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What is the BRAIN Center?
We are a community that craves collaboration. We align our scientific and clinical diversity to achieve excellence. We are committed to our collective growth. We are learners and explorers engaged in improving the quality of life after acquired CNS trauma.
~Joe Abisambra, BRAIN Center Deputy Director |
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Key Takeaways from the Strategic Planning Retreat
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The center hosted a Strategic Planning Retreat at the beautiful Stern Learning Center on the Austin Cary Forest Campus this fall. Facilitated by UF's Training & Organizational Development, members had an opportunity to discuss their shared definition of the center’s success and opportunities for growth. Key-takeaways and resulting new initiatives are in the works.
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NFL Partners with UF to Measure On-Field Head Impacts Using Novel Mouthguard Sensors
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Led by UF team physician and center member Jay Clugston, UF will partner with the NFL to better understand on-field head impact. UF will collect data from these head impacts through mouthguard sensors to inform injury reduction efforts.
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BRAIN Leads the Way in Concussion Science
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In a major week for concussion science across the US and Europe, center members and alumni presented their research at the American Academy of Neurology 2022 Fall Conference, the 6th Annual CTE Conference at Boston University, and the 6th International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport in Amsterdam.
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Adropin Treatment Shows Promise to Limit Post-stroke Brain Damage in Mouse Study
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Center member Eduardo Canderlario-Jalil and his team have identified a new potential way to minimize brain damage caused by ischemic stroke: a treatment using a synthetic form of adropin, a molecule naturally produced in mammals. Findings from the preclinical mouse-model study, published in the journal Stroke, offer hope of adding to limited treatment options to thwart the worst effects of stroke.
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Researchers Receive $3.6 Million to Study Breathing Therapy for Patients with Spinal Cord Injury
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Center members, Drs. Emily Fox and Gordon Mitchell, are leading a new study investigating methods for optimizing therapeutic acute intermittent hypoxia. They hope to gain a better understanding of which individuals will benefit from this novel form of breathing therapy.
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BRAIN Center Members Join Gainesville Walk to End Alzheimer's
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As part of Team UFHealth, the BRAIN Center joined forces with UF's neuro community in Gainesville's Walk to End Alzheimer’s on October 22, 2022. Participants raised $122,000 to go towards Alzheimer’s care, support for research, awareness and advocacy!
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Center Members Among Research Teams Awarded MBI Grant Funding
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Several center members, including Drs. Erica Dale, Brian Hoh, Michael Jaffee, Gordon Mitchell, and David Vaillancourt, were among eight research teams awarded MBI funds to conduct neuroscience and neuromedicine research at UF.
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Member Publications: Oct - Nov 2022
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Want to see the latest member research? From King-Devick testing and concussion recovery time in collegiate athletes to trends in outpatient rehabilitation use for stroke survivors to predicting brain death after cardiac arrest, our members have published over 20 manuscripts in a variety of areas since October. Check out the full list below!
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BRAIN Building Returns in Spring 2023
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Kick off the new year with the return of BRAIN Building! On Mon, Jan 9 at 12 pm, Lakiesha Williams, PhD, and Joe Abisambra, PhD, will discuss the development of the UF Traumatic Brain Injury Co-Op and how YOU can get involved. Register in advance below!
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