Me, Myself & TBI: Facing Traumatic Brain Injury Head On
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
As Super Bowl champion and Hall of Fame quarterback, Brett Favre, faces Parkinson’s disease, he discusses the impact of "thousands of concussions" suffered during his legendary NFL career
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brett Favre revealed he's been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The Super Bowl champion and legendary quarterback estimates he's suffered countless...
Former football player, Jarrett Irons, who is also the son of NFL legend Gerald Irons discusses the personal impact of brain injury following the loss of his father.
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Writer, journalist, and traumatic brain injury survivor, Christina Brown Fisher speaks with former linebacker Jarrett Irons about the impact of brain ...
Dr. Russell Gore, neurologist, biomedical engineer, and former U.S. Air Force flight surgeon, explains why first responders, military service members and veterans, are our nation's "silent sufferers" as they battle traumatic brain injury.
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Writer, journalist, U.S. Air Force Veteran, and traumatic brain injury survivor, Christina Brown Fisher speaks with Dr. Russell Gore who is the chief ...
As Jamie MoCrazy set her sights on the Olympics, a traumatic brain injury brought her competitive career as a professional slopestyle and halfpipe skier to an end. The first woman in the world to perform a double flip at the X Games had to relearn how to walk, talk and ski again.
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2015, at the World Tour Finals in Whistler, Canada, professional skier Jamie MoCrazy suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The elite athlete col...
Neuropsychologist and internationally renowned expert on long COVID, James Jackson, Psy.D., explains why “brain fog” in COVID long haulers should be treated as brain injury.
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It is estimated nearly 30-percent of Covid-19 survivors continue to suffer from symptoms following their bout with the illness. Researcher and neurops...
Neuroscientist Steven Broglio, PhD., one of the world's leading experts on the management of sports concussion, and co-author of the international Concussion in Sport Group (CISG) consensus statement breaks down its significance. He also explains why football is the safest it's ever been in the history of the game.
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Whether amateur or pro, the international Concussion in Sport Group (CISG) consensus statement impacts the care received by players if hit in the head...
A crash almost ended the career of race car driver Anna Kouba Bowers. The resulting traumatic brain injury nearly cost her, her life. The scion of a legendary racing family recounts her road to recovery and how she found her way back on the racetrack.
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Former Division I soccer player turned race car driver, Anna Kouba Bowers, comes from a long line of professional racing drivers. Her family's legacy ...
Former MMA competitor Emily Fisher is married to retired UFC fighter Spencer Fisher. When lesions were discovered on her husband's brain the couple braced for a new challenge, combating traumatic brain injury.
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Former mixed martial arts competitor Emily Fisher found her way into the octagon, in part, because of her husband Spencer Fisher, a popular UFC fighte...
Spencer ‘The King’ Fisher paid a heavy price as a MMA fighter. He fought in the UFC, but now faces a new battle as he wrestles with the consequences of brain injury.
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After a scan revealed lesions on the brain, the UFC career of Spencer Fisher would soon come to an end. But the instincts of the popular MMA fighter, ...
A brain injury nearly ended the career of cover girl Claudia Mason. From supermodel to stroke survivor, Mason talks about recovery, resilience, and life off the runway.
29 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Christina Brown Fisher, journalist and traumatic brain injury survivor, speaks with former supermodel Claudia Mason. A fashion icon who’d graced the...
Real talk: more traumatic brain injuries occur because of domestic violence. Associate professor, Eve Valera, PhD, from Harvard Medical School, sounds the alarm on intimate partner violence and traumatic brain injury.
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Christina Brown Fisher, journalist and traumatic brain injury survivor, speaks with Harvard Medical School associate professor in psychiatry, Eve Vale...
The sister of Michael Hutchence says traumatic brain injury stole her brother, and contributed to the death of the INXS rock star.
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Christina Brown Fisher, journalist and traumatic brain injury survivor, speaks with the sister of Michael Hutchence. He was the lead singer of the Aus...
Life after football and traumatic brain injury with Ben Utecht, former NFL player and Super Bowl champion.
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Christina Brown Fisher, journalist and traumatic brain injury survivor, talks to brain health advocate and former NFL player Ben Utecht. By the time U...