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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

Site Principal Investigators

Brown University logo

Brown University

Beth Conroy, MS

Columbia Univ

Columbia University

Natasha Desai, MD

Cornell University

Cornell University

Amy Sucheski-Drake, MD

Katy Harris

Cornell University

Dartmouth College

Kristine Karlson, MD

Jonathan Lichtenstein, PsyD, MBA

Harvard University

Harvard University

Francis Wang, MD

University of Illinois

University of Illinois

Randy Ballard, ATC

Indiana University

Indiana University

Nicholas Port, PhD

University of Iowa

University of Iowa

Andy Peterson, MD, MSPH

University of Maryland

University of Maryland

Dave Klossner, PhD

Michigan State University

Michigan State University

Matthew Saffarian, DO

University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

Erin Moore, M.Ed, LAT, ATC

University of Nebraska – Lincoln

University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Cary Savage, PhD

Northwestern University

Northwestern University

Jeff Mjaanes, MD

University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

Brian Sennett, MD

Pennsylvania State University

Pennsylvania State University

Michael Gay, PhD, LAT, ATC

Princeton University

Princeton University

Sasha Steinlight, MD

Purdue University

Purdue University

Carly Day, MD

Rutgers University

Rutgers University

Carrie Esopenko, PhD
Jason Womack, MD

University of Wisconsin – Madison

University of Wisconsin – Madison

Erin McQuillan, MS, LAT, ATC

Yale University

Yale University

Stephanie Arlis-Mayor, MD

Contact

Principal Investigator:

Doug Wiebe, PhD
dwiebe@umich.edu

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