CYFS faculty affiliate Dennis Molfese will join the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine Committee on Sports-Related Concussions in Youth, a panel tasked with reporting to Congress and President Barack Obama on brain injuries in children and young adults.
Molfese, a Chancellor’s Professor of psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, was appointed to the 14-member committee through a nationwide nomination process.
In addition to directing UNL’s Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior, Molfese also oversees a cross-institutional research initiative that has assembled experts from the Big Ten Conference, the Ivy League and the Committee on Institutional Cooperation to examine the effects of head injuries in sports.
For more details on Molfese’s appointment, see the UNL news release.