I3 Lab Group

Calling all youth athletes! ⚾💃⛸️🤸🏃🥎🏊✨

Are you 13-17 years old and currently involved in a sport? We’d love to hear from you!

Researchers across North America are recruiting youth athletes to participate in a short research study to help validate a new questionnaire about sports specialization.

Your experiences can help shape future research and support youth athletes!

📲 Scan the QR code to learn more and complete the survey!

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Last week we got to watch a few of our undergraduate students walk the stage! We are so proud of all of our i3 graduates🎉
📸: Stephen Leithwood - Photographer

Congratulations to all of the I3 Research Group undergraduate students during convocation week! 🎉🎓🔥 We are so proud of everything you’ve accomplished and grateful for the energy, curiosity, and dedication you bring to the lab. Whether you’re moving on to new opportunities or continuing with the I3 team, we’re excited to celebrate this milestone with you and see what comes next!

Are you a certified Hockey Canada official (i.e., a referee or linesperson)? Researchers at Brock University are looking to hear about your experience with injury and concussion as an ice hockey official. We are hoping to recruit Hockey Canada officials to complete a short survey. If you are interested in participating, please click on the survey link in our bio or scan the QR code.

This study has been approved by the Brock University Health Science Research Ethics Board (24-002).
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Êtes-vous un officiel certifié de Hockey Canada (c.-à-d. arbitre ou juge de lignes)? Des chercheurs de l’Université Brock veulent connaître votre expérience avec les commotions cérébrales et les blessures en tant qu’officiel de hockey sur glace. Nous espérons recruter des officiels de Hockey Canada pour répondre à un court sondage. Si vous êtes intéressé à participer, veuillez cliquer sur le lien dans notre bio ou scanner le code QR.

Cette étude a été approuvée par le comité d’éthique de la recherche en sciences de la santé de l’Université Brock (24-002).

The I³ Lab was well represented this week !

Thank you to the organizing committee and for hosting a wonderful conference.

Congratulations to Undergraduate Honour’s student Nicola Odu for being selected for a Poster Award for her work on Black athletes’ concussion experiences!

Congratulations to Anna Nickel for capturing first place at the Ontario Three Minute Thesis competition! 🥇

Anna was also selected as the co-participant’s choice winner, a testament to the impact of her work and the recognition of her peers.

Her presentation highlighted findings from her thesis on adapted concussion assessments for athletes with visual impairment.

We wish Anna the best of luck as she continues her 3MT journey at Nationals this November!

Congratulations to our very own, Nicola Odu, for the Brock University President’s Surgite Award Nicola is a first-generation Nigerian-Canadian, majoring in Biomedical Sciences at Brock University. She pursues research opportunities that center on concussion experiences among Black youth. She founded the Brock BIPOC Sisters in STEAM club, offering mentorship and community support to racialized female and gender-diverse students. She was selected to be one of 50 students to teach as a volunteer within Brock’s Human Anatomy Volunteer Program. Additionally, she was personally selected to be the Executive Coordinator of the Brock Anatomy Symposium and was selected to be one of two students to assist in teaching the laboratory section of McMaster’s DeGroote School of Medicine’s Medical Foundations course at their Niagara Regional Campus. Overall, her work is guided by her commitment to encourage representation and collective support. She chooses to use her experience to inspire and inform her community and equity-deserving populations.

Fantastic weekend at the 2026 OBSA Provincials Goalball Tournament. The was proud to be part of it.
Grateful for the partnership and excited to translate these experiences into research that advances and prevention in .

Congratulations to .nickel.22, .jxffar and .at for their presentations at the conference and HLSC Winter Symposium

During learn some quick facts about concussion management!