Media Appearances

Print New York Times, Scientific American, Women’s Health Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, US News and World Report, The Washington Post, HEALTH, STAT, AP the Big Story, Neurology Advisor, WebMD, The Irish times, UK Times, Scottish Daily Mail, The Sunday Daily Mail, and in most major city papers worldwide.

Television Good Morning America, BBC (multiple times), BBC-Scotland, NBC-CT News, Fox News, ESPN's Outside the lines (twice), and Aljazeera News

PRESS HIGHLIGHTS

2025

WOMEN’S HEALTH Magazine – January 2025 https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a63545678/concussions-in-women/

2024

COSMOPOLITAN – August 2024 In-print and online - https://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/a61694731/women-concussions/

BBC - Interviewed on camera by the BBC on June 6, 2024, Snedaker calls for more funding for research and care for women in sport and concussion

Public Speaking and Research Presentations

Presentations on the Topic of Female Brain Injury – Sex and Gender Differences in TBI

Invited Keynote Presentations 

2025

  • Montreal - IBIA World Brain Injury Congress = Keynote for the entire congress

2024

  • Los Angeles - 21st Annual World Brain Mapping Congress "Addressing Health Concerns of Women Veterans" – in-person

  • Aotearoa New Zealand - 1st International TBI Conference "The Hidden Cost of Violence"– in-person

  • Melbourne - “Seminar on Concussion/ “Mild” Traumatic Brain Injury" – in-person

  • International Women’s Day Cannonade Bikes – in-person

  • USBIA Webinar “Sex and Gender Differences in Brain Injury and Why it Matters”

  • London Canada’s 27th Annual Brain Injury Conference - Virtual

2023

  • TIME FOR CHANGE SUMMIT in Manchester, UK – in-person

  • The Canadian Annual Concussion Research Symposium - virtual

  • Brain Injury & Domestic Violence ECHO Program of Brain Injury Association of Virginia webinar

2022

  • University of Kansas Medical Center Concussion Conference, Kansas City

  • American Association for Justice’s Traumatic Brain Injury - Essential Skills and Advanced Techniques, Atlanta

2021

  • Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV) Caucus – Domestic Violence Training

  • West Virginia Brain Injury Conference

  • National Injury Prevention Foundation’s “ThinkFirst” Conference on Injury Prevention

  • Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology & Critical Care (SNACC) 

  • 11th Annual Traumatic Brain Injury Conference – Washington DC

2020                                

  • King’s Daughters Health System Sports Concussion Conference and Concussion Community Night

  • Fordham University School of Social Work – Live presentation to graduate students & webcast

2019

  • Boston Children’s Hospital Conference co-hosted with PINK Concussions, Harvard Medical School

  • Ohio State University’s 4th Brain Health Summit, Ohio

  • West Virginia State TBI Conference

  • NY Harbor VA’s Post Concussion Dysautonomia/POTS Conference, New York City

  • Western University’s See the Line Conference, London

  • 7th Annual Concussion Research Symposium & 2nd Concussion in Women & Girls Conference, Toronto

  • Rowan’s Day 2019, Sunnybrook Medical Center, Toronto

2018

  • Santa Clarita Valley Concussion Conference, Los Angeles

  • US Army Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, 2018 Brain Injury Day, Germany

  • 6th Annual Canadian Concussion Research Symposium, Toronto

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Invited Conference Presentations “Sex and Gender in Brain Injury and why it matters”

2024

  • NYC’s Hospital Special Surgery Staff Training

  • NATA Panel - NATA National Conference with Ashton

  • Brain Injury Panel in Chicago - Abbott Meeting

2023

  • IBIA’s World Brain Injury Congress, Invited Speaker, Ireland – in-person

  • Palo Alto Veterans Administration Medical Center Conference – in-person

  • Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence (TBICoE) webinar for the US Military

2022

  • Brain Injury Australia 2022 Conference

  • The Joint Brain Injury Conference, NYC

  • 35th Annual Conference on Legal and Medical Issues in Brain Injury, NYC

2021

  • SOAR Conference - Domestic Violence and TBI – Canada

  • Columbia University Synapse 2021 Conference - Moderator

2020                                

  • 33rd Annual Conference on Legal and Medical Issues in Brain Injury

  • North America Brain Injury Society 2020 NABIS Conference – 3 presentations

  • Fordham University School of Social Service, Lecture for MSW Students

  • Toronto - Domestic Violence/TBI Training - University of Toronto

  • Pennsylvania’s BrainSTEPS: Concussion Return to Learn 

  • CA Dept of Vet Affairs - Brain Injury in Women in the Military-Active Duty and Veterans

