers, sites, and events, each term. Her research includes: exercise therapy for people with disabilities, sports medical considerations for people with disabilities; stretching techniques for people with disabilities, fitness programs for people with mental retardation, and inclusive teaching methods for people of all ages with disabilities, especially emphasizing the use of adapted equipment.