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Nov
02
2019

Retirement Announcement from ThinkFirst

By mlyon

Debby Gerhardstein, former Executive Director of ThinkFirst Nation Injury Prevention Foundation, retires after 25 years with the organization.  She was originally a chapter director at Central DuPage Hospital – now Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage for 13 years from 1994 – 2007 and has been the Executive Director from 2007 – 2019. Traumatic injury is the leading cause of death children, teens and young adults as well as older adults and most injuries are preventable.

Oct
30
2019

Article from AANS Neursurgeon Publication

By mlyon

Return to Play following Concussion in Football: Our NFL Experience article in the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) online Neurosurgeon publication.  Dr. Joseph Maroon, one of the original founders and former ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Board member discusses, with his colleagues, turning the sports fields of strife into a science and the birth of ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation.

Apr
12
2019

2019 ThinkFirst Conference on Injury Prevention

By admin

The 2019 ThinkFirst Conference on Injury Prevention was held at the Wyndham Bayside, San Diego, April 13-14. The theme for this year’s conference was Charting the Course to Zero.  A pre-conference training day was held April 12th, followed by a Community Helmet Event, fitting 100 people with free bicycle helmets in Waterfront Park. The Anchors Away! Reception was held Saturday evening on the Maritime Museum's Berkeley Ferryboat, and the ThinkFirst Awards Luncheon was held Sunday, April 14th.

Oct
04
2018

GM / IDOT Grants

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The ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation (ThinkFirst Foundation) was recently awarded two grants for projects pertaining to traffic safety education for reducing traffic-related injuries and fatalities. 

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