TBI in the News
NFL Commits $30 Million Donation to NIH for Sports and Health Research
September 5, 2012
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) announces that the National Football League (NFL) has agreed to donate $30 million in support of research on serious medical conditions prominent in athletes and relevant to the general population.
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TBI Version
2.0 CDEs - Call for Public Review
May 5, 2012 (Now Closed)
The TBI Version 2.0 CDE Working
Group and the NINDS CDE Team have released a draft version of the TBI Version 2.0 CDEs for public review. After the
open comment period, the TBI Version 2.0 CDE Working Group will review comments and make updates in order to publish
Version 2.0 of the TBI CDEs by early July 2012. more...
NIH database will speed research toward better
prevention, diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury.
August 29, 2011
The
National Institutes of Health, in partnership with the Department of Defense, is building a central database on
traumatic brain injuries. The Federal Interagency Traumatic Brain Injury Research (FITBIR) database, funded at $10
million over four years, is designed to accelerate comparative effectiveness research on brain injury treatment and
diagnosis. more...