{"id":25364,"date":"2024-09-19T12:41:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T12:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test11.f5test.in.ua\/?post_type=advisory-boards&#038;p=25364"},"modified":"2025-12-19T01:18:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T01:18:52","slug":"lance-picioane","status":"publish","type":"advisory-boards","link":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/about\/advisory-boards\/lance-picioane\/","title":{"rendered":"Lance Picioane"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Lance Picioane is the Founder &amp; CEO Love Me Love You foundation, a leading mental health and suicide prevention advocate, and a Former AFL player for Adelaide FC, Hawthorn FC, and North Melbourne FC. He is a husband and a father of three boys.<\/div>\n<div>As part of his past as a professional sportsperson in a brutal contact sport, in a generation that was harder than it was smarter, he used to interpret head knocks and concussions as a badge of honor. He also used to believe that if he didn\u2019t receive some sort of head impact in a game then he didn\u2019t play hard enough. This mentality was not only present in his professional career, but throughout his junior days as well.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Lance has donated his brain to research when his time is up in the hope that it will give future generations a greater understanding of what we can do to decrease the negative health impacts of concussion and repeat head trauma from sport. He wants to empower others through research and promote education from a young age to better facilitate a future where Australians can keep playing the sports that they love without sacrificing their long-term health. Sports participation is such a powerful vehicle for connection and community, Lance believes that we need to provide is a safer sports environment for our youth so we can continue to do this!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lance Picioane is the Founder &amp; CEO Love Me Love You foundation, a leading mental health and suicide prevention advocate, and a Former AFL player for Adelaide FC, Hawthorn FC, and North Melbourne FC. He is a husband and a father of three boys. 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