Our model system is designed to establish a coordinated system of care for people with TBI, including prehospital care, emergency care, acute care, long-term acute care, intensive rehabilitation, and community care. All of this is provided by a team of health professionals working to maximize the social integration, health, function, employment and independent living of individuals with disabilities related to TBI.

Our research program’s mission is to improve the lives of individuals who experience traumatic brain injury and to aid their families and the community by creating and teaching about new discoveries about the natural course of recovery, rehabilitation treatment and outcomes following TBI.

Research Projects

As Lead Center

Title Project Type Start Date End Date
Acupuncture for the treatment of insomnia in traumatic brain injury Independent 10/01/2011 09/30/2012
Traumatic Brain Injury, Acupuncture and Insomnia Study Independent 10/01/2008 09/30/2012
A Virtual Environment Intervention for Improving Attention in TBI Independent 10/01/2008 09/30/2012

As Participating Center

Title Project Type Start Date End Date
Measuring Quality of Life in Traumatic Brain Injury: the Next Generation of Instruments (TBI-QOL) Collaborative 10/01/2008 09/30/2011
Enhancing the TBI Model System Core Dataset to Expand Research on Environmental Influences Affecting Outcomes from TBI Modular (Joint) 10/02/2007 09/30/2012
Sexuality after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Collaborative Modular (Joint) 10/02/2007 09/30/2012
Statins and Outcome After TBI: An Observational Study Modular (Joint) 10/02/2007 09/30/2012
Midwest Regional Traumatic Brain Injury Model System

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago , Chicago,

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Midwest Regional Traumatic Brain Injury Model System

Research Center Staff