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 NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research Grand Challenge: Developing Novel Drugs for Disorders of the Nervous System (U01) ((RFA-NS-12-002).  NINDS Contacts:  Jill Heemskerk, PhD and Rebecca Farkas, PhD. Request for Information (RFI): Input on Strategies for Leveraging Existing Health Data Linked to New or Existing Bio-Specimen Repositories for Large Scale Epidemiology Research (NOT-RM-11-008).  Request for Information (RFI) on NIH CTSA Neuroscience Research (NOT-NS-11-007). NINDS Contact:  Walter Koroshetz, MD 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 Workshop Announcements, Summaries & Publications FDA Workshop - Assuring the Safety and Effectiveness of Seizure, Cognitive Function, and TBI/Sports Concussion Diagnostic Devices:  June 2-3, 2011, Silver Spring, MD. Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury:  June 13-15, 2011, Washington, DC. Keystone Symposia Conference:  Clinical and Molecular Biology of Acute and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathies:  February 26-March 2, 2012, Keystone, CO. TBI Research News Advanced Neuroimaging in Children with Nonaccidental Trauma   Correlates of Posttraumatic Epilepsy 35 Years Following Combat Brain Injury Diffusion Tensor Imaging May Improve Diagnosis and Tracking of Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries Motor Skill Learning May be Enhanced by Mild Brain Stimulation An Over-Worked, Under-Appreciated Brain Cell Finally Gets its Due 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. Resources for Scientists Office of Translational Research  Office of Clinical Research Office of Training and Career Development

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 TBI Collaborative Activities Interagency Committee on Disability Research