We would like you to meet the other furry member of our lab, Beanie! Beanie loves collaborating and is an active participant during team meetings. Beanie also enjoys sandwiching herself between her mom @esheldrake1 and the chair as they both work 💗
Today, we are introducing @esheldrake1! Elena designed and spearheaded the PeCANN project, which aims to understand brain dysfunction and mental health in youth after concussion. She will be defending her PhD at the end of this year, so wish her luck as she prepares! 💗
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay2023. To spread awareness of mental health concerns associated with #concussion, we've created an infographic 👇 summarizing the findings from two of our research studies (links in thread)
A BIG congratulations to Staci, who completed the Ward Summer Student program with our lab this summer!!!
Today, she presented her work on mental health in adolescents with persistent post-concussion symptoms!
We are SO PROUD 🥳👏
As part of You-CAN, our peer-led concussion education program for Canadian high school students, we created 4 systematically reviewed resource lists for high school students, school staff, athletes & coaches.
View the lists on our new You-CAN website: bit.ly/youcan-resources
How does mental health intersect with concussion and persistent post-concussion symptoms? See 👇 for a summary of the scoping review and meta-analysis our team was involved in!
And we’re off at the #WorldCongressOnBrainInjury@esheldrake1 presents on her work ‘Investigating the connection between mental health using the adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) retrospective data’ at the first round of rapid podium presentations @I_B_I_A
#KnowledgeTranslationTuesday#StudySpotlight✨ In a study out of @theNOvELlab, Sheldrake & colleagues examined the mental health outcomes of individuals with Persistent Post-Concussion Symptoms (PPCS).
Here is what they found: 🧵
ALT The background is a spring green colour with bolded heading text in purple that states "Study Spotlight". Below the main heading is the of article title "Mental Health Outcomes Across the Lifespan in Individuals With Persistent Post-Concussion Symptoms: A Scoping Review" in navy blue text. A line art in purple showing thoughts tangled in strings is showed at centre of the graphic near the bottom.
ALT Against the spring green background, bolded text states "PPCS & Mental Health" and the following text in navy blue describes information about PPCS and the study's objectives: "Individuals with persistent post-concussion symptoms (PPCS) or symptoms lasting longer than 1 month, may have worse mental health outcomes. In their scoping review paper, Sheldrake & colleagues examined the mental health outcomes in children, adolescents and adults with PPCS."
🚨 HOT OFF THE PRESS 🚨
Our article, "Mental Health Outcomes Across the Lifespan in Individuals With Persistent Post-Concussion Symptoms: A Scoping Review" is out in Frontiers in Neurology! Check it out here: tinyurl.com/2p9dfr6z
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ALT The webpage of the published articles that reads, "Mental Health Outcomes Across the LIfespan in Individuals With Persistent Post-Concussion Symptoms: A Scoping Review"