Katrina.32.Athlete & Entrepreneur.Been playing competitive hockey for 25 years.No known Concussions until a severe hit from behind in hockey March 2019. Didn’t know I was concussed until 10 days later and things spiralled from there. My body shut down. Hospitalized almost a week (endless testing and bright loud environment made it worse). I had to relearn how to walk, talk. Couldn’t work or function normally for 6 months. Shared my story on social media. A friend took me to Ottawa Performance Ca...

In summer 2019, Ellen got a Tbi while biking home in Ottawa. She will be sharing her insight while dealing with ongoing PCS. Ellen will discuss her experiences such as going back to school, accepting her new reality, the importance of celebrating the small things, and how she redefined success. She strongly believes in the power of being part of a Tbi/concussion community and looks forward to talking about her experiences.Concussion Chats is a podcast hosted by the McGill Students for the Concus...

Founded in 2000, ABI Ireland, helps the roughly 19,000 people who are brain injured in Ireland each year, by being the leading provider of community based rehabilitation services for those with an acquired brain injury (ABI)."Barbara is best known for her vision to create specialist neuro-rehabilitation services in communities throughout Ireland for people living with brain injury. Prior to co-founding Acquired Brain Injury Ireland in 2000, Barbara worked as an Occupational Therapy Manager with ...

TeachAids is a social venture that grew out of Stanford and Dr. Piya Sorcar's doctoral work. "This effort grew into a collaborative consortium of world-class experts from disciplines including education, medicine, communications, technology, and design thinking. The Institutional Review Board-approved research and methodology has demonstrated statistically significant gains in learning and retention, and provided the highest learning effects and comfort rates of any tested educational approach.1...

Alan is a former professional boxer that now coaches. For years he has told his wife that something still wasn’t right in his head. When his wife and children noticed him becoming more angry, confused, depressed, and showing inappropriate behaviors they took him to the doctor. After numerous doctors, CTs and MRIs he was diagnosed with Dementia Pujulistica and Probable CTE at John Hopkins in 2017. Since then Alan has started writing poems about his experience and continues to fight for his life, ...

Dr. Frances Skinner is a Senior Scientist of Computational Neuroscience at the Krembil Brain Institute's Krembil Research Institute. My first question, of course, was 'what is computational neuroscience?' I had seen a tweet from Krembil Brain Institute in which Dr. Skinner was tagged or to which she replied, but either way when I saw the title Computational Neuroscientist I had to find out more! Along with some deciphering as to what computational neuroscience entails, we also discuss the comple...

Emily, Taya, and Nick ask their fourth co-host, Erin Guilfoyle how she became so interested in brain injury that she move to a different city to learn more about how best to help others, and how it led to her job as at the Newfoundland and Labrador Brain Injury Association (NLBIA), and to her being a co-host on Concussion Talk Podcast. We find out more about Erin's interests outside of work as well!Concussion Chats is a podcast hosted by the McGill Students for the Concussion Legacy Foundation, ...

Living with PCS, 3 years ago Ashley’s life was changed forever. What she thought was going to be a simple recreational game with friends on a Monday night, changed her life. Ashley will be speaking about how her positive mindset has become stronger than ever, how celebrating the little wins daily keeps you sane, and overcoming the dread of asking and seeking help. The toughest part was accepting she couldn’t do it all. She will also discuss how asking for help and leaning on friends, family, med...

Bella Paige was just recently on Concussion Chats where she discussed her 10 + concussions! Bella is the owner of Post Concussion Inc., and the host of The Post Concussion Podcast. We talk about her concussions, what she found challenging, what, if anything, were the differences between concussions, what having a concussion focused podcast is like, and helping others on their own concussion journey. Recognizing the uniqueness of each one. Subscribe and leave a review! Visit https://www.concuss...

In this episode Erin and I talk to Shana De Caro, the Chairwoman of the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA). Shana talks about the important mission of the organization; the resources available to brain injury survivors and caregivers, including what to expect for adults and children, whether that's around the home, at work or at school. Shana also discusses the current challenges for advocacy, treatment, and the difficulty with diagnosis during COVID 19. Shana is the De Caro of De Caro a...

Dr. David Ellemburg is a neuropsychologist researcher at University of Montreal. Dr. Ellemburg is focused on understanding the organization and functional plasticity of the human brain during its development, recovery from brain injury and the limits of this plasticity In this episode he discusses what research is currently working on in regards to TBI and concussions in sports.Concussion Chats is a podcast hosted by the McGill Students for the Concussion Legacy Foundation, with the help of Nick...

On episode 81 Erin and I talk to Ethan O'Brien and Dr. Sasha Blaskovich. Although each have unique concussion stories, and followed different paths, the two came together to co-author, "Dr. B's Concussion Breakthrough" (a #1 Amazon Best Selling Book)! We discuss their stories, concussion symptoms, Dr. Blaskovich's practice and why they wrote a book together. Subscribe and leave a review! Visit https://www.concussiontalk.com/ for more! Follow and subscribe! @concussiontalk on YouTube, Instagra...

