Word: pellman
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...Contrary to Hoge’s apprehension, the league has historically resisted admitting the dangers exposed by predominant scientific findings. The results advertised by former MTBI chairman, Dr. Elliot Pellman, continually countered those of scientists, insisting that playing after a concussion “does not involve significant risk of a second injury either in the same game or during the season.” Yet a 2003 study of 2,905 National Collegiate Athletic Association players by North Carolina’s Center for the Study of Retired Athletes found that 91.7 percent of repeat injuries came within...
...recent resignation and replacement of Pellman could mark a turning point in the league’s attitudes toward safety and a movement toward Guskiewicz’s sentiments. However, the committee refuses to consider any connection between professional-level NFL research and high school or collegiate research such as Guskiewicz’s. Many fear that if the NFL’s attitudes toward safety do not change, the reverberations will be felt not just by professional football players, but by athletes of every sport and level...
Brina Shackelford was “a very talented student,” her adviser, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute David S. Pellman, wrote in an e-mail...
...recently had a technical breakthrough and had some preliminary experiments that suggest that she might have been able to demonstrate that model,” Pellman wrote. “Her loss will be felt very acutely. She was a focal point of our group...