Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Research

NINDS conducts and supports research on traumatic brain injury (TBI) to better understand the biological mechanisms of injury, to develop tools for improved diagnosis, and to develop effective treatments to improve functional outcomes and quality of life.  This NINDS website is designed to facilitate research efforts on TBI.  Select this link for more general information about TBI: traumatic brain injury (TBI)

TBI Funding and Other Announcements For regular updates, join the NINDS TBI Research Listserv Call for Public Review on NINDS Common Data Elements, Version 2. Now until June 15, 2012.  Access, review and submit comments on TBI CDE recommendations, and follow the instructions at the site. Federated Interagency Traumatic Brain Research (FITBIR) Informatics System – coming soon NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research Grand Challenge: Discovering Novel Drugs for Disorders of the Nervous System (U01) (RFA-NS-13-003).  NINDS Contact: Rebecca Farkas, PhD. NSF-NIH Interagency Initiative:  Core Techniques and Technologies for Advancing Big Data Science and Engineering (BIGDATA). (NOT-GM-12-109). NINDS Contact: Yuan Liu, PhD. Improving the Quality of NINDS-Supported Preclinical and Clinical Research through Rigorous Study Design and Transparent Reporting. (NOT-NS-11-023).  NINDS Contact:  Shai Silberberg, PhD. Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS) Innovative Approaches to Science and Engineering Research on Brain Function [R01] (NOT-NS-11-006).  NINDS Contact:  Yuan Liu, PhD. NIH Guide.  Please see for funding opportunities and notices. Meeting Announcements American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Conference 2012.  October 9-13, 2012.  Vancouver, British Columbia. 30th Annual Symposium of the National Neurotrauma Society.  July 22-25, 2012.  Phoenix, AZ. National Capital Area TBI Research Symposium 2012.  May 22, 2012.  NIH, Bethesda, MD. Workshop Summaries & Publications Common Data Elements for Research on TBI: Pediatric Considerations Common Data Elements for Neuroimaging of TBI: Pediatric Considerations Common Data Elements for Pediatric TBI: Recommendations from the Biospecimens and Biomarkers Workgroup Common Data Elements for Pediatric TBI: Recommendations from the Working Group on Demographics and Clinical Assessment Emerging Imaging Tools for Use with TBI Research Recommendations for the Use of Common Outcome Measures in Pediatric TBI Research The Essential Role of Psychosocial Risk and Protective Factors in Pediatric TBI Research Research Resources TBI Common Data Elements Website TBI Clinical Trials NIH RePORTER is an electronic tool that allows users to search a repository of NIH-funded research projects and access publications and patents resulting from NIH funding. NINDS Office of Translational Research  NINDS Office of Clinical Research NINDS Office of Training, Career Development and Workforce Diversity

NINDS Staff Contacts for TBI Ramona Hicks, Ph.D. Program Director, Repair and Plasticity Cluster hicksra@ninds.nih.gov Scott Janis, Ph.D. Project Manager, Office of Clinical Research janiss@ninds.nih.gov