This $608,353 Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) will fund a longitudinal study by Craig Hospital's Research Department on resilience-related factors influencing psychosocial growth after traumatic brain injury. The study, titled "THRIVING AFTER TBI: A LONGITUDINAL INVESTIGATION OF RESILIENCE-RELATED FACTORS FOR PSYCHOSOCIAL GROWTH AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY," will be conducted over a 3-year...
This $309,279 Project Grant award, funded by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program, supports a research study on traumatic brain injury (TBI) and psychological health conducted by Florida State University. The primary objectives are to adapt the Ohio State University TBI Identification Method and the STAIR-NT intervention for first responders with TBI, analyze the data, and disseminate the study findings. Key sub-award activities...
This $6,214,900 Project Grant awarded by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) supports research at the Scintillon Institute to investigate the role of genetic risk factors and immune response on neurovascular unit (NVU) function in post-traumatic brain injury (TBI) cognitive impairment. The 4-year award, effective from November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2028, will enable the Scintillon Institute to conduct advanced biomedical research...
This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $747,507 was provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant supports an evaluation of an engineered calpain activity nanosensor in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury (TBI) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). The objective of the research is to advance the development of innovative technologies for monitoring and assessing traumatic brain injuries,...
This $2,699,157 federal Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program supports a research initiative focused on evaluating the effectiveness of a traumatic brain injury whole blood test in improving assessment and triage for patients with mild traumatic brain injury presenting to civilian emergency departments. The project will be conducted by the University of Pittsburgh, a prominent public research university,...
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Craig Hospital in Colorado to conduct research on "Spinal Stimulation to Improve Upper Extremity Recovery in the Home." The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will fund a 3-year project to develop and evaluate new technologies and interventions aimed at enhancing upper limb function and independence for individuals with spinal cord injuries. As part of...
The Defense Health Agency awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant to the Western Institute For Veterans Research to support the POSITIONED (PRECISION, STANDARDIZATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS IN TBI CARE) program. This funding will support the Military Medical Research and Development program's goal of transforming health care for Service Members and the public through innovative medical research solutions for the battlefield. Specifically, the POSITIONED program will conduct research from...
The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has been awarded a $1,437,598 Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) federal grant program. The award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027, will fund the "TRANSFORMING RESEARCH AND CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: CONCUSSION OUTCOME AND RECOVERY PREDICTION SCORE (TRACK-TBI: CORPS)" project. This research initiative aims...
The Department of the Army Medical Command awarded a $2,008,900 project grant to the Veterans Medical Research Foundation of San Diego under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The four-year project grant will fund research into combined nonpharmacological therapies for mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)-related headaches from September 2021 through August 2025. The Military Medical Research and Development program supports basic, applied, and advanced biomedical...
This $837,500 Project Grant was awarded by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) federal grant program. The grant will fund "OXYGEN CONSERVING REFLEX: A NOVEL MULTIMECHANISTIC THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION FOR TBI" research conducted by the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, a leading non-profit medical research organization. The research aims to develop innovative therapeutic approaches for traumatic brain injury (TBI),...