Congratulations to graduate student, Heather Bouchard, for being awarded the Outstanding Trainee Award at the 12th Annual Sports Neuropsychology Society in Philedelphia, Pennsylvania (May 2024) for her oral presentation on: The Impact of Early Access on Youth Hockey Athletes in partnership with the Caze Concussion Institute. Congratulations Heather!
Dr. Doug Schultz and graduate student, Heather Bouchard, were interviwed by Nebraska Today on the lab's publication (February, 2024): Concussion-Related Disruptions to Hub Connectivity in the Default Mode Network Are Related to Symptoms and Cognition. Congratulations team! You can read the article here.
Graduate student, Heather Bouchard, presented a poster & collabroated on an additional poster with lab friends from the Clinical Neuroscience & Neuropsychology Lab at the at the International Neuropsychological Society 51st Annual Conference in New York, New York (February, 2024): Self-Reported Concussion History is Unrelated to Cortical Structure in Collegiate Athletes & Interactive Effects of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection, Substance Use, and Treatment on Cognition in Spanish-Speaking People with Minoritized Gender Identities. Congratulations Heather & friends!
Graduate student, Heather Bouchard, and lab collaborator, Dr. Kate Higgins, publichsed a paper in collaboration with the LIMBIC MATARS consortium in Brain Injury (February 2024): Exploring the relationship between contraceptive medication use and concussion recovery in female collegiate athletes: a LIMBIC MATARS consortium investigation. Congratulations Heather! You can read it here.
The lab published their first paper from our Sports-Related Concussion Neuroimaging project in the Journal of Neurotrauma, lead by graduate student, Heather Bouchard, (January 2024): Concussion-Related Disruptions to Hub Connectivity in the Default Mode Network Are Related to Symptoms and Cognition. Congratulations team! You can read it here.
Graduate student, Heather Bouchard, presented a data blitz at the Ivy League - Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study Symposium in Chicago, Illinois (July 2023): Comparing mechanism of injury and concussion recovery timelines. Congratulations Heather!
Graduate student, Heather Bouchard, was awarded the Harry K. Wolfe Memorial Fund Fellowship (June 2023). These funds will aid in the data collection of Heather's dissertation. Congratulations Heather!
Graduate student, Heather Bouchard, presented a poster at the Sports Neuropsychology Society 2022 11th Annual Symposium in Denver, Colorado (May 2023): Sex differences in performance validity testing in the Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Test. Congratulations Heather!
Undergraduate student, Bethany Barnwell, was accepted into UNL's Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience (UCARE) program (March 2023). Congratulations Bethany!
Undergraduate student, Michelle Barbot, presented data from his UCARE project at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Student Research Days (March 2023): Concussion history is associated with structural differences in the brain in collegiate athletes. Congratulations Michelle!
Post-baccalaureate Research Assistant, Grace Amadon, was accepted to a Clinical Psychology PhD program (January 2023). Grace will be joining Dr. Scott Hayes' Buckeye Brain Aging Lab (BBAL) at The Ohio State University this fall. Congratulations Grace!
Graduate student, Heather Bouchard, presented a poster at the International Neuropsychological Society 51st Annual Conference in San Diego, California (February 2023): Measuring effort on a continuum provides insight into concussion baseline cognitive assessments. Congratulations Heather!
Graduate student, Heather Bouchard, presented a poster at the Big Ten - Ivy League TBI Summit (July 2022): Changes in default mode network hub connectivity following sports-related concussion are related to cognitive and somatic symptom load. Congratulations Heather!
Dr. Doug Schultz presented at talk at the Big Ten - Ivy League TBI Summit (July 2022): Sports-related concussion research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Congratulations Dr. Schultz!
Undergraduate student, Michelle Barbot, was accepted into UNL's Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience (UCARE) program (March 2022): Identifying cortical thickness changes in the brain based on sports-related concussion history/ADHD diagnosis. Congratulations Michelle!
Graduate student, Heather Bouchard, successfully passed her clinical comprehensive exams and received her Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology (April 2022). Congratulations Heather!
Graduate student, Heather Bouchard, presented a poster at the Sports Neuropsychology Society 2022 10th Annual Symposium in Dallas, Texas (April 2022): Acute sports-related concussion associations between cognitive symptoms, memory performance, and default mode network hub connectivity. Congratulations Heather!
Graduate student, Heather Bouchard, presented a poster virtually at the International Neuropsychological Society 2022 50th Annual Meeting (February 2022): Disruptions within and between network connectivity involving the default mode network following acute sports-related concussion. Congratulations Heather!
Graduate student, Julia Laing's poster presentation abstract accepted for the International Neuropsychological Society 2022 50th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana (November 2022): Sports-related concussion results in brain network changes in collegiate athletes. Congratulations Julia!
Graduate student, Heather Bouchard, presented a poster virtually at the Big Ten - Ivy League TBI Summit (July 2021): Acute sports-related concussion alters within and between network connectivity involving the default mode network. Congratulations Heather!
Graduate student, Julia Laing, successfully passed her clinical comprehensive exams and received her Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology (April 2021). Congratulations Julia!
Undergraduate student, Zach Headley, presented data from his UCARE project virtually at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Student Research Days (April 2021): Sports-related concussion differentially impacts functional brain networks in college athletes. Congratulations Zach!
Graduate student, Julia Laing's paper presentation accepted for the International Neuropsychological Society 2021 49th Annual Meeting (February 2022): Graduate student, Julia Laing, will be doing a virtual presentation at this year's INS annual conference on the changes in brain network organization following sports-related concussion. This data comes from our primary project working with UNL collegiate athletes. Great job, Julia, as well as the rest of the members of the lab for all their work put into the project and this abstract/presentation.
The Health Neuroscience Lab welcomes new member for Fall 2020 (August 2020): We are excited to have Heather Bouchard join the lab as a graduate student in the Clinical Psychology Training Program. Prior to coming to UNL, Heather worked as a research coordinator at Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center in the PTSD and TBI Neuroimaging Lab. Welcome Heather!
Dr. Doug Schultz to present research at this year's Big Ten - Ivy League TBI Summit (July 2020): Faculty member, Dr. Schultz, will be doing a virtual presentation at this year's Big Ten - Ivy League TBI Summit on the effects of SRC on resting state functional connectivity. This data comes from our primary project working with UNL collegiate athletes. Great job, Dr. Schultz, as well as graduate students Seima and Julia, and study coordinator Elliot Carlson for all their work put into the project and this abstract/poster.
Dr. Cary Savage recognized at annual Department of Psychology Award Ceremony (May 2020): Lab PI, Dr. Savage, has been awarded the Psychology Teacher of the Year. Congratulations, Dr. Savage!
The Health Neuroscience Lab welcomes new member for Fall 2019 (August 2019): Julia Laing joins the lab as a graduate student in the Clinical Psychology Training Program. Prior to coming to UNL, Julia worked as a study coordinator in the Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Laboratory at the University of Michigan. Welcome Julia!