On episode 80, Erin and I talk to Michael Kaplen of De Caro & Kaplen, a law firm in New York that specializes in brain injury. We talk to Michael about his legal background that lead him to a focus on brain injury, and what he has learned along the way, including his years as president of the Brain Injury Association of New York State. We also talk about the course, Michael Kaplen teaches at George Washington University Law School, about brain injury and the U.S. law. Subscribe and leave a revi...

Dr. Hilary Duncan is a clinical psychologist with over 10 years of professional experience, including 8 years at Concordia University where she completed specialized training in neuropsychological assessment. Her training includes positions at the ADHD Clinic of the Royal Victoria Hospital, The Jewish General Hospital Memory Clinic, and the Johns Hopkins Hospital Neurorehabilitation Unit in Baltimore. She also works in her private practice in the Plateau.Concussion Chats is a podcast hosted by t...

David first became injured in August of 2006 following 2 mTBIs within 10-minutes. He also suffers from fibromyalgia and PTSD amoungst other injuries and damages. Learning to free himself form an unhelpful medical system was the best move he ever made and it kept him alive to this day. He works as an energy and reiki instructor and has found may listed ways to heal mind, brain, and spirit. He is now in his 2nd year of podcasting and video casting for post-concussion syndrome awareness worldwide, ...

On the third episode of BRAINIAC, Edina Bijvoet, president of the University of Toronto chapter of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, will interview Sophia Gutierrez, a University of Toronto Kinesiology student. Sophia has sustained 2 concussions, and shares her concussion story with listeners. Although Sophia has an extensive sport background, one of her concussions was actually sustained through an assault. Her recovery and her perspective is highly insightful!Be sure to check out University of...

Cathy is a five-year survivor of traumatic brain injury that works as a key player for a variety of different types of companies. She is passionate about neuroscience and TBI recovery. She will be sharing her story of overcoming adversity through self-advocacy and about her recovery that has been centered around neuro-optometric rehabilitation.Cathy is the founder of https://www.makethegradetraining.com/about-us/ and her skills run the gamut from training large groups of teachers nationally to p...

On episode 75 Erin interviews me about being a Standardized Patient at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) Med School (St. John's, NL, Canada). I've been doing this since 2018, thanks to my GP Dr. Jessica Bishop. It's an excellent program where second year medical students are able to interact/"examine" people with interesting histories and conditions, hopefully preparing them better for real life situations when they inevitably arise as they begin practice. Subscribe and leave a review! ...

Felicia and Allie from Keep Your Head Up @keepyourheadupKW share a segment that they have launched on their Instagram called TBI Through the Eyes of Others. Through this series, they aim to share insights from members of an individual’s circle of support following a concussion.In today’s episode Allie and Felicia discuss traumatic brain injury through the eyes of athletic therapists. For this segment, they asked Brie Donelson Head Athletic Therapist of the Guelph Storm Hockey Club to share her e...

A brief introduction and interview to my new co-host Erin Guilfoyle. Erin has a background in Behavioural Neuroscience, criminology and brain disorders management. We chat about her background, current work and hopes for the future, as well as her role as Coordinator of Programs & Services at the Newfoundland & Labrador Brain Injury Association (NLBIA). To learn more about Erin's work check out NL Brain Injury Association on Facebook, or www.nlbia.ca @nlbraininjuryassociation and @ahealingbrain ...

Kristine is an mTBI survivor who found power in brain entrainment and alternative modalities. Part of her mission now is to help other TBI survivors on their journey to find strength in their new normal.Instagram: @tbithriverConcussion Chats is a podcast hosted by the McGill Students for the Concussion Legacy Foundation, with the help of Nick from Concussion Talk. This podcast is dedicated to providing hope and strength to those suffering from concussions through sharing experiences. Join us to ...

I completed Rosetta Stone Spanish (Latin America) in 2014, but geography, along with other circumstances, mean that my exposure to Spanish is limited, and I'm far from fluent. Nevertheless, it was a great course, I learned a lot, it wouldn't take long to get up to speed, and at the very least it's not indecipherable.That brings me to Episode 71 where Dr. Alejandra Merriman and Oscar Lopez Huerta, LAT, ATC will talk about concussion and how the essential communication between the injured person a...

Dr. Shannon Bauman, Medical Director of Concussion North (Barrie, ON) BS, BScN, MD, CCFP (SEM), Dip. Sport Med.Each patient’s journey to concussion recovery is different. The complexity of a concussion injury alone can be overwhelming and difficult for individuals to understand, let alone monitoring the trajectory of their recovery that can include several practitioners.Dr Shannon Bauman, Medical Director of Concussion North, joins the podcast to discuss how she has used her personal experiences...

Meaghan Adams, PT, PhD (Neuroscience), Registered PhysiotherapistIndividuals with prolonged concussion symptoms may experience difficulties in busy environments with several different types of sensory stimuli (noise, light, crowds of people, etc). Subjective report of symptoms alone cannot characterize the underlying dysfunction in sensory processing and integration. The development of objective outcome measures will help improve clinical management of concussion.Meaghan joins Katie to discuss h...