Heady Success — Dr. Michael Lipton has been awarded a $200,000 grant by the Dana Foundation, as part of its David Mahoney Neuroimaging Program, to study soccer heading-related brain injury. A private, New York based, philanthropic organization, the Dana Foundation supports brain-related research through grants and educational public outreach efforts. Dr. Lipton’s research on the effects of heading, a move in which soccer players direct the ball with their head, received national press attention last year and informed the public of its potential dangers. The foundation’s funding supports his continuing studies, through which he will use state-of-the-art imaging techniques to further understand the brain injury that occurs. Dr. Lipton is associate director of the Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center and associate professor of radiology, of neuroscience and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences.
Posted on: Tuesday, November 13, 2012