THE CACTIS FOUNDATION

Educates young athletes, parents, coaches, and staff about concussion risks, reduction techniques, and long-term effects, and provides baseline concussion testing for young athletes in Southern Arizona.

Provides concussion risk education and reduction training to young athletes, parents, coaches, and staff through established programs in youth sports, including baseline concussion testing in Southern Arizona.

Provides concussion risk education and reduction training to young athletes, parents, coaches, and staff through established programs and resources, including baseline concussion testing in Southern Arizona.

Provides insight for federal reports, such as a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, on the need for improved data and funding to identify brain injuries in domestic violence victims.

Conducts translational research in molecular imaging technologies, including molecular breast imaging (MBI), Quantitative PET/CT, Diffusion-weighted MRI, and novel biomarkers, and evaluates new detector systems in collaboration with the Arizona Institute for Advanced Imaging (AI2).

Advances preclinical and clinical research in molecular imaging technologies such as molecular breast imaging (MBI), Quantitative PET/CT, and Diffusion-weighted MRI, including evaluation of new detector systems in partnership with the Arizona Institute for Advanced Imaging (AI2).

Conducts in-press research on the effects of maternal traumatic brain injury during pregnancy on offspring brain development and immune responses in mice, and analyzes risk factors and outcomes of abusive neurotrauma in older adults using National Trauma Data Bank records.

Conducts in-press studies on the intergenerational and age-related impacts of traumatic brain injury, including effects on offspring of mothers with gravida TBI and abusive neurotrauma in geriatric patients using National Trauma Data Bank analysis.

Conducts research on risk factors and outcomes of abusive neurotrauma in geriatric patients, based on analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank.

Conducts and publishes research on concussions resulting from domestic violence, including studies on population-level epidemiology, forensic nursing examination, police involvement in early awareness, and the impact on victims, collaborating with law enforcement and the medical community to improve understanding, identification, and treatment.

Conducts research on the effects of gravida traumatic brain injury, including studies on distorted brain circuitry and altered immune responses in mice born to affected mothers.

Conducts and publishes research on concussions and abusive neurotrauma resulting from domestic violence, including population-level epidemiology in Arizona, forensic nursing screening, and outcomes in geriatric patients, with studies in press and collaborations informing federal reports.

Conducts and publishes translational and epidemiological research on concussions and neurotrauma resulting from domestic violence, including studies on screening tools, risk factors in geriatric patients, and long-term outcomes, in collaboration with law enforcement and medical partners.

Promotes and conducts translational research, including preclinical and clinical investigations of molecular imaging technologies such as molecular breast imaging (MBI), Quantitative PET/CT, Diffusion-weighted MRI, and new biomarkers, and evaluates new detector systems in cooperation with the Arizona Institute for Advanced Imaging (AI2).

Trains law enforcement officers in oculomotor assessment for domestic violence victims, hosts town hall meetings to disseminate concussion knowledge, and provides educational resources to multi-sector professionals to improve identification and response to brain injuries.

Trains police officers in using handheld oculomotor assessment devices, organizes town hall meetings to inform multidisciplinary stakeholders about concussions, and produces educational resources and archived CME courses accessible via mobile devices to promote best practices in patient management.

Organizes Town Hall Meetings to empower healthcare providers, educators, first responders, law enforcement, administrators, and the public with information about concussions.

Holds ongoing Continuing Medical Education programs and archives courses for long-term availability via mobile devices to promote best practices in patient management.

Offers ongoing CME programs and archives courses for mobile access to promote best practices in patient management; produces educational podcast content featuring experts on women's health and brain injury.

Trains officers from police departments to use handheld devices for measuring oculomotor data of domestic violence victims to aid in identifying concussions.