{"id":945,"date":"2012-10-17T11:50:18","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T15:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/lecture-today-concussions-and-brain-injuries-in-the-nfl-just-part-of-the-game\/"},"modified":"2012-10-17T11:50:18","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T15:50:18","slug":"lecture-today-concussions-and-brain-injuries-in-the-nfl-just-part-of-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/lecture-today-concussions-and-brain-injuries-in-the-nfl-just-part-of-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture Today: Concussions and Brain Injuries in the NFL: Just Part of the Game?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Voices: A Library Lecture Series Committee is pleased to present \u201cConcussions and Brain Injuries in the NFL:\u00a0 Just Part of the Game?\u201d by Derek Brown and Dr. Hamish Kerr on Wednesday, Oct. 17 from 1 to 1:50 p.m. in the BTC Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Derek Brown,<\/strong> former tight end with the NFL-NY Giants (1992-94), Jacksonville Jaguars (1996-97), Oakland Raiders (1998) and Arizona Cardinals (1999), will discuss this issue from a player\u2019s and a league\u2019s perspective. Are player injuries an expected consequence of playing big league football or are there alternatives to make the game safer?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Hamish Kerr<\/strong> graduated from University of Glasgow School of Medicine. He specializes in sports medicine and exercise physiology, and is an expert in the management of sports injuries, especially concussions. He is certified to use ImPACT, a research-based neuropsychological testing program that helps clinicians evaluate sports-related head injuries and is a standard tool for professional and college athletic teams across the country.\u00a0Dr. Kerr is board certified in sports medicine. He serves as team physician for all men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s sports at Siena\u00a0College.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone is welcome to attend on Oct. 17.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:50:18 +0000 by\u00a0r.matthews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Voices: A Library Lecture Series Committee is pleased to present \u201cConcussions and Brain Injuries in the NFL:\u00a0 Just&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-announcement-college-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}