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Clinical Research Projects

Field Portable Device for Brain Injury Diagnosis

Funding Agency:

Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. via Department of Defense

Total Project Period:

10/1/07 - 4/30/11

Total Project Award:

$165,213

Principal Investigator:

C. Edward Dixon, PhD

Co-Investigators:

David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD, Ava Puccio, PhD

Project Summary:

Phase II of the project will be to collect and analyze serum samples from TBI patients to identify biomolecules in the blood that are suitable for a test strip format to accurately diagnose brain injury.

Dr. Dixon