Nov
12
So you tripped on the stairs, or slipped on the ice. You fell in the office or chasing your kid in the playground. You might feel a bit woozy, a little dizzy, slightly confused. But then you pull yourself together and go back to doing what you’re doing. How could it be something serious? After …
Oct
23
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation this September to set federal guidelines for addressing sports-related concussions suffered by children playing school sports. While concussions are a serious problem for school-age children – high school football players alone are estimated to suffer 43,200 to 67,200 head injuries each year – there is little awareness of …
Sep
27
The Brain Trauma Foundation, of which Alan Quasha is President, was the recipient of a grant from the James S. McDonnell Foundation. This money is to be used to create the Attention Dynamics Consortium in Traumatic Brain Injury (ADC-TBI) which is a “bicoastal initiative to further explore the brain’s attention networks and how they are …
Sep
01
In recent news, the Brain Trauma Foundation with President Alan Quasha has received a grant from the James S. McDonnell Foundation to form the Attention Dynamics Consortium in Traumatic Brain Injury (ADC-TBI). This will be a bicoastal initiative to explore the brain’s attention networks and how they are influenced by Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Researchers …
May
08
Discussion on long-term recovery process for TBI sufferers.
Apr
06
The Brain Trauma Foundation has had many recent accomplishments. With their Chairman Alan Quasha, they have recently established the first New York TBI State trauma center tracking and compliance network together with the New York State Department of Health. They have the first research being done to study the neurobiology of mild TBI, or concussion, …