Brain Waves

United States Brain Injury Alliance (USBIA) Board Member Dr. Michelle Sugerman is known for many things.

The title of Pennie Hunt’s book also lays out her life’s credo – “Love Your Life – No Matter What!” But this isn’t just some cutesy saying stitched on a throw pillow— it’s how Pennie lives her life.

Cazoshay Marie is a familiar face in the brain health community. As a survivor of a brain injury, she is active in survivor groups, caregiver conferences, and empowerment events in Arizona.

This isn’t your typical tale of romance. It’s one with a twist you never see coming but will never forget.

For the past three years, Nanette Hausman has been driven to keep college students safe. It has since become a passion that consumes her every waking moment.

Ann Zuccardy loves to laugh; more specifically, she lives to laugh. Not exactly what you might expect from a woman who continues to recover from a brain injury she sustained a decade ago.

As part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Janice Podzimek gives a glimpse into a typical day working with survivors of domestic violence and brain injury.

My name is Laura Johnson. As a brain injury survivor, I want to personally thank you for joining the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force on September 29, 2021…

Even before the pandemic hit, some survivors of brain injury facing homelessness had been waging uphill battles on various fronts due to challenges in executive functions—the brain’s ability to start and accomplish a task with all the in-between steps involved.

In late September 1848, news of a construction foreman’s improbable recovery after a tamping iron passed directly through his skull began making the rounds in New England.