Drinking Things Podcast

Link: https://sharp.uconn.edu/acabchuk/ Dr. Rebecca Acabchuk, Ph.D is currently a Post-doctoral research associate at UConn in Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP). She has a PhD in Physiology and Neurobiology - where her prior research focused on neurogenesis, neurodegenerative disease and concussion. Dr. Acabchuk now studies the benefits of yoga and meditation, which she has been teaching for 14 years. She is also an adjunct professor at Conn College where she developed and teaches a neuropsychology course called: Mindfulness & Meditation in Science and in Practice. The conversation with Dr. Acabchuk was an eye-opening one on the current state of concussions and potential new treatment strategies. Currently, concussions are a huge issue among many populations. You might even say they are a hot topic in media, but this wasn’t always the case. In fact, before the early 2000's, it was almost the opposite, they were basically ignored and brushed aside. Now, there is a lot o