- Australian neurologist Dr Paul McCrory quits after “terrible error”
- McCrory shaped concussion rules for football, rugby, NFL and AFL
Australian academic Dr Paul McCrory, the influential neurologist who has helped shape concussion protocols in myriad international sports, including football, rugby union, NFL and Australian rules, has resigned over allegations of plagiarism.
McCrory was the chair of the Concussion in Sport Group (CISG) and lead author of four of the last five Consensus Statements on Concussion in Sport, from which the NFL, Football Association and AFL draw concussion guidelines and assessment protocols. A longtime honorary associate professor at Melbourne’s Florey Institute, McCrory is regarded as the pre-eminent brain researcher in the southern hemisphere, and has been the loudest leading voice on concussion in sport for the last decade.
Continue reading…Australian neurologist Dr Paul McCrory quits after “terrible error”McCrory shaped concussion rules for football, rugby, NFL and AFLAustralian academic Dr Paul McCrory, the influential neurologist who has helped shape concussion protocols in myriad international sports, including football, rugby union, NFL and Australian rules, has resigned over allegations of plagiarism.McCrory was the chair of the Concussion in Sport Group (CISG) and lead author of four of the last five Consensus Statements on Concussion in Sport, from which the NFL, Football Association and AFL draw concussion guidelines and assessment protocols. A longtime honorary associate professor at Melbourne’s Florey Institute, McCrory is regarded as the pre-eminent brain researcher in the southern hemisphere, and has been the loudest leading voice on concussion in sport for the last decade. Continue reading…[#item_full_content]