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THIS WEEK’S VIDEO
Katherine Snedaker, CEO of PINK Concussions, interviews Jacqueline Theis OD, FAAO, FNAP to discuss "Visual Snow Syndrome", activity pacing for the visual system, and eye care for concussions-TBI. The third interview in a our YouTube series on visual disorders after brain injury.
• Visual snow is a debilitating visual phenomenon that can occur for many reasons, including concussion. It involves seeing static-like dots across the entire field of vision
• Visual snow syndrome involves visual snow plus other symptoms like photophobia (light sensitivity), nyctalopia (poor night vision), persistent afterimages, and tinnitus (ringing in the ears).
Show notes and contact info in video description
VIDEO REPLAY FOR IPV CONFERENCE COMING SOON
IN AUGUST 2024 COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE
March 2024 - USA, New Zealand, Australia
Katherine was invited to speak at Aotearoa New Zealand's first International Traumatic Brain Injury Conference on 22 March as well as Los Angeles on 16 March (event info), and Melbourne on 23 March (event info)
Los Angeles
Innovative Research addressing Health Concerns of Women Service Members and Veterans Presenters Left to Right:, Ashton Kroner USMC Veteran, Associate Director of Development and External Affairs, UF Health Leon L. Haley Jr., MD, Brain Wellness, Maheen Mausoof Adamson, PhD, MHL, Research Director, Women’s Operational Military Exposure Network (WOMEN), VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Senior Scientist, Rehabilitation, VA Palo Alto Healthcare System Clinical Professor, Neurosurgery (Affiliated), Stanford University School of Medicine, Katherine Snedaker, LCSW, CEO PINK Concussions, Eve M. Valera, Ph.D. (she/her), Director, Valera Lab, Psychiatric Neuroscience Division, Department of Psychiatry, Associate Professor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Research Scientist, Massachusetts General Hospital
New Zealand
Aotearoa New Zealand 1st International TBI Conference "The Hidden Cost of Violence" Top row: L to R - Dr. Eve Valera, Dr. Hinemoa Elder, Dr. Debbie Hager, Bottom row: L to R: Katherine Snedaker, Dr. Kim Gorgens, Dr. Alice Theadom, and Emcee/Journalist/Activist, Alison Mau
Australia
Presenters Left to Right: Dr. Jason Chan, Chief Medical Officer for the Melbourne Storm National Rugby League (NRL) team, Jacob, Student-Athlete Advocate, Professor John Olver AM, the Victor Smorgon Chair of Rehabilitation Medicine at Epworth HealthCare and Monash University, Dr. Vicki Anderson, Director of Clinical Sciences Research at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Professor at the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences of The University of Melbourne, Dr. Michael Makdissi, Chief Medical Officer for the Australian Football League (AFL), Nick Rushworth, Executive Officer, Conference Chair, Brain Injury Australia, Katherine Price Snedaker, Executive Director and Founder of PINK Concussions – an international advocacy organization for women and girls with brain injury
May 2024
Katherine invited to present “Sex and Gender Differences in Brain Injury and Why it Matters” for USBIA
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Injury across the Female Life Span
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Brain Injury in Women Under 25
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