There's a growing awareness about concussions, but the discourse is typically centered around men.

"I do think a lot of the research that we see often is funded or associated in some way with men's professional sports. And so what comes along with that is a disproportionate focus on men and concussions among men," said Kathleen Bachynski, associate professor of Public Health at Muhlenberg College.

An analysis from the British Journal of Sports Medicine confirms that most concussion research has focused on men.

Researchers looked at the studies cited by the organizations that help guide concussion diagnosis and protocols.

They found the participants in those studies were 80% men.

"We definitely know that women are at risk of concussions. Not just in sports, but also military, intimate partner violence, many, many contexts, and from preliminary research it does seem like there may be some differences I don't think we fully understand. Yet, the extent to which some of those differences might be biological, some of it might be social or cultural, and some of them might be a mix," Bachynski said.

Bachynski is on the advisory board for Pink Concussions, a nonprofit group that advocates for more research on concussions in girls and women.

She notes that more funding is needed for better representation in studies.

The International Conference on Concussion in Sport will release a new statement this year that reflects the latest in concussion research. Some experts in the field are pushing for that statement to acknowledge the gender gap.

LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. —

A Lawrenceburg day care is making a young girl's dream come true amid her uphill battle with cancer.

Sunshine Corner Day Care is a place that lives up to its name.

A place of warmth, support and boundless love, especially when one of their own needs it most.

"This is about making a 13-year-old child's dream come true for fighting a disease she should never have to," owner Karla Lorey said.

Thirteen-year-old Hailee Peelman has been fighting leukemia on and off for six years.

"She relapsed March 2," Hailee's mom Tara Wilson said.

Wilson works at Sunshine Corner, so everyone there knows Hailee's longtime dream of swimming with dolphins in Hawaii.

"Make-A-Wish that was going to be our goal, she relapsed it got pushed back, we were going to go again and COVID hit a week before we were supposed to leave," Wilson said.

Instead of accepting it wasn't going to happen, those at the day care came up with a massive plan.

Fundraising efforts for Hailee's dream trip began.

Virtual silent auctions, spaghetti dinners, a GoFundMe and even a game called flocking flamingos had folks far and wide chipping in.

The goal was to hit the $25,000 the final total was thousands beyond that.

Hailey finally found out she was going to Hawaii earlier this month. All those who made it happen found out the good news as well.

A family that has gone through so much, getting their dream in the sunshine.

"This will make a memory for their entire family that will last a lifetime and that's priceless," Lorey said.