“Service Members and Veterans should benefit from traumatic brain injury (TBI) data sharing, in a joint-effort funded by the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.”
“The Federal Interagency Traumatic Brain Injury Research (FITBIR) Informatics System now houses data from the Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium (CENC) examining the long term effects related to mild TBI in individuals who served in the Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation New Dawn conflicts.”
“The de-identified clinical assessment data from the consortium’s flagship Longitudinal Cohort Study (LCS) includes more than 1,500 participants, 93 clinical research forms, and 250,000 data points. Study participants were current and former U.S. service members with varying histories of TBI from no exposure to more than 15 incidents, from seven VA medical centers around the country and one military medical treatment facility.”
“‘This CENC is an example of how stakeholders from the government, research, and Service member and Veteran communities come together in collaboration to tackle the challenge of long term effects of military-related brain injuries,’ said Dr. B. Christie Vu, health science program manager, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)…” Read the full article here.
Source: TBI researchers increased access to data expands ability to care – By Kate Poindexter, July 24, 2020. Military Health System.
