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March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month, which provides an opportunity to bring awareness to the prevention of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to promote strategies to improve the quality of life for persons and their families living with TBI. Symptoms of a brain injury can include confusion, headache, dizziness, blurry vision, mood and sleep issues. The most common brain injuries result from a sports-related injury or a car accident.

Bee Lynch from HealthStreet communications interviewed Dr. Michael Jaffee, Director of the UF Brain Injury, Rehabilitation, and Neuroresilience (BRAIN) Center and former National Director of Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center. Dr. Jaffee noted that Over 1.7 million people each year experience TBI. To put this in perspective, it affects more people than cancer and HIV combined. Prevention is key to reducing the risk of a concussion or other serious brain injury. Wearing a helmet when biking or playing contact sports, securing play areas for young children, wearing a seat belt when driving, and reducing fall risk for older adults are all ways that you can help prevent TBI.

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OCOH March 25th

SAVE THE DATE: March 25th, 2021, OCOH Town Hall on Bridging the Gap in Colorectal Cancer Screenings among Minority Groups

University of Florida’s STEM Translational Communication Center and UF Health Cancer Center will discuss barriers and options to colon cancer screenings, information about microbiomes, and share resources to participate in cancer research…READ MORE »

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Interested in participating in research?

Here are a few studies that you can participate in now:

+The Sentence Comprehension After Concussion Study is examining how sentence comprehension and cognition are affected after having a concussion. Eligible participants must be 18 to 35 years of age and have had a head injury or concussion within the past 12 months. 

+The Control Study Protocol to Examine the Effects of Spaceflight on Neurocognitive Function Study is testing basic functions that will be compared with data from NASA astronauts to determine spaceflight’s effect on logic and reasoning. Eligible participants must be male, 50 to 55 years of age, and report 16+ years of education (bachelor’s degree and above).

+The Brain and Spinal Cord Interaction in the Sensory and Motor Systems Study is examining the spinal cord in people who have had a stroke versus healthy people of younger and older ages. Eligible participants must be 18+ years of age, experience at least 1 unilateral stroke, and willing to participate in an MRI.

If you are interested in hearing about these or other studies, contact our Study Navigator, Sara Marsh, at 352-294-4873.

Do you or someone you know have cancer? We'd love to talk about opportunities to participate in research. Please share this link to become a member and learn about cancer screenings.

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March 15th is National "Shoe the World" Day.

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