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Next phase of CARE, the CARE-SALTOS Integrated (CSI) Study to follow athletes 10+ years after concussive injury and repetitive head impact exposure The NCAA-U.S. Department of Defense Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) Consortium — the largest concussion and repetitive…

The University of Michigan Concussion Center and Detroit Public Schools Community District have partnered to develop a concussion toolkit to improve concussion prevention, identification, and care for student-athletes. The toolkit addresses gaps in concussion education, lists available resources and provides…

Concussion Center faculty member Adam Finkel, clinical professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, wrote an essay for the British Safety Council magazine titled “Brain injury in sport: why the House of Commons report…

Director Steve Broglio highlighted the Care Consortium study “The Natural History of Sport-Related Concussion in Collegiate Athletes: Findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium,” during an interview this week with Michigan News. He talked about how normal concussion recovery time could take…

Concussion Center Director Steve Broglio was interviewed by WXYZ-Detroit for their news story “Should tackle football be banned for youth under 14? Michiganders weigh in on debate.” The story focuses on the public service announcement featuring Brett Favre encouraging parents to…

University of Michigan School of Kinesiology PhD candidate Allyssa Memmini has published research studying factors that influence an adult’s decision to allow a child to participate in contact sports.  Published in the Journal of Athletic Training, the article “Evaluating adult…

Dr. Stanley Herring joined the University of Michigan Concussion Center and local and national guests on Thursday, July 22, 2021, for the virtual presentation “Youth Sports Concussion: Addressing the Athlete with Persisting Symptoms.” His talk focused on youth athlete concussion…

Kristen Schuyten, the performing arts rehabilitation program coordinator at Michigan Medicine’s MedSport, is a physical therapy clinical specialist with board certification in sports.  Kristen is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist and performs staff training in the screening, evaluation,…

Dr. Bruno Giordani is a professor in the Michigan Medicine departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Psychology, as well as the U-M School of Nursing. He is the associate director of the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, the chief psychologist for…

Spencer Liebel, a clinical neuropsychology postdoctoral fellow in the University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry, is expanding his passion for sport related concussion research with Dr. Steve Broglio, director of the University of Michigan Concussion Center, and co-PI of CARE…