Associate Professor Andrew Gardner

Associate Professor Andrew gardner

Associate Professor Andrew Gardner is a clinical neuropsychologist and research fellow at the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle. He has worked clinically and conducted research in concussion for over a decade. He serves as a member of the World Rugby Concussion working group and is the concussion consultant to Rugby Australia, and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. Andrew has been interested in the full spectrum of concussion, from tackle techniques to reduce the risk of injury, to improving the identification of athletes suspected of sustaining a concussion, to assessing players with concussion and monitoring recovery, right through to investigating the potential long term brain health of retired collision sport athletes.