Australian Sports Brain Bank

The Australian Sports Brain Bank is a medical research laboratory, a part of the neuropathology department of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA) in Sydney.

The bank was established in 2018 as a collaboration between RPA and Sydney University to study the relationship between concussion, head injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). It is a partner organisation of Concussion Legacy Foundation's (CLF) Global Brain Bank.[1] In 2019, the bank opened a branch in Melbourne in conjunction with the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine.[2]

In 2020, the bank identified CTE in the brain of Australian rules football hall of fame member Polly Farmer.[3]

Other athletes who have pledged to donate their brain to the bank include boxer Jeff Fenech, National Football League player Colin Scotts, Australian Football League players Daniel Chick and Sam Blease and National Rugby League players Ian Roberts and Shaun Valentine.[1][4]

See also

References
  1. Han, Esther (26 March 2018). "Australia's first sports brain bank launched to find head injury and disease link". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Ltd. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. "Sports Brain Bank for Victoria". La Trobe University. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. Carlisle, Wendy; Colangelo, Anthony (26 February 2020). "CTE discovered in Polly Farmer's brain in AFL-first". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  4. Proszenko, Adrian (4 December 2019). "Fenech pledges brain to science for concussion research". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Ltd. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

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