Military Blast Exposure, Blood Biomarkers and Neuroimaging in mTBI with Dr Sarah Hellewell

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Headfirst: A Concussion Podcast. Today, we're excited to have Dr. Sarah Hellewell join us. Dr Hellewell is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Curtin University and the Perron Institute in Perth, specializing in Neurotrauma. Her research focuses on neuroimaging and the development of objective tools to assess and monitor brain pathology in concussion. She has also published over 49 peer-reviewed journal articles on neurotrauma. Dr Hellewell brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the conversation of mild traumatic brain injury. - Introduction & How Dr Hellewell Become Involved in the Concussion Space (1:00) - What is Concussion/ Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (3:40) - Blast trauma, Military and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (6:32) - What is the Cerebellum and What is its Functions (8:58) - Blast Trauma Risks, Awareness and Exposure (10:30) - What are traumatic brain injury biomarkers, how is it measure, what can it tell us about mTBI? - Blood Test & Biomarkers as a clinical tool (17:02) - Neurological Imaging and mTBI (24:31) - Seeking Care & Where To Find Dr Hellewell? (28:52 Dr Sarah Hellewell: - X/Twitter: @_hellewell_ - Perron Intitule: https://www.perroninstitute.org - Connectivity https://www.connectivity.org.au Relevant Articles Discussed in The Episode: Evidence for Altered White Matter Organization After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Scoping Review on the Use of Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Blood-Based Biomarkers to Investigate Acute Pathology and Relationship to Persistent Post-Concussion Symptoms:https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/neu.2024.0039 Concussion-Related Biomarker Variations in Retired Rugby Players and Implications for Neurodegenerative Disease Risk: The UK Rugby Health Study: https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/25/14/7811 Subscribe, review and share for new episodes which will drop fortnightly Social media: Twitter: @first concussion Facebook: Headfirst: A concussion podcast Instagram: Headfirst_ Concussion Email: [email protected]