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NIH awards $10 million to study concussions in schoolkids - UW Medicine Newsroom -
A high school football player falls during a game in 2013 in Kentucky.  Flickr | Shannon Tomkins

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has awarded a $10 million grant to research the prevention and treatment of concussions in children.  The five-year study will be led by Dr. Frederick Rivara of Seattle Children’s Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development and UW Medicine's Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Chris Giza, and Dr. Gerard Gioia.

Program led by Dr. Ben Danielson to keep youth out of jail - UW Medicine Newsroom -
Photo of Dr. Ben Danielson.  Credit: Susan Gregg/UW Medicine

A program to tackle youth incarceration by promoting paths to opportunity for young people, especially among youth of color, to be led by clinical professor of pediatrics, Dr. Benjamin Danielson.