Alyssa Memmini, a member of Concussion Alliance’s Expert Advisory Board, recently led a team that developed a return-to-the-stage protocol for collegiate performing artists after a concussion.

We’ve curated a list of concussion tools you can use to decrease concussion risk, support concussion diagnosis, and navigate return-to-activity after concussion.

Factors associated with concussion reporting in high school athletes.

Researchers recently found that plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), a blood-based biomarker, can act as an objective indicator of mild traumatic brain injury in older adults.

Graduate student Abigail Mosteller is looking for participants for her graduate thesis under Dr. Mamlekar at Misericordia University.

A recent research study by Pelland and colleagues published in PLOS One provided the first evidence linking non-concussive head impacts (NHIs) to inflammatory changes in the gut microbiome in collegiate football players.

Are AI chatbots ready to be used for concussion advice? Based on a recent study published in Scientific Reports, not really.

We recommend this free, four-session online medical education for healthcare providers, on diagnosing and managing concussion patients.

Malayka Gormally, Co-founder and CEO, interviews Laurel Schmidt, featured patient in a recent New York Times article, The Great Ozempic Experiment.

Alex talked about his experiences with concussions, how they impacted his NFL career, and the choices he now has to make as a parent. Alex is on the board of Oxeia Pharmaceuticals, which is developing a medication to treat persistent post-concussion symptoms and is promoting their fundraising to launch a phase 2b clinical trial.

According to an editorial published in Cureus, computed tomography (CT) scans should be an available tool to support mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) diagnosis, but should not be “the endpoint of thinking.”

The Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation has published a concussion recognition guide for parents and coaches that includes information on recognizing concussions and practical recovery advice.

For adults who presented with a concussion at the emergency department (ED) at a level 1 trauma center, certain characteristics and symptoms were significantly associated with an increased risk of persisting symptoms after concussion (PSaC) at one month post-injury.

Both The Washington Post and The New York Times recently published articles about how GLP-1 medications (GLP-1s), approved for diabetes and weight loss, have a wider range of benefits for the body than previously thought, including potential benefits to the brain.

in a five-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial, psilocybin-assisted therapy was associated with lasting reductions in depression symptoms in adults with major depressive disorder (MDD).

A recent article published in Journal of Neurotrauma found evidence of impairments in memory and new learning in women who have experienced intimate partner violence resulting in brain injury (IPV-BI) beyond six months post-injury.

Dose of Nature, a charity founded by former National Health Service (NHS) psychologist Alison Greenwood, is prescribing time in nature as a treatment for mental health.

Limiting screen time after a concussion is common advice, but a recent study published in the Journal of Neurotrauma suggests that, for adolescents, allowing moderate screen time after a concussion may be best for recovery.

Last week (March 11th), Malayka Gormally was honored to serve as the State Lead for Washington State on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., joining a group of 234 advocates representing 39 states and territories who met with legislators as part of the Brain Injury Association of America’s National Brain Injury Conference and Awareness Day.

A study found that civilians who had been directly or indirectly exposed to explosive blasts exhibited greater post-concussion syndrome (PCS) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and had reduced white matter (WM) connectivity compared to unexposed civilians.