2024 EaRLY TBI Conference

February 22-23, 2024

The EaRLY TBI Conference aims to bring together early career researchers from all backgrounds over a shared research interest in traumatic brain injury.

Tentative
Schedule

Thursday, February 22nd

Thursday will focus on skill building workshops on the following topics:

9 am EST - 10 am EST Moving from the Academy to Industry

11 am EST - 12 noon EST Current Insights Into Military Funding Mechanisms

1 pm EST - 2 pm EST Strategic Digital Branding

2 pm EST - 3 pm EST Storytelling in Scientific Communication

3 pm EST - 4 pm EST AI 101: Augmenting Scholarly Research with Intelligent Tools

3 pm EST - 4 pm EST Do I Stay or Leave? Changing Jobs as an Early Career Researcher

Friday, February 23rd

10 am EST - 11 EST: Abstract presentations : Pediatric Concussion

11 am EST - 12 noon EST Abstract presentation : Concussion in Collegiate Populations

12 - 1 pm EST: Lunch Break

1 pm EST - 2 pm EST: Abstract presentations : Concussion in Special Populations

2 pm EST - 3 pm EST: Senior Panel Presentations

3 pm EST - 4 pm EST: Senior Panel Discussion

Senior Panel Speakers

Amber Donaldson, DPT M Physio (Manip), SCS, CSCS, FACSM

Vice President Sports Medicine

US Olympic and Paralympic Committee

Para-athlete considerations

Tamara Valovich McLeod, PhD, ATC, FNATA

Professor

A.T. Still University

Focusing on the patient perspective

Julie Wilson, MD

Outreach Club Co-Medical Director, Concussion Program Co-Director, Orthopedics Co-Medical Director of Informatics

University of Colorado School of Medicine / Children's Hospital Colorado

Get them moving and keep them moving: Physical activity and re-injury risk in pediatric concussion

Workshop Speakers

Strategic Digital Branding

Lael Annmarie

Entrepreneur, digital/social marketer

Do I Stay or Leave? Changing Jobs as an Early Career Researcher

Zach Kerr

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Patrick Ledwidge

Western Kentucky University

Moving from Academia to Industry

Coming Soon

AI 101: Augmenting Scholarly Research with Intelligent Tools

Aaron Montgomery

Associate Professor, Baldwin Wallace University

Storytelling in Scientific Communication

Katherine Breedlove

Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Current Insights Into Military Funding Mechanisms

David Cifu

Virginia Commonwealth University

Abstract Presenters

Aaron Sinnot

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Guardian Cap Soft-Shell Padding Efficacy in American Football Throughout a Competitive Season

Collegiate 11 - 12p EST

Caitlin Gallo

PhD Student

University of Delaware

Effect of Repetitive Head Impacts in Collegiate Ice Hockey on a Multifaceted Concussion Test Battery

Collegiate 11 - 12p EST

Scott Passalugo

PhD Student

University of Delaware

Emerging Concussion Assessments Baseline Performance in Ice Hockey Players Across Age Groups

Collegiate 11 - 12p EST

Kristiana Brickman

PhD Student

Western Kentucky University

The association between the P300 ERP amplitude and indices of concussion recovery in an acute sample

Special Populations 1-2p EST

Grace Revill

PhD Student

University College London

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury but not Orthopaedic Injury is Associated with Subsequent Psychiatric Problems and Mental Health Service Use in 9 to 12-Year-Old Children

Pediatrics 10-11 EST

James Shih

Research Fellow

University of Michigan

Longitudinal relationship between Youth Football Participation and Hippocampal Volumes: Insights from the ABCD Study

Pediatrics 10-11 EST

James Wilkes

Research Scientist

Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

The Intersection of Sleep and Head Impacts in Division I Collegiate Football Players: A Pilot Study

Collegiate 11 - 12p EST

Bryna Goeckner

Graduate Student

Medical College of Wisconsin

Associations of progesterone and estradiol with concussion and clinical outcomes in female athletes and cadets

Special Populations 1-2p EST

Kumiko Hashida

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Georgia

Predicting Simulated Driving Performance in Individuals with Concussion

Collegiate 11 - 12p EST

Ellie Birch, MA, CCC-SLP

Indiana University

Social Communication Rating Scale for Conversational Discourse in Traumatic Brain Injury

