In this episode we talk to Dr Alan Pearce who is a Neurophysiologists and Associate Professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne. Alan is the Research Manager at the Australian Sports Brain Bank Victoria.

In this episode we talk to Alan about his appearance on the SBS Insight program about concussion in sport. We go in depth with a very long discussion about concussion and CTE, brain injury, dementia, how studies on CTE are put together and much, much more!

We are so lucky to have one of Australia's leading experts in the field of brain trauma on the podcast.

If you would like to get in contact with Alan you can email him at [email protected]

You can get more information and on Concussion and CTE by going to Brainbank.org.au

For research donations please visit NeuroPearce.com you can also donate by going to the Sports Health Check website.

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