A research team in the Miller School’s Department of Rehabilitation Medicine has been awarded a federal Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems grant. Funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, the five-year grant will enhance rehabilitation services and research aimed at meeting the special needs of brain-injured individuals progressing through the clinical continuum, from emergency care to rehabilitation and community re-entry. Doug Johnson-Greene, Ph.D., M.P.H., ABPP, associate professor and Associate Vice Chair of Rehabilitation Medicine, and his team will partner with Jackson Health System, HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Miami, and a number of community organizations — including the Brain Injury Association of Florida, the Florida Department of Health’s Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program, and the WellFlorida Council — to establish the South Florida Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (SF-TBIMS).

Research Projects

As Lead Center

Title Project Type Start Date End Date
Evaluation and intervention of sleep disordered breathing in persons with traumatic brain injury Independent 10/01/2012 09/30/2017
Evaluating assessment methods for pain in persons with traumatic brain injury Independent 10/01/2012 09/30/2017

As Participating Center

Title Project Type Start Date End Date
Characterization and Treatment of Chronic Pain after Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Collaborative 10/01/2018 09/30/2023
South Florida Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
Doug Johnson-Greene, Ph.D., MPH, ABPP

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1120 NW 14th St. Suite 954 , Miami,

 3052434497

 http://rehabmed.med.miami.edu/

South Florida Traumatic Brain Injury Model System

Research Center Staff