  • Women’s Brain Project Annual Conference - International

  • Columbia Univ. Synapse/Pink Concussions conference 2020 - “Domestic Violence during the COVID Pandemic: Women, IPV and Brain Injury”

2019

  • IPV Toolkit Launch, University of Toronto

  • Boston Children’s Hospital Conference co-hosted with PINK Concussions, Harvard Medical School

  • Stanford U Sports Concussion Summit

  • PA’s Brain STEPS: Concussion Return to Learn Community of Practice, Team Leader Webinar, 2019 & 2020

2018

  • 4th Federal TBI Conference, Presenter on Domestic Violence and Female Brain Injury, DC

  • 2018 VA’s Women Veterans, PTSD, and Post-Military Health, Invited presenter on Domestic Violence, Boston

  • VA’s IPV & Strangulation/TBI Webinar

  • ELEVATE Tech Fest HEALTH, Invited presenter on Female Athletes in Sport, Toronto

  • Utah State Brain Alliance Conference, Invited presenter, Salt Lake

  • The Milken Institute: Future of Health Summit, Invited presenter, “Importance of Women in Brain Banks,” DC

2017

  • VA Brain Trust, Invited Speaker on PINK Concussions’ Collaborations with the VA, Boston

  • IBIA’s World Brain Injury Congress, Invited Speaker, New Orleans

2016

  • IBIA’s World Brain Injury Congress, presented Female Athletes’ Experience of Concussion, The Hague

  • Canadian Brain Injury Conference, Presenter, Female Brain Injury and Concussion, Toronto

  • Defense & Veterans Brain Injury Center’s (DVBIC) Webinar, 2016

  • Brain Injury Association of American’s (BIAA) Webinar, 2016

2015

  • UMass Concussion Conference, Presenter, Female Concussion, Lowell

  • American Society of Neuroradiology Conference, Poster presenter Female Athletes’ Experience of Concussion

  • Santa Clara Valley Brain Injury Conference, Presenter, Female Athletes’ Experience of Concussion

  • American Academy of Neurology Sports Concussion Conference, Poster presenter, 2014, 2015

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Presentations on Youth Sports Concussion, the Norwalk Concussion Project, and School Return to Play/Return to Learn

2019

  • Harvard Medical School Co-hosting PINK Concussions with the Boston Children’s Hospital Conference

2018

  • Brown University Concussion Education Conference, Invited presenter, Concussion Education Programs

  • Santa Clarita Valley Concussion Seminar, Invited keynote speaker, Youth Sport Prevention, Los Angeles,

2017

  • International Olympic Committee’s World Conference on the Prevention of Illness and Injury in Sport, one hour workshop presenter, Youth Sport Concussion, Monaco, 2017

  • International Brain Injury Associations’ World Brain Injury Congress, Poster presenter, Youth Sports Concussion Program, New Orleans, 2017

2015-2016

  • The State of Connecticut Commission on Women, Children and Seniors (CWCS), Invited presenter, Hartford

  • University of Connecticut, Stamford, 2014 and 2015, and Storrs Campus, 2016, Presenter

  • Sports Concussion & Technology National Council on Youth Sports Safety Tour, 2015-2016, Presenter, Sports concussion and technology in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, and DC

2014

  • Sacred Heart University, Athletic Trainers of East Coast Conference, Invited presenter, NCAA DII, CT  2014

  • Quinnipiac University School of Medicine, The Concussion Conference, Host and presenter, CT 2014

2013

  • Sacred Heart University, invited presenter, College Concussions and Return To Learn, 2013

  • The Institute of Medicine, Youth Sport Concussions Effect on Families, Invited presenter, DC, 2013

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School Nurse and Parent Educational Presentations

  • Professional Trainer for School Nurses: Norwalk, Darien, Trumbull, Cheshire, Norwalk Public Schools, New Canaan, The Country School, 2010-2017

  • Parent Concussion Educator: Fairfield Prep 2015, Darien’s Oxridge 2015, Cold Spring Harbor 2014, and KING, 2010-2014, Norwalk Junior Soccer Association, Rowayton Community Soccer, Weston Youth Lacrosse