Active Research Projects
PRECISE-DoC
PRECISE-DoC (Phenotypes and Endotypes of Recovery after Acute Disorders of Consciousness) aims to evaluate the natural history of recovery after severe brain injuries, develop multimodal prediction models, and facilitate adoption in hospital settings.
CONNECT
CONNECT (Communicating Needs with Care Partners Scale) aims to develop and validate a person-centered outcome measure to assess recovery of communication after severe brain injury, ensuring precise and reliable assessment.
TRACK-TBI
TRACK-TBI aims to revolutionize clinical care by improving TBI classification and treatment. We contribute to outcome assessment  battery development,  lead training efforts across US sites for multiple outcome measures associated with severe brain injury, and leverage the TRACK-TBI database publish studies related to severe TBI .
SPEAC-TBI
CORAL
CORAL (Cross-cultural Outcomes and Recovery Associated with Life-Sustaining Treatment Withdrawal After Brain Injury) will compare a decade of brain injury outcomes at VUMC to those in Israel where withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment practices are restricted.Â
SPEAC-TBI (Stakeholders Perspectives on Acceptable Outcomes after TBI) is a stakeholder-engaged quantitative and qualitative study that aims to determine which TBI outcomes matter most to persons with TBI lived-experience and whether there are specific values and beliefs that inform medical decision-making
Funding & Support
Our research is generously supported by a variety of funding sources:
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
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Department of Defense, via TRACK-TBI NETÂ
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National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), Â Â Â Â Â Â via the TBI Model Systems
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Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research​
Recent Publications & Highlights
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