Dr Naomi Deakin MB BChir MA (Cantab) PhD

Dr Deakin is a post-doctoral associate in Clinical Neurosciences. Whilst her previous positions have largely addressed traumatic brain injury, her current role expands her portfolio to spinal injuries - temporarily assisting the Kotter Group in management of their international sites for a surgical RCT ("POLYFIX-DCM"). Dr Deakin completed her medical training in Cambridge, followed by the Academic Foundation Programme in Edinburgh. She worked as a Junior Neurotrauma Fellow in Neurosurgery at Addenbrooke's Hospital, whilst attaining funding for her her PhD (assessment of mild traumatic brain injury/concussion in motorsport). Dr Deakin is a Registered Doctor with the UK Motor Sports Association and has conducted motorsport research at Silverstone Race Circuit since 2012. Dr Deakin was the first Concussion Fellow for TOCA, a UK motorsports events package, and was the 2018 Sid Watkins Scholar - a funded research position with the Global Institute for Motorsport Safety based in Geneva, Switzerland. She is co-founder of the Cambridge Sports Concussion Clinic. Dr Deakin's doctoral research focused on the assessment of mild TBI in the context of sports concussion, with an emphasis on motorsport. She is particularly interested in the application of objective diagnostic tools to concussion, as well as the important return to race (or play) decisions.