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CHRONIC BRAIN INJURY PROGRAM
ADVANCING THE PREVENTION, DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF BRAIN INJURIES
The brain is the body's most complex organ. It makes us who we are. It is critical to our abilities to speak, think, remember, interact, and move.
The Ohio State University is advancing how we understand and approach brain injury as a chronic condition. Even mild brain injuries can have persistent, long-term effects that impact our future health and wellness. Understanding, detecting, treating, and preventing these effects is essential to solving the silent epidemic of traumatic – or rather, chronic – brain injury.
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To accelerate discovery, our scientists and clincians are forming interdisciplinary teams that are translating knowledge, partnering with industry and community organizations, and expanding capacity to implement practical solutions.
Our researchers are:
- Deepening an understanding of how brain injuries result in visible and chronic conditions and higher risk for dementia and movement disorders
- Studying the mechanisms of the immune system's response to neurotraumas that will inform pharamlogical, rehabilitative, and arts-based interventions
- Developing new approaches to imaging, sensing, and clinical data analytics that better detect, monitor, and predict the trajectories of brain injuries
We are investing in people, projects, and resources that enable convergence research in the lab, the clinic, and the community. Learn more about our program and offerings at the links below.
We've built a network of over 100 research labs at Ohio State in fields spanning neuroscience, electrical engineering, psychology, public health, music, and rehabilitation sciences. Through our community partners, we are building a coalition of professionals and patients to help brain injury survivors recover and thrive.
CBI Faculty Spotlight
Welcome Cole Vonder Haar, PhD!
Dr. Cole Vonder Haar joined Ohio State and CBI January 7, 2021, from the Department of Psychology at West Virginia University. He is interested in finding viable treatment options, both behavioral and pharmacological, for the long-term dysfunction that occurs as a result of TBI and he is looking forward to developing new collaborations at Ohio State in the CBI and Neuroscience Research Institute communities. His research focuses on the modeling and treatment of long-term psychiatric-like deficits after traumatic brain injury, and uses a strong behavioral neuroscience approach to back-translate human neuropsychiatric assessments to our rats as well as tasks which are highly selective to specific behavioral deficits (e.g., impulsivity). While deficits in attention, decision-making, and impulsivity are well-recognized at the patient level, there is relatively little research focusing on these problems in animal models. Therefore, Dr. Vonder Haar's lab focuses in on these behavioral aspects alongside pathophysiological assessments.

CBI's SURF program provides annual awards to support undergraduates engaging in research within CBI labs. Faculty investigators receive $4,000 to mentor students on a project for the summer. Applications are open through 3/1! Read our guidelines/apply: https://t.co/DKFHe8p1Me

#OhioStateCBI brings our affiliates a new installment of NT-RIPS tomorrow at 9:30AM! Join @jeffreyjwing, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, as he discusses geographic patterning of #Alzheimers and related dementias - "Where We Live Matters” https://t.co/bU8n8mlFfO https://t.co/VilDHpUjfo

#OhioStateCBI partners with @BrainOSU undergraduates on events like NeuroNights, their annual #BrainInjury Awareness 5K, and the Brain Health Hack! Join these students on 2/23 and 3/9 as they give a family-friendly presentation on #neuroplasticity to the residents at WCV! https://t.co/41ugYcZCwP
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