Ivy league – Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study
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 following vision and goals:
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
3500+
Concussion cases collected
Publications and counting
Publications & Research Summaries
Site Principal Investigators
Brown University
Beth Conroy, PI/AT
Columbia University
Natasha Desai, PI/TP
Cornell University
Amy Sucheski-Drake, PI/TP
Dartmouth College
Kristine Karlson, PI/TP
Harvard University
Francis Wang, PI/TP
University of Illinois
Randy Ballard, PI
Indiana University
Nicholas Port, PI
University of Iowa
Andy Peterson, PI/TP
University of Maryland
Dave Klossner, PI/ADM
Michigan State University
Matthew Saffarian, PI
University of Minnesota
Erin Moore, PI/AT
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Cary Savage, PI
Northwestern University
Jeff Mjaanes
University of Pennsylvania
Brian Sennett, PI/TP
Pennsylvania State University
Michael Gay, PI/AT
Princeton University
Sasha Steinlight, PI/TP
Purdue University
Carly Day, PI/TP
Rutgers University
Carrie Esopenko, PI
Jason Womack
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Erin McQuillan
Yale University
Stephanie Arlis-Mayor, PI/TP
Contact
Andrew Belfiglio, University of Pennsylvania
Data and Outreach Coordinator
Andrew.Belfiglio@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Principal Investigator:
Doug Wiebe, PhD
dwiebe@umich.edu
Study Management Team
Andrew Belfiglio, University of Pennsylvania
Data and Outreach Coordinator
Martha Cooper, Big Ten Academic Alliance
Study Liaison
Abby Bretzin, University of Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Carolyn Campbell-McGovern, The Ivy League
Study Founder