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Appendix B Speaker Biographies
Pages 23-25

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... He is recognized nationally and internationally for his research on the neuropsychological sequelae of mild traumatic brain injury and the use of sports-related concussion as a laboratory assessment model for brain trauma. Jill Brooks is Director of the Neuropsychology Program in the Department of Neurology at the Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Group.
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... Gale is Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Virginia Health System. His clinical activities include neuropsychological assessment and consultation of various neuropathlogical conditions, consultation with inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation treatment teams, and in designing appropriate treatment plans and monitoring treatment outcome.
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... Dr. Roof conducted the original research that demonstrated the neuroprotective effects of the sex-related hormone progesterone in the early 1990s.
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