Latest news - The Drake Foundation

July 23, 2020

Ex-Arsenal and England footballer Tony Adams is urging former footballers to sign up to a major study examining the link between heading the ball ...

December 17, 2019

Following the launch of The Drake Football Study at The Health Challenges in Professional Football symposium (Emirates Stadium, London, UK; 16 ...

Written by Kimberley Ndungu, Editor of Concussion Zone On the 27th November 2019, we had the pleasure of attending the 4th Annual UK Sports ...

October 21, 2019

Former professional football (soccer) players are over 3.5-times more like to die due to dementia, and over 5-times more likely to die due to ...

July 09, 2019

Professional footballers in England will join the Drake Football Study tracking player health over a 10-year period thanks to a cooperation ...

June 07, 2019

The Drake Foundation has announced the commitment of funding to a ground-breaking study into the health of professional association football ...

January 17, 2019

The University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have launched a new study, supported by the Premier League ...

June 21, 2018

As the Annual UK Sports Concussion Research Symposium enters its third year, experts are coming together to share their progress from the last 12 ...

June 17, 2018

Former players will be recruited through the Professional Footballers’ Association for study examining the link between heading the ball or ...

June 15, 2018

Since launching the Concussion Database in November 2016, we have been working hard to build and develop the educational resource. Over the last ...