Special Populations 1-2p EST

Sam Zeff

Assistant Professor

Cal State - Long Beach

Gait modifications during dynamic visual acuity tasks in contact sport athletes

Collegiate 11 - 12p EST

Wan Rong Eunisse Chua

Graduate Student

Arizona State University

A Protocol to Measure Synaptosome Quantity in Rats Using Flow Cytometry

Special Populations 1-2p EST

Mahima Desai

Undergraduate Student

Virginia Commonwealth University

The Influence of Sport Type on Immediate Removal from Play Following Concussion in Adolescent Athletes

Pediatrics 10-11 am EST

Scott Passalugo

PhD Student

University of Delaware

Emerging Concussion Assessments Baseline Performance in Ice Hockey Players Across Age Groups

Collegiate 11-12 pm EST

Kate Smulligan

PhD Candidate/Physical Therapist

University of Colorado School of Medicine / Colorado Children's Hospital

Predicting Subsequent Injury Risk After Concussion: The Role of Cervical Spine Proprioception

Pediatrics 10-11 am EST

Patrick Ledwidge

Assistant Professor

Western Kentucky University

A trial-by-trial examination of working memory ERP brain dynamics after a season of high-school football

Pediatrics 10-11 am EST

Sam Walton

Assistant Professor

Virginia Commonwealth University

Associations of Age at First Concussion and Sex with Long-Term Mood-Related Outcomes in Active-Duty and Veteran Military Service Members

Special Populations 1-2 pm EST

Landon Lempke

Assistant Professor

Virginia Commonwealth University

Test-Retest Reliability and Minimal Detectable Change of an Ecologically Valid Return to Activity Evaluation: The Functional Assessment of Neurocognition in Sport (FANS)

Special Populations 1-2 pm EST

2024 EaRLY TBI Conference

Tentative Schedule

Thursday, February 22nd

Friday, February 23rd

Senior Panel Speakers

Workshop Speakers

Strategic Digital Branding

Do I Stay or Leave? Changing Jobs as an Early Career Researcher

Moving from Academia to Industry

AI 101: Augmenting Scholarly Research with Intelligent Tools

Storytelling in Scientific Communication

Current Insights Into Military Funding Mechanisms

Abstract Presenters

Aaron Sinnot

Guardian Cap Soft-Shell Padding Efficacy in American Football Throughout a Competitive Season

Caitlin Gallo

Effect of Repetitive Head Impacts in Collegiate Ice Hockey on a Multifaceted Concussion Test Battery

Scott Passalugo

Emerging Concussion Assessments Baseline Performance in Ice Hockey Players Across Age Groups

Kristiana Brickman

The association between the P300 ERP amplitude and indices of concussion recovery in an acute sample

Grace Revill

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury but not Orthopaedic Injury is Associated with Subsequent Psychiatric Problems and Mental Health Service Use in 9 to 12-Year-Old Children

James Shih

Longitudinal relationship between Youth Football Participation and Hippocampal Volumes: Insights from the ABCD Study

James Wilkes

The Intersection of Sleep and Head Impacts in Division I Collegiate Football Players: A Pilot Study

Bryna Goeckner

Associations of progesterone and estradiol with concussion and clinical outcomes in female athletes and cadets

Kumiko Hashida

Predicting Simulated Driving Performance in Individuals with Concussion

Ellie Birch, MA, CCC-SLP

Social Communication Rating Scale for Conversational Discourse in Traumatic Brain Injury

Sam Zeff

Gait modifications during dynamic visual acuity tasks in contact sport athletes

Wan Rong Eunisse Chua

A Protocol to Measure Synaptosome Quantity in Rats Using Flow Cytometry

Mahima Desai

The Influence of Sport Type on Immediate Removal from Play Following Concussion in Adolescent Athletes

Scott Passalugo

Emerging Concussion Assessments Baseline Performance in Ice Hockey Players Across Age Groups

Kate Smulligan

Predicting Subsequent Injury Risk After Concussion: The Role of Cervical Spine Proprioception

Patrick Ledwidge

A trial-by-trial examination of working memory ERP brain dynamics after a season of high-school football

Sam Walton

Associations of Age at First Concussion and Sex with Long-Term Mood-Related Outcomes in Active-Duty and Veteran Military Service Members

Landon Lempke

Test-Retest Reliability and Minimal Detectable Change of an Ecologically Valid Return to Activity Evaluation: The Functional Assessment of Neurocognition in Sport (FANS)

Tentative
Schedule