Funding Agency:

USA Medical Research and Material Command

Total Project Period:

1/1/08 - 12/31/11

Total Project Award:

$123,870

Principal Investigator:

Amy Wagner, PhD (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation)

Co-Investigators:

David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD

Project Summary:

The purpose of this proposal is to establish a military and civilian network: The Collaborative Brain Injury Biomarkers Development Network (CBBDN); with the goal of this system being to evaluate and identify and validate sensitive and effective biomarkers that possess a high potential for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment monitoring in the acute and post-acute phase after TBI.