Dr. Kate Higgins joined the Nebraska Athletic Department in April of 2019 as an athletic neuropsychologist.
Higgins oversees concussion management and baseline concussion testing, performs individual neuropsychological evaluations for student-athletes with concussion, ADHD and learning difficulties, provides individual counseling and also has clinical duties with CB3 and the UNMC Neuropsychology department.
Prior to coming to Nebraska, Higgins ran a concussion/traumatic brain injury clinic with Sanford Orthopedic and Sports Medicine.
Originally from Beatrice, Neb., Higgins earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and theology from Fresno Pacific University in 2006. She then earned a master’s degree in Experimental Psychology from Fresno State in 2009 before earning a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis on Neuropsychology from Forest Institute in 2015. Higgins did a two-year fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology at Nebraska's CB3 and UNMC in 2017.
