# Elizabeth Sandel, M\.D\.: Get the facts about concussion \& other brain injuries

> Get the facts about concussion and other brain injuries\. Click to learn more about the science and treatment of concussion symptoms\.

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- [Federal Funding for TBI Research, Education, and Prevention: Maybe Some Good News](https://elizabethsandelmd.com/insights/federal-funding-for-tbi/): In April 2025, devastating news emerged about CDC funding for TBI programs, with key staff positions eliminated and no federal TBI funding through reauthorization\. However, this challenging period has shifted\. On May 21, 2026, the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize federal TBI program funding until 2029\.
- [Viruses Cause Brain Injuries: Prevention is the Best Strategy](https://elizabethsandelmd.com/insights/viruses-cause-brain-injuries-prevention-is-the-best-strategy/): Most of us don’t think about the risks of viruses attacking the brain because it’s typical for other systems in the body, like the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems or the skin, to be attacked by viruses\. But many viruses attack the brain, too, causing severe inflammation of the brain and spinal cord\. Anti\-viral treatments may be unavailable or ineffective\. Preventive measures \(especially vaccination, if available\) are the best strategies\. Our public health systems, and therefore our entire US population, are now threatened by government misinformation and vaccine policy changes, so there is a resurgence of these diseases\. 
- [Trust the Experts](https://elizabethsandelmd.com/insights/trust-the-experts/): Choosing not to vaccinate invites the return of devastating diseases we once thought were consigned to history\. Professional medical organizations are here to help, and through individual and collective efforts, we can work to regain the public’s trust in vaccinations\. Dr\. Sandel's letter on this topic was published in the Philadelphia Inquirer\.
- [Flying in the Face of Facts: Denialism, Anosognosia, and the Human Brain](https://elizabethsandelmd.com/insights/flying-in-the-face-of-facts-denialism-anosognosia-and-the-human-brain/): When someone refuses to accept an empirically verifiable reality, they call upon irrational thought processes and behaviors that produce denialism\. People sometimes process information to reach conclusions driven not by rational analysis, but by specific motivations or beliefs\.
- [Sudden Insights and the Brain: The Aha Moment](https://elizabethsandelmd.com/insights/sudden-insights-and-the-brain-the-aha-moment/): The term insight can refer to a variety of human cognitive processes\. An insight could derive from logical formations of ideas through analytic reasoning\. Another kind of insight, the sudden creative idea, or the unexpected solution to a problem, is referred to as an "aha moment,” or an “aha experience\.” Researchers are studying what brain activity underlies insight, and specifically the aha moment, through advanced technologies\. This blog provides some possible ways to promote insight and the aha moment in our daily lives and work\.

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