Keith Yeates

Keynote Lecture: Biopsychosocial Correlates of Recovery from Pediatric Concussion

Recovery from pediatric concussion reflects a complex interplay of neurological, psychological, and environmental factors. This presentation will summarize recent findings from a large prospective cohort study of concussion in 8-17 year old children, linking distinct symptom trajectories to social determinants of health, neurobiological, and psychosocial factors. The findings suggest that concussion recovery involves complex, multi-level influences of both injury and non-injury factors, and may inform clinical prognosis and uncover targets for clinical trials.

Bio:  Keith Owen Yeates, Ph.D., R.Psych., ABPP-CN, is the Ronald and Irene Ward Chair in Pediatric Brain Injury and Professor in the Departments of Psychology, Pediatrics, and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary, in Alberta, Canada. He leads the University’s Integrated Concussion Research Program, the Traumatic Brain Injury NeuroTeam at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, and the Behaviour and the Developing Brain theme at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute. He has a 25 year track record of grant funding from NIH, CIHR, and other agencies for his research, which focuses on the outcomes of childhood brain disorders, and has published over 195 peer-reviewed journal articles, 40 book chapters, and 5 edited or co-authored books. He has received a number of honors: Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA); Canadian Association of Child Neurology John Tibbles Lecturer; Visiting Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society; Charles Matthew Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; and the Arthur Benton Award from the International Neuropsychological Society. Dr. Yeates has served as President of the Society of Clinical Neuropsychology of the APA, President of the Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology, and Secretary of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology. He is currently Incoming President of the International Neuropsychological Society.