Concussion Headliners: Behind the Scenes with the Experts, Hosted by Steve Broglio

To commemorate Memorial Day, we are featuring Dr. Darren Campbell, current head team physician at BYU. Dr. Campbell has a rich background in military service, having spent numerous years caring for members of the armed forces before returning to his alma mater. In this episode, he shared his childhood memory of growing up in Utah with 6 siblings, and his first job working in a construction company carrying bricks and mud. He also spoke about his experience in various international locations, including Taiwan, Korea, Hawaii, and Afghanistan. As we observe Memorial Day in various ways, tune in to hear how Dr. Campbell's military days instilled in him values of respect, love, and camaraderie, which continue to shape his character to this day.

In our inaugural episode, Dr. Steven Broglio sits down (virtually) for a get-to-know-you chat with Dr. Robert Stern from Boston University.

Johna Register-Mihalik, PhD, LAT, ATC, FACSM, FNATA is an associate professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at the University of North Carolina. She is the co-director of the STAR Heel Performance Laboratory. She is a founding and core faculty of the Matthew Gfeller Center. She also serves as core Faculty with the Injury Prevention Research Center and as the Traumatic Division Director for the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research. She completed her undergraduate work at the University of Alabama and her master’s, doctoral, and postdoctoral work training at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Dr. Register-Mihalik’s research interests include the negative consequences, prevention, education, and clinical management of sport and recreational traumatic brain injury. Her primary work centers on novel behavioral and clinical interventions to improve the prevention and care for concussion across the lifespan. She has received several research grants to pursue this line of work. Her work has been published in various sports medicine and brain injury journals. Dr. Register-Mihalik is also an active member of many professional organizations, including the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, NATA, and the American College of Sports Medicine, ACSM.

Starting out as an adult psychotherapist, how did his professional journey take a turn into pediatrics TBI and sports-related concussion? What makes his career as a clinician and researcher rewarding? Tune in today and gain a deeper understanding of his incredible academic journey. As a confessed chocoholic with a taste for Tim Horton's double chocolate donut, Dr. Yeates is proof that intellectual rigor and a sweet tooth aren't mutually exclusive.

Dr. Jeff Barth, the creator of sport concussion research, joins us to discuss his groundbreaking work that has reshaped athlete safety worldwide. From his roots in New Jersey playing basketball and lacrosse to founding the UVA Brain Injury and Sports Concussion Institute, Dr. Barth shares his journey, his impact on professional sports, and his vision for the future of neuropsychology.