Adjunct Associate Professor Catherine Willmott, B.Sc (Hons), M.Sc (Clin Neuropsych), PhD, FCCN MAPS Head of Concussion Innovation & Research at AFL, and leads the mTBI stream MERRC, Monash University, where she established and directed the Neuropsychology Clinic. H-index = 24, with > $5m NHMRC, MRFF and AFL grants. Contributions include co-developing i-RECOveR, seminal studies of factors associated with symptoms following mTBI, exploring accelerometers to measure head impacts, padded headgear effectiveness, pharmacological interventions and imaging. A/P Willmott established the AFL Brain Health Initiative, a research program monitoring brain health in AFL/W. Other studies are investigating sex differences in concussion attitudes and understanding of management guidelines. She is Chair - AFL Concussion Scientific Committee, and regularly provides concussion research education to players. She has collaborated on AFL Headgear Standards, & Concussion Guidelines, HeadCheck App, and reviewed for NHMRC, journals, and was an invited reviewer for the A&NZ Mild TBI Clinical Practice Guideline.

Professor Andrew Gardner is a Research Fellow at the Sydney School of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney. Andrew is the concussion consultant for Rugby Australia and is a member of the World Rugby Concussion Working Group. He is also a member of the Australian Football League (AFL) concussion scientific committee. Andrew is a clinical neuropsychologist with a particular interest in sports concussion. His research interests cover the full spectrum of concussion, from injury prevention with tackle techniques, to injury identification via video analysis, to acute assessment through the validation of various measures, to the evaluation of later-in-life brain and mental health of retired athletes. The translational focus of these research programs aims to advance knowledge and improve health care by generating evidence-informed data to advance policy development. My Disclosures: Prof. Gardner has a clinical practice in neuropsychology involving individuals who have sustained sport-related concussion. He is a concussion consultant to Rugby Australia and the Sydney Swans Football Club. He is the global clinical lead for the World Rugby Brain Health Service. He is a member of the World Rugby Concussion Working Group, and a member of the Australian Football League Concussion Scientific Advisory Committee. He has received travel funding or been reimbursed by professional sporting bodies, and commercial organisations for discussing or presenting sport-related concussion research at meetings, scientific conferences, workshops, and symposiums. He is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grant. He acknowledges unrestricted philanthropic support from the National Rugby League, the International Olympic Committee, the Australian Sports Commission, and World Rugby for research in former elite level athletes.