Fort Collins doctor, CSU prof land concussion-research grant from NCAA, DoD

FORT COLLINS — A neuropsychologist in Fort Collins and a Colorado State University professor will receive a $400,000 grant to study the underreporting of concussions among athletes at 12 middle and high schools in Northern Colorado over the next three years.

Doug Coatsworth, a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and director of CSU’s Prevention Research Center, has teamed up with Alissa Wicklund, a neuropsychologist and concussion specialist at the Orthopaedic & Spine Center of the Rockies in Fort Collins, on the project. Wicklund provides concussion care for athletes and others from throughout Northern Colorado, Wyoming and…