Gardner, Andrew J.
Howell, David R.
Iverson, Grant L.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hunter Medical Research Institute (Greaves Family)
National Health and Medical Research Council (Early Career Fellowship)
Priority Research Centre for Stroke and Brain Injury, University of Newcastle
Article History
Received: 23 September 2017
Accepted: 20 December 2017
First Online: 12 January 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the University of Newcastle Human Ethics Committee (H-2012-0344). All participants provided informed consent to participate in this study.
: Not applicable.
: Andrew Gardner has a clinical practice in neuropsychology involving individuals who have sustained sport-related concussion (including current and former athletes). He has operated as a contracted concussion consultant to the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) from July 2016. He has received travel funding from the Australian Football League (AFL) to present at the Concussion in Football Conference in 2013 and 2017. Previous grant funding includes the NSW Sporting Injuries Committee, the Brain Foundation (Australia), and the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), supported by Jennie Thomas.David Howell has received research funding, in part, through a research contract between Boston Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and ElMindA Ltd.Grant Iverson has been reimbursed by the government, professional scientific bodies, and commercial organizations for discussing or presenting research relating to mild TBI and sport-related concussion at meetings, scientific conferences, and symposiums. He has a clinical and consulting practice in forensic neuropsychology involving individuals who have sustained mild TBIs (including athletes).
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