Elise Fengler joined the Sports Medicine staff in 2022. 

She graduated from The University of Pittsburgh in 2016 with her B.S in Athletic Training and earned her Masters in Exercise Science at Syracuse University in 2018.  Her Master’s thesis, “The Influence of Exercise and Exercise Duration of Salivary miRNA in Professional Male Soccer Players”, explored salivary miRNA as a non-invasive method of collecting objective data on exercise responses and concussion diagnosis which was used to co-author 2 articles, “Refinement of Saliva microRNA Biomarkers for Sports-Related Concussion” and “Saliva microRNA Biomarkers of Cumulative Concussion.

While at Syracuse she worked as an Athletic Trainer for Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists with various local high schools and colleges (SUNY ESF, LeMoyne, Cazenovia, and Bryant and Stratton).

Most recently she worked at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia primarily working with Men’s Soccer, Women’s Basketball, and Baseball

Sports coverage: Women’s Soccer, Women’s Basketball, Baseball, and Women's Rowing