Dr. Kemba Noel-London will present the 2023 Esther Larson McGinnis Scholar Lecture, “Looking outside to understand within: The complexities of play, recreation, sport, and youth development,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 25, in the Brown Ballroom III in Illinois State University’s Bone Student Center.
The annual Esther Larson McGinnis Scholar Lecture is presented by Illinois State’s School of Kinesiology and Recreation.
Dr. Noel-London is a social epidemiologist and certified athletic trainer. She is also a health equity researcher with an interest in exploring the social determinants of health and policy level impacts on minority health, specifically within the intersection of allied health and public health.
She holds a Ph.D. in public health studies and a postgraduate certificate in geospatial health from Saint Louis University’s College for Public Health and Social Justice. She also holds a master’s degree in athletic training.
Her research includes examining the impact of adverse childhood experiences on youth athletes, development of trauma informed sport and sports medicine practices and organizations, disparities in access to safe youth sports, access to athletic training and wider healthcare services, inclusive of allied health.
She has experience working as the head athletic trainer for Trinidad and Tobago’s National Men’s Rugby 7s and 15s teams, as well as experience as a travel athletic trainer for rugby teams from Australia, USA, and Canada. She is a former national volleyball athlete for Trinidad and Tobago.
