TBI Model Systems
The Model Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) System program, sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education, supports innovative projects and research in the delivery, demonstration, and evaluation of medical, rehabilitation, vocational and other services to meet the needs of individuals with traumatic brain injury.
NIDRR awards Model TBI System grants to institutions that are national leaders in medical research and patient care and provide the highest level of comprehensive specialty services, from the point of injury through rehabilitation and re-entry into full community life.
Each TBI Model System contributes to the national TBI database, participates in independent and collaborative research, and provides information and resources to individuals with TBI, their family and care givers, health care professionals and the general public.
Grants are awarded in five-year cycles. There are currently 16 TBI Model System projects around the U.S. as well as one TBI data center that directs the collection, management and analysis of an ongoing national TBI database. In addition, there are two collaborative research projects implemented by the model systems.
TBI Data Center
The National Data and Statistical Center for the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems
Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO
http://www.tbindsc.org/
TBI Collaborative Projects
TBI Model System Collaborative Study of Amantadine for Post TBI Irritability and Aggression.
Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
http://www.carolinasrehabilitation.org/body.cfm?id=200
Individualized Planning for the First Year Following Acute Rehabilitation Project
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
http://www.ohiovalley.org
TBI Model Systems
Alabama
UAB TBI Model System
University of Alabama/Birmingham
http://main.uab.edu/tbi
California
Northern California Traumatic Brain Injury Model System of Care
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC), San Jose, CA
http://www.tbi-sci.org/tbi.html
Colorado
The National Data and Statistical Center for the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems
Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO
http://www.tbindsc.org/
The Rocky Mountain Regional Brain Injury System (RMRBIS)
Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO
http://www.craighospital.org/Research/TBIModelsystems.asp
Illinois
Midwest Regional Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
Rehabilitation Institute Research Corporation,
Chicago, IL
No website. Press release at http://www.ric.org/aboutus/mediacenter/press/2008/08192008.aspx
Michigan
Michigan Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (SEMTBIS)
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
http://www.semtbis.org
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
Rochester, MN
http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/tbims/
New Jersey
Northern New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury System (NNJTBIS)
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, West Orange, NJ
http://www.kmrrec.org/nnjtbis/index.php
JFK-Johnson Rehabilitation Institute TBI Model System
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, NJ
http://www.njrehab.org/tbims/
New York
New York Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (NYTBIMS)
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
http://www.mssm.edu/tbicentral/nytbims/
North Carolina
Carolinas Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Research System (CTBIRRS)
Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, Charlotte, NC
http://www.carolinas.org/services/rehab/CIR/brain_system.cfm
Ohio
Ohio Regional TBI Model System
Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation, Columbus, OH
http://www.ohiovalley.org/
Pennsylvania
The Moss Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA
http://www.einstein.edu/yourhealth/physicalrehab/article8909.html
Texas
North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (NT-TBIMS)
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept14431/files/119862.html
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR)
Memorial Hermann/TIRR, Houston, TX
http://www.memorialhermann.org/locations/TIRR_research.html
Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
http://www.tbi.pmr.vcu.edu/
Washington
University of Washington Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
http://depts.washington.edu/rehab/tbi/
