Concussion Update Newsletter
See below for previous editions.
Our biweekly Concussion Update newsletter provides thoughtful synopses of new research, news related to concussions, listings of free webinars, and calls for study participants for research.
RUNIT collision sport: collisions cause injury in competitive events, death in social media challenge parroting the sport (5/29/25 Newsletter)
New acute TBI diagnostic framework, youth with ADHD take longer to recover, try cognitive shuffling for insomnia
Special Advocacy Newsletter: Save the CDC’s concussion program (5/20/25 Newsletter)
Concussion Alliance Public Forum Talk, advocacy action item for CDC concussion team
Concussion In Sport Group Education Symposium highlight: A Neurodiversity Toolkit for concussion patients (5/15/25 Newsletter)
Concussion Alliance Public Forum Talk, update on CDC TBI team elimination, aerobic exercise improves executive function, chronic headaches and suicide risk
Special Edition: CDC’s Entire Traumatic Brain Injury Team Eliminated (5/1/25 Newsletter)
On April 1, the entire 5-person traumatic brain injury (TBI) team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the team responsible for the Heads Up concussion resources, online courses, and the National Concussion Surveillance System, got an email: their jobs had been furloughed due to the President's order, and they were to vacate the office that day.