Dr Willie Stewart
@WillStewNeuro
Honorary Professor UoG and Penn
Neuropathology, TBI, concussion, CTE
TBI-REPORTER, FIELD:LONG, CONNECT-TBI, PREVENT:RFC, BrainHOPE, ACME
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In the community-based #ARIC cohort, post-traumatic epilepsy was associated with an increased risk of dementia that was significantly higher than the risk associated with head injury or seizure/epilepsy alone. Andrea Schneider Penn Medicine University of Pennsylvania Neurology ja.ma/3JcG6xG
I am disillusioned that 3 coauthors of the much delayed football Heading Study funded by The Drake Foundation are or have been recent members of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council & not declared it in the paper awaiting peer review:
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
TBI-REPORTER are recruiting an Experimental Medicine Network project co-ordinator! Please consider this exciting post, setting up a UK network for interventional studies. Peter Hutchinson David Menon Dr Willie Stewart @Neurosharp jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/45909/
What's the chances?
A week after meeting and chatting to 1994 World Cup winning Gill Burns MBE PREVENT Dementia 10year anniversary, there's fascinating article in The Herald on the challenge getting the tournament organised in first place.
Excellent opportunity for fellowship funding just launched by Brain Research UK
Themes:
- Headache and facial pain
- Neuro-oncology
- Acquired brain and spinal cord injury
Deadline 10th September 2024
brainresearchuk.org.uk/research/apply…
Henry Winter in Times Sport writes, 'It is noticeable how Southgate keeps heading practice to a minimum in England training.' CTE Football Dementia begins with young players and CoachesAcrossContinents and Head Safe Football work to educate coaches to reduce heading in training.
Morning sightseeing run with Dr Laura Booi and Professor Brian Lawlor to round off PREVENT Dementia 10year anniversary
But where's Craig Ritchie ???
Huge thank you to everyone who joined us today to celebrate 10 years of PREVENT Dementia. A fantastic day celebrating with participants and colleagues, here's to the next 10 years! Footage to come courtesy of Alzheimer's Society For Researchers Dementia Researcher #PREVENT10years
Pleasure to chat with two legends of rugby Gill Burns MBE and Jason White around #BrainHealth and sport #PREVENT10years PREVENT Dementia
Final week of Guinness Men's Six Nations meant a final week with Scotland for Dr. James Robson.
Players past and present paid tribute to Doc as part of this week's 'Our Thistle.'
Full Episode 📺 tinyurl.com/3kp377nf