Dr. Jennifer Coughlin in Johns Hopkins University’s Department of Psychiatry has been working on a research study to see if the brain is protected from inflammation and damage through participation in contact compared to non contact sports.
She has now increased the age limit from 40 to 50 and is still seeking swimmers to participate. The new age range is from 23-50. Research assistant Shannon Sweeney said the reasoning for the change is “in hopes of age-matching our healthy control cohort to our slightly older NFL cohort.”
Qualifications include:
- 23-50 years of age
- healthy adult male without chronic illness
- no history of psychiatric disease
- played an organized, non-collision sport in college or higher level for 2 or more years
Qualified participants will undergo a PET scan, an MRI scan, and an optional lumbar puncture at one or two time points.
Please contact Dr. Jennifer Coughlin at 443-287-4701 or [email protected] for more details. Those completing the study will receive compensation of up to $500.
Optional lumbar puncture! Ooohh, sign me up!
Now that they raised the age limit to 50, Johns Hopkins’ very own Uncle CJ is eligible for this study!!
I participated. Very friendly staff, accommodations were wonderful, and the Harbor was WAY cooler than I expected. Everything is very walkable!
you close by there or is it anywhere in the US?
They will fly you out! It’s actually a nice way to get away for a couple of nights! I’d never been to Baltimore, so that was a cool experience.
I’m in a Western state, reached out to them, and I had accommodation’s the following week! They work as quickly as you want.
I also went. If it’s a money thing, literally all travel and hotel is covered. The costs do not come out of the compensation. The cognitive tests were interesting. Great people, great study, contributions will hopefully help future NFL players.
Lol do swimmers really have that much brain damage?
I guess backstrokers can if they miss the flags and hit the wall
they are comparing non trauma brains (swimmers) to brains that have had trauma (football, soccer, etc…)
Oooh that explains so much about football players