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Interviews + Research


Rebuilding After the Break: Finding Meaning Beyond Brain Injury
To start, please introduce yourself? My name is Eryn Martin. I’m a brain injury survivor. On May 11th, 2020, I had a subarachnoid hemorrhage. They don’t really know why—it came out of nowhere. I was very healthy, no big history or anything pointing toward something like that happening. It actually happened while I was working out. After my injury, I connected with a friend who had also had a TBI from getting hit by a car. So we started a podcast called Making Headway Podcast.


Interview with Taylor Malone
To start off, please tell me about yourself. My name is Taylor Malone. I live in Prince Edward Island, Canada. I acquired a severe traumatic brain injury in 2012 when I was 19 years old. Today, 14 years later, I continue to live with my brain injury and all of the changes that have come with it. I’m also a licensed counselling therapist that specializes in helping people who live with the impact of brain injury. If you feel comfortable, would you be able to share a little bit


Still on the Mat: Brooklyn Enlow’s Fight for Awareness After Second Impact Syndrome
Tina Yang : Could you introduce yourself? Brooklyn Enlow : My name is Brooklyn Enlow. I'm a 16-year-old wrestler out of Henryville,...


Interview with Dr. Alexander Maxan, Director of Research and Strategic Partnerships at the Huntington Society of Canada
Conducted by Kristin and Jasper for Voices of Brain Injury Kristin: Alexander, would you like to start by telling us a little about...


Interview with Ben Murphy
Kristin: Thank you for opening yourself up to be interviewed by our team at VBI! You may begin anywhere in your journey or brain injury...


Interview with Ariel Johnson
Ariel Johnson - VBI Interview But I’ve realized how important it is to talk nicely to yourself. It's you versus you at the end of the...


Interview with Natalie and Melissa
“Life is very precious and you don't know when it's going to be taken away from you.” Natalie: Daughter who has a TBI Melissa: Mother...


Interview with Dr. Mark Cembrowski
Can you please tell me about yourself and what inspired you to enter research? My name is Mark Cembrowski and I'm an associate professor...


Creative process: Interview with Wyne
I started seeing potential in discarded items. Creating is fun! That process—taking something broken and reshaping it—felt like a...


Navigating Motherhood with a Traumatic Brain Injury
Interview with Emma Perepelkin Please tell me about yourself. My name is Emma and I'm from British Columbia, Canada. I am 29 years old...


Interview with Rick Polito
Kristin: Please tell me about yourself and you can start wherever you like. I'm a journalist, a writer, a father, and a husband. I'm also...


Interview with Dr. Daniel Yoo
Left: Image of Dr. Daniel Yoo Right: Image of a subretinal fibrotic lesion Can you please tell me a bit about yourself and what inspired...


A Writer’s Experience with TBI
Interview with Tay Interviewed by: Sydney Palmer (Interviewer) & Kristin Baetz (Outreach Director and TBI survivor) Could you tell me...


Interview with Puja Suri
To start, would you be able to tell us a little bit about yourself? My name is Puja, and I live in Alberta, Canada, and I am a...


Going from My Biggest Life Crisis to the Life of My Dreams - Interview with Rikke la Cour
Q: Can you tell us a little bit about you? What do you do right now? Anything you'd like to share? Rikke: Sure. My name is Rikke la Cour....
Fitness & Traumatic Brain Injury
Tina: Can you please tell me about yourself? You can start wherever you like. TBI.Fitness: The big thing in my life obviously is that I'm...


Interview with Mackenzie Meyer -Being a Speech Pathologist Graduate Student with TBI During Covid-19
Tina: To start, can you please introduce yourself? You may start wherever you'd like! Mackenzie: I am Mackenzie Meyer. I'm 25 and I live...


Interview with Heather Van Tassel
Can you tell me a little bit about what happened? The nature of the injury you sustained and the beginning of your recovery process? This...


Interview with Emily Moore
Can you please tell me a bit about yourself, you can start wherever you would like to. I am a radiographer, I take x-rays. I'm also...


Interview with Katherine - Speech Language Pathologist
Can you please tell me a bit about yourself? You can start wherever you’d like to. I am Katherine Noyes, and I am a speech language...
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