Ivy League Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study
Epidemiology of Concussion Study Symposium
The Ivy League Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion annual symposium is an opportunity for the participating sites to gather and discuss the current state of the study and identify opportunities to enhance the study.
Join us in Illinois July 11th-12th, 2023!
Started in the Ivy League in 2013 as a multi-site, prospective, cohort study to characterize the epidemiology of concussions among student athletes in the Ivy League and Big Ten Conferences.
The Ivy League-Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study is an achievement of the Big Ten–Ivy League Traumatic Brain Injury Research Collaboration (TBI Collaboration), and now a free-standing study with the vision and goals listed below.
Vision
To improve the understanding of the epidemiology of sports-related concussion (SRC) and foster safe participation in collegiate athletics.
Study Goals
- To obtain epidemiologic data regarding the incidence of concussion, mechanism of injury, and return to academic and sport participation timelines of concussion for varsity and club sports endorsed by the Ivy League and Big Ten conferences.
- To identify opportunities to improve the health and safety of current and future student-athletes regarding sport-related injuries.
- To provide a Study infrastructure supporting a collaborative and participatory research community.
Highlights
Active participating institutions
Concussion cases collected
Publications and counting
Publications & Research Summaries
Site Principal Investigators
Brown University
Beth Conroy, MS
Columbia University
Natasha Desai, MD
Cornell University
Amy Sucheski-Drake, MD
Katy Harris
Dartmouth College
Kristine Karlson, MD
Jonathan Lichtenstein, PsyD, MBA
Harvard University
Francis Wang, MD
University of Illinois
Randy Ballard, ATC
Indiana University
Nicholas Port, PhD
University of Iowa
Andy Peterson, MD, MSPH
University of Maryland
Dave Klossner, PhD
Michigan State University
Matthew Saffarian, DO
University of Minnesota
Erin Moore, M.Ed, LAT, ATC
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Cary Savage, PhD
Northwestern University
Jeff Mjaanes, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Brian Sennett, MD
Pennsylvania State University
Michael Gay, PhD, LAT, ATC
Princeton University
Sasha Steinlight, MD
Purdue University
Carly Day, MD
Rutgers University
Carrie Esopenko, PhD
Jason Womack, MD
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Erin McQuillan, MS, LAT, ATC
Yale University
Stephanie Arlis-Mayor, MD
Study Management Team
Andrew Belfiglio, MPH
Project Manager, Regulatory and Outreach
Penn Injury Science Center, University of Pennsylvania
Ashley Rettmann, CCRP
Project Manager, Study Contact and Communications
U-M Injury Prevention Center, Michigan Medicine
Martha Cooper
Study Liaison
Big Ten Academic Alliance
Abby Bretzin, PhD, ATC
Research Investigator, Analysis Lead and Development
U-M Injury Prevention Center, Michigan Medicine
Nichole Burnside, MBA
Managing Director, Strategy and Development
U-M Injury Prevention Center, Michigan Medicine
Carolyn Campbell-McGovern, MBA
Ivy League
Study Founder
Study Leadership
Robin Harris, Esq.
Ivy League
Study Founder
Kerry Kenny
Big Ten
Study Founder
Carolyn Campbell-McGovern, MBA
Ivy League
Study Founder and Ivy League Liaison
Study Advisory Committee
Art Maerlender, PhD, ABPP-CN
University of Nebraska
Carrie Esopenko, PhD
Rutgers University
Jamie Noble, MD, MS
Columbia University
Jeff Mjaanes, MD
Northwestern University
Kerry Kenny
Big Ten
Emily Dorman, M.Ed, ATC
Princeton University
Cary Savage, PhD
University of Nebraska
Jim Torner, PhD
University of Iowa
Carolyn Campbell-McGovern, MBA
Ivy League