Trust, Conflicts of Interest, and Concussion Reporting in College Football Players

Christine M Baugh1, Emily Kroshus1, William P Meehan1

  • 1Christine M. Baugh, Ph.D., M.P.H., is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Colorado and Core Research Faculty at the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado. She received a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Health Policy and Bioethics from Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), a Master's Degree in Public Health (M.P.H.) concentrating in Health Law, Bioethics, and Human Rights from Boston University School of Public Health (Boston, MA) and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in history and science from Harvard University (Cambridge, MA). Emily Kroshus, Sc.D., M.P.H., is a Research Assistant Professor at University of Washington in the Department of Pediatrics, based at the Seattle Children's Research Institute in the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development. She received her Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) from Harvard University's School of Public Health in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, where she also received a certificate in Health Communication (Boston, MA). She has a master's degree in public health (M.P.H.) from Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health (Baltimore, MD), and a bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree in economics from Princeton University (Princeton, NJ). William P. Meehan III, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Orthopedics at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Micheli Center for Sports Injury Prevention, and Director of Research for the Brain Injury Center at Boston Children's Hospital. He received his medical doctorate (M.D.) from Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA) and his bachelor of arts (B.A.) from Boston College (Boston, MA). Eric G. Campbell, Ph.D., is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Colorado and Director of Research at the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado. He received his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Higher Educational Policy and Administration from the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN), his Masters of Arts (M.A.) in Education from the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN), and his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology from the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN).

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