Diamond partners with TN Dept. of Health to launch first youth sports safety rating system in US
MPH alumnus Alex Diamond, D.O., M.P.H., professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and Pediatrics and director of the Program for Injury Prevention in Youth Sports (PIPYS) at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, collaborated with the Tennessee Department of Health to launch a new rating system that allows parents to check if youth sports leagues in Tennessee follow state-recommended safety protocols. Safe Stars is the nation’s first statewide rating system for all types of youth leagues.