The University of Michigan
Biosciences Initiative recently
set aside $5.6 million to fund
the creation of the Michigan
Concussion
Center.
The
center, which will be led by
Prof. Steven Broglio, director
of the NeuroTrauma Lab,
will focus on understanding
concussion
prevention,
treatment
and
long-term
consequences.
Twenty
years
ago,
concussions were not taken
seriously as a real injury.
Because there was so little
information available on the
nature and ramifications of
the injury, it was common for
football
players
who
got
knocked out during a game
to be put back in 10 minutes
later. Today, though, doctors
and researchers have come
a long way in understanding
concussions,
and
strong
efforts have been made to
improve injury assessment
and treatment. Still, there
remain
many
unanswered
questions,
particularly
in
grasping what the long-term
effects are.
The Michigan Concussion
Center’s
structure
will
revolve around three main
cores: research, clinical and
outreach. To meet the needs
of the different cores, the
center has pulled together
faculty members from across
different University campuses
and
disciplines.
Andrea
Almeida,
clinical
assistant
professor of Neurology, who
will co-direct the clinical
care core at the Michigan
Concussion Center, stressed
the collaborative nature of
the project. She also cited the
center’s unique ability to draw
on expertise from all over the
University to produce a more
comprehensive line of
concussion research.
“The
Michigan
Concussion
Center
is
exciting because it will
allow us to build on
our strong foundation
and
enhance
existing
collaborations
by
unifying diverse faculty
and
staff
across
the
University making U of
M an international leader
in the field of concussion
education, research and
clinical care,” Almeida
wrote in an email to The
Daily.
Getting a concussion
can be scary. Business
sophomore
Kelvin
Chang suffered a mild
concussion earlier this
semester
after
falling
off his bike when his
front mud-guard came
loose. He believes the
concussion
negatively
affected his performance
in school.
“I
felt
constantly
sleepy
and
lack
of
motivation afterwards,”
Chang wrote in an email
interview with The Daily. “I
would go as far as saying that
my grade dropped due to my
concussion. I was lucky that
it was a mild case and the
sleepiness went away after a
week. However, may it be the
concussion or the sophomore
slump, I have been finding it
harder to concentrate on work
afterwards.”
Even though Chang has
recovered, he is still worried
about the ways his injury
might continue to affect him.
“I am still worried to this
day if I am experiencing
effects that I simply don’t
know,” he said.
Chang is not alone in
holding these concerns, and
long-term effects will be the
primary focus of the Michigan
Concussion Center, according
to Broglio.
“The big question everyone
is asking is, ‘What happens
30 years later?’” Broglio said.
“We really want to get into
what the long-term effects
are. And if there are long-
term effects that we have to
be worried about, how do we
mitigate them, how do we
prevent them, what can we do
on the front end, to stop the
things on the back end?”
Most long-term studies on
concussion effects are still
in their initial stages. One
current study takes college
students and follows up with
them every year for 30 years
after
they
graduate.
The
study currently has 30 sites
across the country and 45,000
participants.
Thirty years is a long
time to wait for results,
and Broglio said there are
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“The U.S. has found domestic ways to avoid the prohibition of separating children from
their parents, to avoid the duty not to detain refugee claimants other than briefly and
after showing it to be necessary in the individual case, and generally to give asylum
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