As 1 of only 16 federally designated Model Systems Knowledge Translation Centers for traumatic brain injury in the country, the Virginia Traumatic Brain Injury Model System provides comprehensive and coordinated inpatient and outpatient care for people living with traumatic brain injury – from emergency medical services and acute medical care to holistic rehabilitation services and long-term follow-up care.
Each Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (TBIMS) program contributes to the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Data and Statistical Center (TBINDSC). The TBINDSC is a central resource that provides technical assistance, training, and methodological consultation to researchers and data collectors within the 16 TBIMS programs nationwide as they collect and analyze data from people with TBI in their communities and conduct research toward evidence-based TBI rehabilitation interventions. The primary goal of the TBINDSC is to advance medical rehabilitation by increasing the rigor and efficiency of scientific efforts to longitudinally assess the experience of individuals living with TBI.
Model Systems Knowledge Translation Centers also participate in independent and collaborative research and provide information and resources to individuals with traumatic brain injury, their families and caregivers, healthcare professionals, and the public. Federal grant funding provided as part of this designation supports our VCU Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Model Systems Longitudinal Data Collection scientific research study. To learn more about this study and other current research studies, click here.
The Virginia Consortium for SCI Care is 1 of only 18 federally designated Model Systems Knowledge Translation Centers for spinal cord injury in the country. As such, we participate in and collaborate with other national institutions to remain on the forefront of SCI rehabilitation research. The Consortium contributes its new findings to the national spinal cord injury database, expanding research efforts and incorporating the latest research into patients’ care plans sooner to improve quality of life for persons living with spinal cord injury.
Our research and spinal cord injury program increase access to the best care available in the country following spinal cord injury and emphasize improving functional independence, increasing participation in social activities, preventing further injury, and providing education on health maintenance.
Federal grant funding provided as part of this designation supports our Virginia Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Model System of Care scientific research study. To learn more about this study and other current research studies, click here.
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The Model Systems Knowledge Translation Centers are funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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