Our Members

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    Stephen T. Casper, PhD

    Stephen T. Casper, PhD is a historian of medicine, a Professor in the History of Science at Clarkson University, and is writing a monograph on the cultural history of medicine focused on the history of violence and brain damage. READ MORE–>

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    Paul Chazot, PhD

    Paul Chazot, PhD is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology in the Department of Biosciences (Durham University, DU), a Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society, and works on disease-modification for neurodegenerative diseases. READ MORE–>

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    Amanda Ellison, PhD

    Professor Amanda Ellison is a physiologist with a PhD in neuroscience, the Executive Director of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing at Durham University, and the author of Getting your Head Around the Brain and The Inside Story on Headaches. READ MORE–>

  • Judith Gates, PhD

    Judith Gates, PhD

    Dr. Judith Gates is Chair and Co-founder of Head for Change, a UK-based charity committed to being part of the solution to sports-related neuro-degenerative disease. READ MORE–>

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    Conor Gormally

    Conor Gormally is Co-founder, Co-executive Director, and Internship Program Director for Concussion Alliance, a concussion education and advocacy nonprofit. READ MORE–>



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    Malayka Gormally

    Malayka Gormally is the Co-founder and Co-executive Director of Concussion Alliance, which she co-founded with her son, Conor Gormally. READ MORE–>



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    Irene R. Gottlieb

    Irene R. Gottlieb brings extensive experience as an advocate and activist for athletes and their families specific to brain health and the repercussions of subconcussive injury causing CTE. READ MORE–>

  • Karen Hind, PdD

    Karen Hind

    Karen Hind PhD has expertise in leadership in research, ethical principles and conduct, and research integrity; she led the first independent study into the health of retired UK-based rugby players. READ MORE–>

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    Doug King, BN, PhD

    Doug King is the Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist (Emergency) in a Level 4 Hospital in New Zealand., and has an active interest in mild traumatic brain injuries in both the Sport and Intimate Partner Violence domains. READ MORE–>

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    Patria Hume, PhD

    Patria Hume, PhD, FISBS, FRSNZ, is Professor of Human Performance at Auckland University of Technology, researching sports performance, kinanthropometry, and injury biomechanics & epidemiology. READ MORE–>

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    Elizabeth Sandel, MD

    Elizabeth Sandel, MD, has decades of experience providing care for people with brain injuries and other neurological disorders and is the author of Shaken Brain: The Science, Care, and Treatment of Concussion. READ MORE–>

  • Photo of Alice Theadom, PhD

    Alice Theadom, PhD

    Alice Theadom, Ph.D., is a Professor of Brain Health at Auckland University of Technology and a Registered Psychologist, with specialist expertise in mild traumatic injury and concussion in the community. READ MORE–>

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    Sally Tucker, MD

    Sally Tucker, MD is Co-founder of the charity Head for Change, the daughter of a former professional footballer with CTE, and a General Surgeon working in the NHS in the UK, with a Master’s degree in Medical Ethics and Law. READ MORE–>