Ivy League Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study

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.

Study Symposium

Each year, we host the Ivy League-Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion annual symposium as an opportunity for the participating sites to gather and discuss the current state of the study and identify opportunities to enhance the study.

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Origin

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.

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

4000+

Concussion cases collected

Publications and counting

Publications & Research Summaries

Identifying symptom profiles and how they relate to recovery timelines among collegiate athletes with sport-related concussion

Associations of Sex and Sport Contact-Level with Recovery Timelines Among Collegiate Athletes with Sport-Related Concussion

Visual Abstract

Does the relative timing of return-to-activity stages after sports-related concussion influence return to sport time?

Progression through return-to-sport and return-to-academics guidelines for concussion management and recovery in collegiate student athletes: findings from the Ivy League-Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study

Site Principal Investigators

Brown University

Beth Conroy, MS

Columbia University

Thomas Bottiglieri, DO

Cornell University

Amy Sucheski-Drake, MD, CAQSM
Katy Harris, MS, ATC

Dartmouth College

Kristine Karlson, MD
Jonathan Lichtenstein, PsyD, MBA

Harvard University

Arun Ramappa, MD

University of Illinois

Randy Ballard, ATC

Indiana University

Nicholas Port, PhD

University of Iowa

Andy Peterson, MD, MSPH

University of Maryland

Bradley Hatfield, PhD

University of Michigan

JT Eckner, MD
David Millward, MD, MS
Abigail Bretzin, PhD, ATC

Michigan State University

Mathew Saffarian, DO

University of Minnesota

Erin Moore, MEd, LAT, ATC

University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Erin Moore, MEd, LAT, ATC

Northwestern University

Matt Nerrie, MS, LAT, ATC

University of Pennsylvania

Brian Sennett, MD
Anthony Erz, ATC

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

Elizabeth Gardner, MD

Study Management Team

University of Michigan is the Study Administration Site for this project and is supported by the Injury Prevention Center team. The University of Pennsylvania is the Data Management and Coordinating Site for the project supported by the Penn Injury Science Center team.

Contact the Team [email protected]

Study Leadership

Douglas Wiebe, PhD
Principal Investigator

Abigail Bretzin, PhD, ATC
Research Investigator, Analysis Lead and Development

Carolyn Campbell-McGovern, MBA
Ivy League
Study Founder and Ivy League Liaison

Study Advisory Committee

Art Maerlender, PhD, ABPP-CN
University of Nebraska

Emily Dorman, M.Ed, ATC
Princeton University

Carrie Esopenko, PhD
Rutgers University

Cary Savage, PhD
University of Nebraska

Jamie Noble, MD, MS
Columbia University

Jim Torner, PhD
University of Iowa

Jeff Mjaanes, MD
Northwestern University

Carolyn Campbell-McGovern, MBA
Ivy League