Christine Mac Donald, PhD to serve as Seattle PI for $10 million NIH funded grant to study concussions in schoolkids.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has awarded a $10 million grant to the Four Corners Youth Consortium, a group of organizations researching concussions in children ages 11 to 17.  The aim of the research is to discern whether biomarkers can help predict which children are more at risk of persistent post-concussion symptoms.  Read the full story here.