Discovery Center for Brain Injury and Concussion Recovery

Overview

Nearly 5 million people seek care for TBI in the emergency department in the United States each year, and TBI is now considered to be a chronic health condition requiring continuous medical monitoring to prevent and attenuate the long-term functional and clinical complications. Individuals with prior TBI have more than two times greater rate of mortality and nine-year shorter life expectancy than the general population with cause of death typically unrelated to the underlying neurologic injury. People with TBI also have an increased risk of dementia, cognitive decline, cardiovascular morbidity (i.e., hypertension, hyperlipidemia) and mortality (i.e., cardiac death), and other psychosocial impairments.

Here at Spaulding, our clinical and research efforts focus on identifying innovative, patient-centered approaches to optimize recovery, health, and quality of life. Spaulding's pioneering research in data science, disorders of consciousness, concussion, and cardiovascular health is already accelerating knowledge that translates into better clinical care for our patients and military. An international trailblazer, Spaulding is home to one of the largest research studies in the field of TBI, as part of the prestigious TBI Model System program that is competitively funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research.

The Discovery Center in Brain Injury and Concussion Recovery is supporting the incredible research ongoing across the different labs at Spaulding with internationally recognized researchers and clinicians.