(11/10/22 Newsletter) NIH formally acknowledges that CTE is caused partly by repeated TB
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This week's lead article–The National Institutes of Health formally acknowledges that CTE is caused partly by repeated TBI–is in the CTE & Neurodegeneration Issues category.
We appreciate the Concussion Alliance Interns and staff who created this edition:
Writers: Minhong Kim, Melissa Sodko, Melissa Brown, Fadhil Hussain, Conor Gormally, and Malayka Gormally
Editors: Conor Gormally and Malayka Gormally
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Opportunities
Monday, November 14, 4:30 pm EST: a free webinar, Supporting Students in the Classroom: Return to Learn, “will allow educators to gain an understanding of the struggles a student may face after sustaining a concussion.” Presented by the Brain Injury Association of New York State. Register for the webinar here.
Thursday, November 17, 4:00 pm EST: a free webinar explaining the Head Impact & Trauma Surveillance Study (HITTSS), which is recruiting online research participants to study “brain health risks in soccer and football,” presented by the Boston University CTE Center. Register for the webinar here.
Tuesday, November 22, 6:00 pm EST: a free webinar on Vestibular Therapy, presented by Shaleen Sulway, hosted by the Canadian Concussion Centre. Register in advance.
Looking for youth study participants: researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital are “Looking for Youth Athletes Who Stopped Contact Sports After Concussion” to take “to complete a few short online surveys and a 30-min phone or video interview.”
Podcast episode now available: Dr. Julie Stamm gives a “Concussion Concerns” talk on the Athletic Training Chat podcast. Dr. Stamm is the author of The Brain on Youth Sports, and she has been a guest speaker for our internship program.
Executive Editor
Concussion Alliance Co-founder, Co-executive Director, and Internship Program Director Conor Gormally
E-scooter injuries in children and adolescents are “becoming much more common and increasingly severe,” according to a 10-year study.