ATLANTA, GA – Patrick Donohue, Founder of the Sarah Jane Brain Foundation, announced today the launch of the first-ever registry for people affected by brain injury. The announcement was held outside in the garden at the Intercontinental Hotel in Buckhead at 10:00 a.m. Brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability for children and…
5-Year-Old Proposes White House Summit on Pediatric Acquired Brain Injuries WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sarah Jane Donohue, the 5-year-old namesake of The Sarah Jane Brain Foundation (SJBF) along with her father, the founder of SJBF, and other members of the SJBF International Advisory Board, discussed Sarah Jane’s letter to President Barack Obama at an early-afternoon press conference…
Judiciary Committee Members Recognized for Endorsing PABI Plan NEW YORK – Chairman John Conyers and the U.S. House Judiciary Committee received a public thank you from the Sarah Jane Brain Foundation for continuing their efforts to discover ways to prevent and identify sports-related brain injuries in youth athletes by hosting another congressional hearing in New York…
Education and Labor Committee Members Highlighted for Endorsing PABI Plan NEW YORK – The Sarah Jane Brain Foundation announced Dr. Gerard Gioia will be one of the featured witnesses during the U.S House Education and Labor Committee hearing on Thursday morning titled, “The Impact of Concussions on High School Athletes”. The Sarah Jane Brain Foundation also…
NEW YORK – The Sarah Jane Brain Foundation announced the launch of a new initiative on the first day of Brain Injury Awareness Month – the creation of Sarah Jane Brain Clubs in high schools, colleges and graduate schools across the country. The first Sarah Jane Brain Club (SJB Club) was started at one of the…
MIAMI – The Zackery Lystedt Brain Project, a first-of-its-kind national initiative to address the problem of youth sports concussions in all 50 states, was announced here this week amid Super Bowl preparations. The project is spearheaded by the Sarah Jane Brain Foundation in partnership with the American College of Sports Medicine. The goal of the Zackery…
HOUSTON – The United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary will host a forum entitled, “Head and Other Injuries in Youth, High School, College and Professional Football” on Monday, February 1, 2010, in Houston, Texas. Patrick Donohue, founder of the Sarah Jane Brain Foundation, will participate as a panelist at this forum. “The forum…
MIAMI – A national initiative to reduce sports-related concussions in every state will be announced by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist during Super Bowl week at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. The principles of the initiative were established by the Zackery Lystedt Law in the State of Washington. The Zackery Lystedt Brain Project is…
MIAMI, FL – The Sarah Jane Brain Foundation announced today it will be donating half of the proceeds from its upcoming fund-raising reception and dinner to The University of Miami Global Institute/Project Medishare’s Haitian Relief Effort. The fund-raiser which will be held during Super Bowl week in Miami on February 3 will feature Florida Governor Charlie…
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