May 14, 2025
The Palace at Somerset Park, Somerset, NJ
Save the Date! May 14,2025
Enhancing Understanding Across the Brain Injury Spectrum
The Annual Seminar offers an educational and networking opportunity for professionals to gain knowledge of the latest research, best practices and effective strategies for working with individuals affected by brain injury. The knowledge level of the audience varies, including both new and experienced professionals.
The Seminar is a full day conference consisting of a keynote presentation followed by three workshop blocks with three presentations in each block. Lunch will be served and organization exhibitors and student poster presentations will also be included.
Student Poster Proposal Request
The Annual Professional Seminar offers an educational and networking opportunity for professionals to gain knowledge of the latest research, best practices and effective strategies for working with individuals affected by brain injury.
We invite you to submit a poster proposal. Posters typically focus on research, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and public health issues related to individuals affected by brain injury. All accepted posters will be displayed at this year’s Annual Professional Seminar. We’re looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
Kristy B. Arbogast, Ph.D
Keynote Address
“Opportunities for Reducing the Effects of Concussion Across the Prevention Spectrum”
Kristy B. Arbogast, Ph.D.
The presentation will discuss the spectrum of prevention on concussion – from primary prevention through protective equipment, secondary prevention through accurate and timely diagnosis and tertiary prevention through effective treatments. Various mechanisms of injury will be highlighted including sports-related injuries as well as those injuries sustained in motor vehicle crashes. Existing inequities across various sociodemographic groups will be discussed, including strategies to mitigate those disparities.
Kristy Arbogast, PhD, is the Scientific Director of the Center for Injury Research and Prevention, Co-Director of the Minds Matter Concussion Frontier Program at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the R. Anderson Pew Endowed Chair and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania. As a bioengineer, her research focuses on injury biomechanics and the effectiveness of safety products concentrating on the protection of youth in motor vehicle crashes and pediatric concussion. Dr. Arbogast’s concussion research focuses on the use of head impact sensors to understand the biomechanics and bioengineering technology for objective measures of diagnosis and monitoring. She has established rigorous methods of data collection and processing to quantify repetitive head impacts across multiple sports in male and female youth, leading a consensus conference on the topic, from which best practices have been published. In parallel work, she serves a leadership role on the NFL Engineering Committee, interpreting multiple data streams for mitigation of head injuries through improved equipment, rules of the game and playing technique. Dr. Arbogast is funded by NIH, CDC and DOD to study objective measures of neurofunction in concussed youth and strategies for optimizing concussion care.
Past Seminars
2024: Bridging the Disparity Gap: Improving Equity in Brain Injury Care and Prevention
2023: Uncovering the Invisible: Uncovering the Silent Epidemic of Brain Injury
2022: Building Community and Enhancing Quality of Life After Brain Injury
2021: Exploring and Navigating the Scope and Diversity of Brain Injury
2020: A 2020 Perspective: Improving TBI Outcomes in the Next Decade
2019: Moving Forward in Brain Injury: Evidence in Action
2018: Exploring Diverse Issues in Brain Injury
2017: Making New Connections Following Brain Injury
2016: Achieving Meaningful Outcomes