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Two U-M Concussion Center members are leading a  C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital team investigating a novel treatment that has shown the potential for significant improvement in clinical outcomes following a concussion-related event.  Dr. Ingrid Ichesco, clinical assistant professor of Pediatric…

Adrian Boltz is looking into the next frontier of concussion research: big data.  “This is the tip of the iceberg,” he said. The University of Michigan School of Kinesiology Movement Science PhD student was the second author of the paper,…

University of Michigan members and community partners serve as center ambassadors through our Concussion Champions program. The champions promote the center’s mission by raising awareness of concussion prevention, identification, and management. The U-M Concussion Center’s three inaugural champions are: James…

Over the past two decades, researchers have gained a great deal of insight into the risks surrounding concussions – some of which has led to sweeping policy changes. Steven P. Broglio, University of Michigan   An estimated 90 million to…

Jingwen Hu is the associate director of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) and a research associate professor in UMTRI and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research primarily focuses on using a combination of experimental, computational, and…

Research continues to show the benefits of incorporating supervised exercise during the early symptomatic period following a sport-related concussion. Jeremiah Freeman, a certified athletic trainer with Michigan NeuroSport, worked alongside Dr. Michael Popvich, clinical assistant professor of Neurology at the…

Dr. John Leddy, clinical professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of Buffalo Jacob School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, joined the U-M Concussion Center on Thursday, October 28 for the first in-person Speaker Series event since the…

Faculty members from over a dozen units from across the University of Michigan campus came together on Tuesday, October 12 for a discussion focusing on identifying strategic enablers of the center’s concussion-related research.  The session was facilitated by the Michigan…

The U-M Concussion Center hosted the virtual discussion “Concussion and long-term neurological health: Have we just scratched the surface?” on Thursday, October 21. Raquel Gardner, associate professor of Neurology for the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine’s Welli…

Dr. Steve Broglio, professor of Athletic Training at the U-M School of Kinesiology and director of the U-M Concussion Center, spoke with The Michigan Daily about the new findings regarding the new timeline for concussion recovery and about the $42.65M grant…