In Review: Walk to School Day 2017
It has been said – in one way or another – that walking brings joy, whatever the weather. Such could be said about our Walk to School Day this year with Liberty City Elementary, which – in a twist deviating...
Walk to School Day: It's a tradition.
In two weeks, we will be gleefully lost in a sea of hundreds of screaming students, joyous to be part of Walk to School Day - or perhaps happy just to be goofing off before class. We were kids ourselves...
South Florida Community Shares Their Visions for a Bicycle Friendly Miami
Even though 2017 has been with us for barely three months, we're already at the region's peak season for bike riding weather. For our BikeSafe team, this means preparations are underway for Bike to School Day and Florida Bike Month...
Dr. Hotz on girl's lacrosse, FHSAA decisions: Headbands are not helmets @ NPR
Tampa Bay's NPR recently interviewed our director, Dr. Gillian Hotz, about the questionable effectiveness of headband use in Florida high school girl's lacrosse: [otw_shortcode_quote border="bordered" border_style="dotted"]"No helmet prevents concussion," Hotz said. "It's acceleration-deceleration. It's a back and forth [motion]. So these cap-like...
BikeSafe featured in Miami Herald's "Keeping Kids Fit" column
Our BikeSafe program has been featured once again in the Miami Herald. Read the full article at: https://www.miamiherald.com/living/health-fitness/article73832137.html
Thank you to Gulliver Schools
The KiDZ Neuroscience Center and UConcussion Program teams would like to extend a huge "Thank you!" to Gulliver Schools for their yearly "Make a Splash" Swim-A-Mile fundraising and donation to the UConcussion program for continued concussion research. Frank Steel, Gulliver's Head of Schools, introduced...
Animated BikeSafe Videos Teach Cycling Techniques
Big news from the BikeSafe Program: We have created a new video series for safe cycling, covering topics for all rider ages and riding locations - from sidewalks to roads. The image above is a screenshot from just one of the...
2015 WalkSafe Poster Contest Winners Recognized by MDCPS
The 2015 Statewide Poster Contest Winners were recognized at the recent Miami-Dade County School Board meeting. The three grand prize winners showed off their artwork showcasing their knowledge on pedestrian safety. A component of the University of Miami WalkSafe Program...
KiDZ Neuroscience Center Director inducted into Iron Arrow Honor Society
The team at the KiDZ Neuroscience Center wish to extend a warm and heartfelt congratulations to our director, Gillian A. Hotz, Ph.D, who was inducted into the University of Miami's Iron Arrow honor society last Thursday. The Iron Arrow award is the highest...
VIDEO: WalkSafe Walk to School Day 2015
WalkSafe (an evidence-based pediatric pedestrian injury prevention program) was developed at the KiDZ Neuroscience Center at the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine as a countermeasure to the high number of children injured as pedestrians. Each year the WalkSafe...
