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- Posted Tuesday November 25, 2014
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton proclaims Nov. 26 as TGen 'Get Your Jersey On' Day
ASU-UA rivalry football game is focus of fundraising for groundbreaking TGen-led concussion study
PHOENIX, Ariz. - Nov. 25, 2014 - Phoenix Mayor
Greg Stanton today proclaimed Wednesday, Nov. 26, as TGen "Get
Your Jersey On" Day in support of a groundbreaking sports
concussion study led by the Translational Genomics Research
Institute (TGen).
In anticipation of Arizona's biggest rivalry football game of the
year, TGen invites businesses, schools and other organizations
throughout the state to join TGen's "Get Your Jersey On"
campaign, and allow their employees to wear their favorite sports
jersey or t-shirt to work or school on Wednesday, Nov. 26 - the day
before Thanksgiving.
The day was selected in anticipation of the 88th Duel in the
Desert, pitting the Arizona State University Sun Devils against the
University of Arizona Wildcats on Nov. 28 in Tucson, which could
decide which team (both with records of 9-2) goes to the PAC-12
Championship.
Among those already participating Nov. 26 in Get Your Jersey
On day are the Phoenix and Tucson offices of CBRE, a
nationwide commercial real estate firm, and HealthSouth Scottsdale
Rehabilitation Hospital.
TGen encourages participants to make small donations of $10
towards TGen's groundbreaking concussion research, which consists
of ASU student-athletes voluntarily wearing sensors in their
helmets to measure the number, location, duration, direction and
force of impacts during practices and games.
These measurements, combined with biological tests, could result
in the discovery of a biomarker - a measurable change in the
athlete's genetic makeup - that would objectively indicate when a
player is too hurt to take the field, or when they are fit enough
to re-enter the game.
TGen's multi-year study is in conjunction with Riddell - the
industry leader in football helmet technology and innovation -
Barrow Neurological Institute and A.T. Still University. The study
could help protect the health of student athletes by replacing
subjective examinations players currently undergo on the sidelines
after a serious hit with a definitive genomics-based test.
Hundreds of Chandler's Kyrene de las Brisas Elementary School
students and teachers and Arizona employees of Bank of America
Merrill Lynch already have participated in Get Your Jersey
On events earlier this fall. Additional Get Your Jersey
On events are anticipated surrounding the inaugural NCAA
college football playoffs in late December and early January, as
well as the Jan. 25 NFL Pro Bowl and Feb. 1 Super Bowl, both being
played at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale.
Mayor Stanton's proclamation reads, in part:
"The schools (ASU and UA) have amassed a significant presence in
downtown Phoenix, providing new educational opportunities and
driving creativity, culture, business development and jobs. TGen is
encouraging all alumni to wear their maroon and gold or red and
blue in support of the research - and the fun nature of the
rivalry.
"Participating organizations are not only showing team spirit -
they're also contributing to TGen's concussion research with small
donations.
"NOW, THEREFORE, I, GREG STANTON, Mayor of the City of Phoenix,
Arizona, do hereby proclaim November 26, 2014, as TGEN "GET
YOUR JERSEY ON" DAY and ask each resident on this twenty-sixth
day of November, in the year two thousand fourteen, to wear their
favorite sports jerseys to help raise awareness and funds for
TGen's ongoing concussion research."
Dean Ballard, TGen Foundation Assistant Director of Development,
said: "TGen is thrilled that Mayor Stanton has issued this
proclamation. He is helping us shine a bright light on this
important research. We welcome additional businesses and
organizations across Arizona to Get Their Jersey On in
support of this study, which will help protect athletes in any
sport now, and in the future."
If you would like your organization to participate in Get Your
Jersey On, contact Ballard at [email protected], or
602-343-8543.
Individuals may donate at: https://www.tgenfoundation.org/netcommunity/donate.
Click drop down box to: Concussion Research.
ASU and UA annually vie for the coveted Territorial Cup, the
nation's oldest rivalry trophy in college football. It dates to
1899 - 13 years before Arizona became a state - when Arizona's two
largest institutions of higher learning first met on the gridiron.
The Wildcats lead the series 47-39, with one tie.
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About TGen
Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) is a Phoenix,
Arizona-based non-profit organization dedicated to conducting
groundbreaking research with life changing results. TGen is focused
on helping patients with cancer, neurological disorders and
diabetes, through cutting edge translational research (the process
of rapidly moving research towards patient benefit). TGen
physicians and scientists work to unravel the genetic components of
both common and rare complex diseases in adults and children.
Working with collaborators in the scientific and medical
communities literally worldwide, TGen makes a substantial
contribution to help our patients through efficiency and
effectiveness of the translational process. For more information,
visit:www.tgen.org.
Press Contact:
Steve Yozwiak
TGen Senior Science Writer
602-343-8704
[email protected]
