On April 11^th, 2024, Catherine Quatman-Yates, DPT, PhD presented updates on the CBI-PLAAY Pilot program to the NeuroTrauma Research in Progress Seminar. The CBI-PLAAY program aims to empower survivors of traumatic brain injury to be physically active for all years following the injury. John Dobrea spoke about his personal experiences as a taekwondo instructor, the benefits that taekwondo can have for individuals with brain injuries, and the importance of using a trauma-informed approach when teaching taekwondo.

The team is excited to advance this work further with their partnership with SPIRIT Club a fitness platform that aims to empower people of all abilities to exercise successfully in a socially integrated setting.

Thank you to the Ohio State Chronic Brain Injury Program for their continued support of this work.

Pictured: Dr. Catherine Quatman-Yates presenting the CBI-PLAAY Pilot program.

John Dobrea and Dr. Catherine Quatman-Yates discussing facets of the trauma-informed approach and CBI-PLAAY pilot.

On November 4^th-5^th, 2023 Tyler Beauregard, MS, AT, ATC, CSCS participated at Ohio State’s Bio-Hack, directed by OSU Biomedical Engineering Society. Sponsored by the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative, the 5^th annual hackathon tasked teams comprising of 60 participants to create a technology enabled solution regarding patient safety.

Tyler Beauregard’s team proposed a digital concussion assessment tool for onsite clinicians to use. This innovation would be made available offline, allowing use in sports sidelines and rural settings. Furthermore, the prototype would then forward concussion scores to local emergency departments to facilitate findings on the field.

Tyler and his team secured first place in the 5^th annual Bio-Hack thanks to this prototype which addressed current communication and accuracy gaps present in current concussion diagnostic tools. Congratulations to Tyler and his team!

For more information, the Bio-Hack’s results can be found here.

Pictured: Tyler Beauregard and his team presented with 1st place awards.