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

5000+

Concussion cases collected

Publications and counting

Publications & Research Summaries

Motivation and methods for a first population-based case-control study of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)

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

Principal Investigator(s)
Beth Conroy, MS

Co-Investigator(s)
Bailey Lewis, MS, ATC

Columbia University

Principal Investigator(s)
Thomas Bottiglieri, DO

Co-Investigator(s)
Chad Mineo, MS, ATC, OPE-C
Theodore Cowling, MS, ATC
Chris Driscoll

Cornell University

Principal Investigator(s)
Katy Harris, MS, ATC
Nick Downs, DO

Co-Investigator(s)
Lauren Case, MS, ATC

Dartmouth College

Principal Investigator(s)
Jonathan Lichtenstein, PsyD, MBA
Kristine Karlson, MD

Co-Investigator(s)
Ben Schuler, MS, ATC
Yuri Fujioka, MS, ATC

Harvard University

Principal Investigator(s)
Arun Ramappa, MD
Jorden Gaccione, MS, LAT, ATC

Co-Investigator(s)
Megan Brooks, MS, ATC
Niki Rybko, MS, ATC, LAT, CES

University of Illinois

Principal Investigator(s)
Randy Ballard, ATC

Co-Investigator(s)
Aaron Anderson, PhD
Anne Danbury, PhD, LAT, ATC, CSCS

University of Iowa

Principal Investigator(s)
Andy Peterson, MD, MSPH

Co-Investigator(s)
Katie Berger, MS

University of Maryland

Principal Investigator(s)
Bradley Hatfield, PhD

Co-Investigator(s)
Katelyn Engen, ATC
Lizzie Kerman

University of Michigan

Principal Investigator(s)
Abigail Bretzin, PhD, ATC
JT Eckner, MD

Co-Investigator(s)
Leonard Navitskis, MEd, AT, ATC
David Millward, MD, MS

Michigan State University

Principal Investigator(s)
Mathew Saffarian, DO

Co-Investigator(s)
Vincent Delvalle
Theo Belhomme, MAT, LAT, ATC, CES

University of Minnesota

Principal Investigator(s)
Erin Moore, MEd, LAT, ATC
Suzanne Hecht, MD

Co-Investigator(s)
Joi Thomas

Northwestern University

Principal Investigator(s)
Matt Nerrie, MS, LAT, ATC

University of Oregon

Principal Investigator(s)
Nick Hattrup, MS, ATC

University of Pennsylvania

Principal Investigator(s)
Brian Sennett, MD
Anthony Erz, MS, LAT, ATC, CES

Co-Investigator(s)
Jenna Ratka, MS, ATC

Pennsylvania State University

Principal Investigator(s)
Michael Gay, PhD, LAT, ATC

Princeton University

Principal Investigator(s)
Sasha Steinlight, MD

Co-Investigator(s)
Bridget Zulli, MSAT, ATC
Emily Dorman, MEd, ATC

Purdue University

Principal Investigator(s)
Carly Day, MD

Co-Investigator(s)
Scott Lawrence, DHSc, MS, MSPT

Rutgers University

Principal Investigator(s)
Jason Womack, MD
Carrie Esopenko, PhD

Co-Investigator(s)
Evan Lobato, ATC, LAT
Marissa Viqueira
Kyle Brostrand MS, ATC

University of Washington

Principal Investigator(s)
Bridget Whelan, MPH

Yale University

Principal Investigator(s)
Stephanie Schmidt, MD

Co-Investigator(s)
Jordan Lockman, MS, ATC

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