Leah is primarily interested in factors that influence recovery from mild traumatic brain injury. More specifically she wishes to examine factors that may differ between children affected by sport-related concussions and those affected by non-sport related concussions.  Leah's masters thesis will investigate the effects of social support and loneliness on recovery from post-concussive symptoms in children after sport-related versus non-sport-related concussion.

Supervisor: Keith Yeates

Lab: Brain Injury Research in Children (BIRCh) Lab

Funding:

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's Program.(2019-2020)

University of Calgary Faculty of Graduate Studies Master's Research Scholarship (2019-2020)

Contact: leah.chadwick@ucalgary.ca