Lauren Dawson
University of Ottawa, Canada
Biography
Lauren Dawson has completed her BSc in Human Kinetics and is currently completing her MSc in Biomechanics at the University of Ottawa’s Neurotrauma Impact Science Laboratory. Her thesis is under the supervision of Dr. Blaine Hoshizaki studying the biomechanics of head injury in youth. She is the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) National Academic Champion 2013 for research aimed to improvethe current CSA ice hockey helmet standard, which was titled “The influence of material compliance on the dynamic response of a Hybrid III headform”, and has published one paper and presented at two international conferences
Abstract
Abstract : The evaluation of impact characteristics causing persistent concussive syndrome in youth
