Pledge Your Brain to Science

In 2023, the Concussion Legacy Foundation Canada partnered with the Canadian Concussion Centre to advance CTE research in Canada. This collaboration is led by Dr. Gabor Kovacs and Dr. Carmela Tartaglia. For more about the Canadian Concussion Centre and our global collaborators, including the impact that brain donation has had on our understanding of CTE, head to our brain banks page.

Research is the key that unlocks our ability to prevent and treat the effects of brain trauma. Clinical research on human volunteers allows scientists to pick up on changes in the brain that lead to CTE while someone is alive, bringing us closer to being able to diagnose CTE during life. The Concussion Legacy Foundation Canada actively recruits for studies led by researchers across Canada. For more information on active studies, head to our clinical research page.

CTE is a global problem, but due to a lack of brain tissue, few researchers outside the United States were able to study this devastating disease. The Concussion Legacy Foundation founded the CLF Global Brain Bank to activate scientists from every corner of the globe in the fight against CTE. Led by some of the world’s greatest researchers on brain trauma and CTE, the CLF Global Brain Bank has collaborators in Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with plans for future growth. For more information about the CLF Global Brain Bank and the importance of brain donation around the world, visit our brain banks page.