
KiDZ Center @ UM
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Dedicated to preventing youth brain & spinal cord injuries. Home of @iWalkSafe, @iBikeSafe. Part of @MiamiProject at @umiamimedicine.
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#SSS2024 Congratulations to our Dr. Gillian Hotz of KiDZ Center @ UM, winner of this year’s Miami-Dade Complete Streets Champion Award! Thank you, Dr. Hotz, for your leadership!



More from the #SafeStreetSummit! Our very own @DrMickeyWit on stage with The Underline's wonderful Meg Daly, Eric Katz of MARLIN (Official), James Sebastian of Toole Design, and Dana Yanocha of ITDP US discussing what it takes to establish safe streets in South Florida:



ICYMI: Dr. Gillian Hotz interviews our UHealth Concussion Program Research Fellow, Luke O’Neil about current concussion protocols for returning injured athletes back to play and advice for parents. kidzneurosciencecenter.com/hotz-spot-ep-1/


An amazing meeting of the minds today with the OGs of the team - Dr. Hotz, Jake Nelson (co-founder of UHealth WalkSafe and now w/AAA), Mickey Witte (co-founder UHealth BikeSafe), and Dr. Jayne Greenberg (Miami-Dade Schools, President's Council).


Episode #2 of the Hotz Spot Podcast has dropped! Tune in for an interview with the multitalented @DrMickeyWit: UM lecturer, UHealth BikeSafe manager, Dolphins Cancer Challenge ride marshal, and all-around amazing bike advocate helping to lead the way for youth safety: kidzneurosciencecenter.com/hotz-spot-ep-2…

We had our Annual Concussion Update Workshop for the Miami-Dade County Public Schools high school athletic directors and athletic trainers. Thanks to Ms. Latoya D. Williams the Director of Athletics at Miami-Dade Schools and the Miami Dolphins Foundation for their continued support!





For National Concussion Awareness Day, we and UHealth Concussion Program share the third episode of the Hotz Spot Podcast featuring Ashlee Horn “Ain’t That a Hit to the Head”. We ask everyone start their own concussion conversation today and take the #MelonPledge kidzneurosciencecenter.com/hotz-spot-ep-3/




Director Dr. Gillian Hotz had a great morning meeting discussing the importance of pedestrian and bicyclist safety in M-DC with Safe Routes Partnership Co-Directors Marisa Jones and Dave Cowan, Board Member Anamarie Ferreira de Melo from Urban Health Solutions and @urbanhp, and Shevrin “Shev” Jones #SRTS

