Concussion Competencies

Dr Arthur Maerlender, PhD, ABPP-CN, is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist and a Research Associate Professor and former Director of Clinical Research at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. After obtaining his PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Notre Dame, USA, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Neuropsychology at Dartmouth (Geisel) Medical School, USA, where he remained for twenty years, before retiring as the Director of the Pediatric Neuropsychology service. He has conducted research in learning disabilities, autism and traumatic brain injury, and has served on the boards of the Vermont Learning Disabilities Foundation, the Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire, and the Academy of Brain Injury Specialists of the National Brain Injury Association. He also served on the Institute of Medicine Committee on Concussions in Youth, and has been funded by the National Institute of Health and the Center for Disease Control, as well as numerous foundations.Dr Jennifer Parent-Nichols, EdD, DPT, is a physical therapist, and is certified as a pediatric specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties, which she also serves a board member. She has earned certification as a brain injury specialist and certification in vestibular rehabilitation. She has worked extensively in the area of pediatrics with experience in early intervention, school-based therapy, and adolescent sports medicine. She is an Associate Professor in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Franklin Pierce University, USA, where she teaches Pediatrics and Neurology. In January of 2020, she will assume the role of Director of Student Affairs for Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Tufts University. Her areas of research include pediatric and adolescent sports medicine, and educationDr Jonathan Lichtenstein, PsyD, MBA, is the Director of Pediatric Neuropsychology and Sports Neuropsychology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA. He is the clinical director of Concussion Chalk Talk, a grant-funded, school-based concussion management program, which places an emphasis on return-to-learn and changing concussion culture in schools. His research and publications in peer-reviewed journals have focused on test administration, effort, recovery, and program evaluation in concussion management.