Katherine Casey-Sawicki

The UF HealthStreet community engagement newsletter is recognizing Brain Injury Awareness Month and the importance of helmet safety in their most recent issue.

Center Director Dr. Mike Jaffee recently joined Dr. Muhammad Adeel Rishi (Mayo Clinic) and Dr. Steve Hanke (Johns Hopkins University) on the Radio Health Journal podcast to discuss “The Downside of Springing Ahead.” They examine the annual switch to Daylight Saving Time and how it brings more accidents, heart attacks,…

The UF BRAIN Center is excited to be teaming up with the North Central Florida SfN society to promote brain and helmet safety during Brain Awareness Week. March 15-20, members of NCF SfN will zoom in with participating classrooms across Alachua County to lead fun, interactive…

The UF Brain Injury, Rehabilitation, and Neuroresilience Center hosted the BRAIN Building seminar on March 5, 2021. Dr. Lisa Merck, Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine, and Dr. Christopher Robinson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology’s Division of Neurocritical Care, spoke on:…

The North Central Florida SfN chapter will be holding their 11th annual chapter conference on Friday, Feb. 19. Students of center members Jennifer Bizon, Lisa Merck, Paramita Chakrabarty, Jada Lewis,…

Center members, Christopher Robinson, Michael Pizzi, Carolina Maciel, & Katharina Busl, recently published “Pterygopalatine Fossa Blockade as Novel, Narcotic-Sparing Treatment for Headache in Patients with Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage” in Neurocritical Care. Check out this ground-breaking article!…

Dr. Chris Robinson was recently featured in Billboard for his care of COVID-19 long-hauler and New York-based entertainment industry executive Jarred Arfa.

Check out the McKnight Brain Institute’s inter e-newsletter, The Brainstorm, to learn UF investigators’ most recent accomplishments in neuroscience and neuromedicine research.

In The Conversation, Center Director Mike Jaffee, MD, discusses the importance of sleep, how DST can impact sleep patterns, and why so many are ready to do away with DST.

In the inaugural session of the BRAIN Building Seminar Series, Dr. Joe Abisambra and Dr. Breton Asken presented their current research into the role of tau in neurodegeneration. Q&A followed brief presentations on November 10, 2020. Watch the video here.