Kinesiology
UW-Madison School of Education

Julie Stamm

Clinical Assistant Professor

stamm3@wisc.edu


302C Service Memorial Institute

Stamm, Julie

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Dr. Julie Stamm is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received her Ph.D. in Anatomy and Neurobiology from the Boston University School of Medicine and conducted research at the Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center and Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory at Harvard Medical School – Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She received an F31 Ruth L. Kircschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to support her graduate research. Her research interests include the later-life consequences of incurring repetitive head impacts in sport, particularly during critical periods of childhood brain development, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and concussion management, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Dr. Stamm is the author of the book, The Brain on Youth Sports: The Science, the Myths, and the Future, aimed at guiding parents, guardians, coaches, medical providers, and others towards making you sports as safe as possible for the developing brain.

Education

  • PhD , Boston University School of Medicine, 2015
  • BS Kinesiology – Athletic Training, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2009

Select Media Contributions

  • WPR, ‘Rest is not necessarily best’: A new approach to concussion treatment. (September, 2024).
  • Scripps News, Morning Rush, National TV Interview, Goodell deposition reveal. (January, 2024).
  • Interview, “Kids, Sports, & the Concussed Brain.”, Chasing Life with Sanjay Gupta, CNN. (October, 2023).
  • CNN, Largest study of brains of athletes younger than 30 finds early signs of CTE even in amateur players. (August, 2023).
  • USA Today, Tom Brady didn’t play tackle football as a kid. Neither should your child. (August, 2021).
  • Wisconsin State Journal, Routine hits in youth football damage the brain, too. (September, 2019).

Select Publications

  • Sheehy, O. M., Hunzinger, K. J., Baugh, C. M., & Stamm, J. (2025). Understanding of Head Injury Assessment and Return to Play Processes and Associated Factors in United States Major League Rugby Players. Brain Injury, 39(2), 99-107.
  • Anderson, M., Stamm, J., & Hills-Meyer, P. (2022). 'Thinking Like a Clinician:' A Pedagogical Approach for Teaching Foundational Clinical Reasoning Skills within a Pre-Preprofessional Undergraduate Anatomy Curriculum. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 33(2), 248-258.
  • Biese, K. M., Stamm, J., Wichman, D. M., Hetzel, S. J., Post, E. G., & Bell, D. R. (2021). Association of lower extremity injuries and injury mechanism with previous concussion history in adolescent athletes. Physical Therapy in Sport, 48, 76-82.
  • Stamm, J. (2021). The Brain on Youth Sports: The Science, the Myths, and the Future. Rowman and Littlefield.
  • Stamm, J., Post, E. G., Baugh, C. M., & Bell, D. R. (2020). Awareness of Concussion Education Requirements, Management Plans, and Knowledge in High School and Club Sport Coaches. Journal of Athletic Training, 55(10), 1054-1061.
  • Lepage, C., Muehlmann, M., Tripodis, Y., Hufschmidt, J. M., Stamm, J., Green, K., Wrobel, P., Schultz, V., Weir, I., Alosco, M. L., Baugh, C. M., Fritts, N. G., Martin, B. M., Chaisson, C., Coleman, M. J., Lin, A. P., Pasternak, O., Makris, N., Stern, R. A., Shenton, M. E., & Koerte, I. K. (2019). Limbic system structure volumes and associated neurocognitive functioning in former NFL players. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 13(3), 725-734.
  • Schultz, V., Stern, R. A., Tripodis, Y., Stamm, J., Wrobel, P., Lepage, C., Weir, I., Guenette, J. P., Chua, A., Alosco, M. L., Baugh, C. M., Fritts, N. G., Chaisson, C. E., Coleman, M. J., Lin, A., Pasternak, O., Shenton, M. E., & Koerte, I. K. (2018). Age at First Exposure to Repetitive Head Impacts Is Associated with Smaller Thalamic Volumes in Former Professional American Football Players. Journal of Neurotrauma, 35(2), 278-285.
  • Alosco, M. L., Kasmis, A. B., Stamm, J., Chua, A. S., Danshvar, D. H., Robbins, C. A., Mariani, M., Mariani, J., Conneely, S., Au, R., Torres, A., McClean, M. D., McKee, A. C., Cantu, R. C., Mez, J., Nowinski, C. J., Martin, B. M., Chaisson, C. E., Tripodis, Y., & Stern, R. A. (2017). Age of first exposure to American football and long-term neuropsychiatric and cognitive outcomes. Translational Psychiatry, 7(9), e1236.
  • Baugh, C. M., Kroshus, E., Stamm, J., Daneshvar, D. H., Pepin, M., & Meehan, W. (2017). Clinical practices in collegiate concussion management. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 44(6), 1391-1399.
  • Stamm, J., Koerte, I. K., Muehlmann, M., Pasternak, O., Bourlas, A. P., Baugh, C. M., Giwerc, M. Y., Zhu, M. Y., Coleman, A., Bouix, S., Fritts, N. G., Martin, B. M., Chaisson, C., McClean, M. D., Lin, A. P., Cantu, R. C., Tripodis, Y., Stern, R. A., & Shenton, M. E. (2015). Age at First Exposure to Football is Associated with Altered Corpus Callosum White Matter Microstructure in Former Professional Football Players. Journal of Neurotrauma, 32(22), 1768-1776.

Select Awards and Honors

  • #29 Academic Bestseller in Medicine, Library Journal, 2022
  • Outstanding Academic Title of 2022, Choice Magazine, 2022
  • Clint Thompson Award for Clinical Practice Advancement, Journal of Athletic Training, National Athletic Trainers’ Association, 2015