March 25, 2023
Concussion Center faculty council members Dr. Fred Korley and Dr. Katharine Seagly, along with their co-principal investigator, Dr. Chris Fung from Michigan Medicine’s department of emergency medicine, and a team of other collaborators, secured funding support from the Joyce and…
March 25, 2023
ATHINA (pronounced Athena), is the ancient Greek Goddess of wisdom and warfare. She reminds us of Concussion Center Faculty, Dr. Eleanna Varangis, as she gracefully shares her knowledge of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and won the tough battle of choosing…
March 25, 2023
U-M Concussion Center post-doctoral fellow Landon Lempke, along with co-investigators Dr. Benjamin Brett from the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology and Dr. Douglas Terry from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Neurological Surgery, received grant…
March 25, 2023
Concussion Center director Dr. Steve Broglio also leads the NeuroTrauma Research Lab with the School of Kinesiology, which focuses on conducting research to improve athlete health and safety related to concussion. We are excited to share some updates on the…
March 25, 2023
In recognition of National Athletic Training Month, the Concussion Center hosted a Concussion & Cocktails event featuring Jeremiah Freeman, the NeuroSport Athletic Trainer Clinical Specialist. As an experienced Athletic Trainer with Michigan Medicine since 2000, Jeremiah is an invaluable team…
February 17, 2023
Center member Dr. Andy Hashikawa, associate professor of emergency medicine, is organizing more Pop-up Safety Town events in underserved communities in Michigan this April and May. Pop-Up Safety Town is a pediatric injury prevention education program for young children and…
February 14, 2023
Center members utilized a CARE dataset to examine how NCAA student-athletes’ race intersects with different factors including household income, participation in different collegiate sports, and their journey returning to the classroom and the sports after sustaining a sports-related concussion (SRC).
February 14, 2023
The Concussion Center is honored to host Dr. Ruben Echmendia, an internationally renowned neuropsychologist from the University Orthopedics Center in Pennsylvania, in our April 2023’s Speaker Series.
February 12, 2023
Center member Dr. Sami Barmada, Director of Michigan Brain Bank, sat down with us to discuss his approach to understanding the long-term impacts of concussions through a molecular lens.
February 12, 2023
Concussion Center and School of Kinesiology alum, Dr. Allyssa Memmini (PhD '22), now assistant professor of athletic training in the University of New Mexico, discussed her recent publications in supporting post-secondary students' return-to-learn after concussions.
