Amelia Bruce Leicht, Ph.D., CSCS joined the University of Kentucky in July 2025 as an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Athletic Training and Clinical Nutrition. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Exercise and Sport Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2017 and a Masters of Science degree in Exercise Science in the research concentration in 2019 from Appalachian State University. Dr. Bruce Leicht earned her Ph.D. in Sports Medicine from the University of Virginia in 2023. In July of 2023, Dr. Bruce Leicht joined the Department of Athletic Training and Clinical Nutrition as a Postdoctoral Scholar. Her current research interests are directed towards neuromuscular and biomechanical adaptations following lower extremity ligamentous injury.