September 3, 2021
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…
August 31, 2021
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…
August 31, 2021
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…
August 31, 2021
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,…
May 25, 2021
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…
May 25, 2021
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…
May 25, 2021
The University of Michigan Concussion Center has launched its Concussion Center Scholars Program thanks to a generous $2M endowed gift. “We are, of course, thrilled about the generous gift we received and are excited to use the funds to support…
May 4, 2021
New research from center faculty member Phil Veliz, assistant research professor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, shows self-reported concussions have increased by 20% since 2016. During that same time period, youth who reported one concussion rose from…
February 23, 2021
“For the very first time, we have a blood test for the brain,” said Dr. Fred Korley, associate professor of Emergency Medicine at Michigan Medicine and faculty member at the Michigan Concussion Center. On January 11, Abbott, a global healthcare…
February 15, 2021
Dr. Philip Veliz is an assistant research professor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing’s Applied Biostatistics Laboratory and is associate director of the Sport, Health, and Activity Research & Policy Center. His research primarily involves examining large-scale secondary…
