Growing Connections

Connecting Researchers and Community to Tackle Traumatic Brain Injury

A collaborative event with AUT TBI Network, Neurological Foundation and Headway Brain Injury Auckland, April 2024.

Below you can view the videos of speakers from the event:

Sue Templeton

Lived Experience - Living Life with a Brain Injury

Diva Giles

Life with a Brain Injured Parent

Prof Alice Theadom

Director of TBI Network, AUT

Making it Easier for People to Access Concussion Services if Needed.

Dr Eva Valera 

Assoc Prof in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.

What they said: Lessons Learned from a Qualitative Interview Regarding Brain Injuries Suffered from Intimate Partner Violence.

Dr Helen Murray 

Health Education Trust Post-doctoral Fellow. Repetitive Head Injury & Demetia Research lab, University of Auckland. 

Repeated Head Injuries and Neurodegeneration.

Dr Josh Faulkner 

Clinical Phycologist & Neuropsychologist, Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington 

Why Mental Heath Difficulties Impact Recovery After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and What We Can Do About it.

Katherine Forch  

PhD candidate, Physiotherapy, AUT 

Does Feeling Better Mean I Am Better? Returning to Sports, or High Risk Activities, After Concussion.

Dr Mangor Pederson 

Assoc Prof Psychology and Neuroscience, AUT  Advanced

Brain Imaging in Athletes with Acute mTBI

Prof Patria Hume 

Human Performances, AUT 

Long-term Brain Health for Sports Participants

Sam Guy 

Researcher & PhD Candidate, AUT

Traumatic Brain Injury and Cognition in Offending Populations.