Monaco, 25-27 November 2021 The IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport will be the premier international conference for those interested in clinical aspects of sports and exercise medicine. The diverse faculty represent the pre-eminent international authorities in injury and illness prevention. Dr Michael Turner featured as keynote speaker More Information
Preserve the Game – Protect the Players. Concussion and Liability in Sports Law Louis Walsh chaired the event and was honoured to be joined by Dr Michael Turner, Medical Director of The International Concussion and Head Injury Research Foundation (ICHIRF) and ex-professional rugby player David Denton as well as fellow legal experts Ian
From the Spring 2019 edition of BASEM magazine "It is often forgotten that concussion is a newly defined disorder and only came into existence in its current form at the 1st Concussion Consensus meeting in Vienna (2001) - https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/36/1/6. Prior to that, concussion was diagnosed in widely different ways around the globe and there
Excerpt from the newsletter of Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders “…Previously we reported the risk of repeated blows to the head in professional football players in developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which is a potential cause of dementia. We have now begun a collaborative study with The International Concussion & Head Injury Research Foundation
Excerpt from the 31 May 2018 article in Horse and Hound magazine "...Riders are invited to donate their brains to help form a greater understanding the long-term effects of concussion in sport. The International Concussion and Head Injury Research Foundation (ICHIRF), led by Dr Michael Turner, is exploring whether repeated head trauma leads to
Excerpt from the 17 May 2018 article in The Telegraph "...CTE is a condition which was only written up for the first time in 2005 and was not even defined properly until 2015 and, while doctors can guess if a patient has it, the only definitive way to confirm CTE is by post-mortem
16 June 2017 - The Concussion Foundation is delighted to announce that the PFA (Professional Footballers Association) has donated funds to support the research study set up by ICHIRF. This project is looking at the long-term effects of concussion in men and women who have competed in impact sports and the support of the
20 May 2017 - Concussion in Sport, a study set up by the International Concussion and Head Injury Research Foundation to look at the long-term effects of concussion on men and women who have competed in impact sports, is seeking retired jockeys to help with the research. Volunteers since the research was launched 17
16 November 2016 - The International Concussion and Head Injury Research Foundation (ICHIRF) is pleased to announce that it’s Medical Director, Dr Michael Turner, has been appointed to the External Advisory Board of the University of Washington (UW) Medicine Sports Health and Safety Institute. The UW Medicine Sports Health and Safety Institute (‘the Institute’)
6 October 2016 - The International Concussion and Head Injury Research Foundation (‘ICHIRF’) is pleased to announce that its’ Medical Director, Dr Michael Turner, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM UK). Dr Turner will be presented with his Honorary Fellowship, awarded for ‘a major contribution to
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