Friday, April 27, 2012
Heads Up: Revising Concepts of Brain Trauma and Sport-Related Head Injury
Description:
The Department of Kinesiology will host Dr. Alan I. Faden, M.D., professor of anesthesiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and director of their Center for Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR), for their 2012 Husman Lecture.
Dr. Faden will discuss the consequences of traumatic brain injury (TBI), with a focus on sport-related head injury, and describe new approaches to prevention and treatment, which have implications for public health policy and rules governing organized sports. The increased recognition of the severity of sports-related head injuries experienced by professional athletes and youth sport participants alike have brought attention to the need for better prevention and treatment strategies.
{Will appear in FYI on Apr 25, 2012
Start Time:
1:00 PM
End Time:
2:00 PM
Room:
room 1312 (1st floor lecture hall)
Venue:
School of Public Health building
Common Location Name:
Other
Web Address:
sph.umd.edu/events/calendar_event.cfm?id=14861
Other Contact Information:
Polly Sebastian
Dept. of Kinesiology
(301) 405-2453
pollys@umd.edu
sph.umd.edu/
