August 31, 2022
U-M Concussion Center joined more than 40 community partners in celebrating the first major public event held on the historic 53-acre Marygrove campus on August 13, 2022. Building upon our existing partnership with the Detroit Public School Community District (DPSCD),…
July 6, 2022
The University of Michigan Concussion Center is proud to announce that Dr. Douglas Wiebe, director of the University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center, will be joining our Executive Committee as the associate director of the Outreach & Engagement Core. Dr.…
May 23, 2022
The Board of Regents on Thursday, May 19 approved recommendations for promotions for regular associate and full professor ranks at the University of Michigan. Two Concussion Center faculty members were among the professors who were promoted. They are: Andrea Almeida,…
May 19, 2022
Dr. Andrew Hashikawa, associate professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at Michigan Medicine, spends his non-clinical time providing injury prevention education to those who need it most, such as preschool children. He is teaming up with AAA, the Auto Club…
May 19, 2022
Dr. Andrew Hashikawa is an Associate Professor in the departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics and is board certified in pediatric emergency medicine and pediatrics. He serves as an executive committee member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on…
May 19, 2022
The Michigan Concussion Center is proud to announce that Dr. Eleanna Varangis, a tenure-track assistant professor of Movement Science at the School of Kinesiology, will join the center in August 2022. She is a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University using…
May 19, 2022
Lacrosse is one of the fastest-growing sports in the United States, with nearly 213,000 high school males and females participating during the 2018/19 academic year. Unique from other sports, there are significant rule differences between the men’s and women’s games.…
March 9, 2022
DALLAS, TX – The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) published its position statement, “Reducing Intentional Head-first Contact Behavior in American Football Players” in the Journal of Athletic Training, NATA’s scientific publication. The statement is an update to the 2004 position…
February 16, 2022
Dr. Ingrid Ichesco is a clinical assistant professor of Pediatric Sports Medicine at Michigan Medicine. Her interests include sports medicine, musculoskeletal injuries/pain, concussions, and female athlete care. We spoke with her about her interest in concussions, concussion treatments in the…
February 14, 2022
Tina Chen is the U-M Concussion Center’s new managing director. Tina spent the last three years working for the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan as its university engagement manager, overseeing cross campus collaborations in volunteer management and nurturing…
