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
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
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