Brain Health Collective

The annual Brain Health Symposium invites professionals, students and community members to learn about current issues related to brain injury and brain health. It includes interdisciplinary speakers and resources.

We work with pre-service training programs to provide current and field-specific information about the care of clients with brain injuries. To this end, we are creating brain injury education modules tailored to different disciplines, designed to be dropped into academic courses in programs across the state of Ohio. These modules will facilitate the dissemination of best practices in service delivery for clients with brain injury in pre-service programs such as nursing, school psychology and teacher education.

We both work to create and to disseminate existing field-specific resources regarding TBI care to professionals in the fields of education and healthcare.

The Brain Health Resource Fair is a resource fair for individuals impacted by brain injury.

We are creating the pilot program HeLP in partnership with local YMCAs and the University of Dayton. This program is a place for clinicians to refer traumatic brain injury patients who may benefit from help with community reintegration, involving support from physical therapy graduate students in the YMCA setting.

In partnership with the Play4Payne Foundation, we have created Resource Packs to be given to brain injury survivors by our local hospitals at discharge. These backpacks have a binder and notebook to help the survivors keep track of important information, a reusable water bottle, UNO cards and a practical guide to navigating brain injury, with pamphlets and a contact form to help us connect with them for additional support.

The Play4Payne Foundation runs a monthly social for families affected by TBI. Part of our work involves creating and promoting events like these.

We're working with Flyer Media at the University of Dayton to create a video that will promote the work of the BHC and raise awareness for the needs of brain injury survivors in our community.

We publicize events hosted by the BHC, such as resource fairs, book signings and the annual Brain Health Symposium.

We find and share funding opportunities to raise awareness for our work.

This focus area is defined by the following goals: Identifying national best practices and biomarkers for treatment of youth with TBI and brain injury. We currently have a number of projects running and planned within this focus area.

This focus area is defined by the following goals: Identifying national best practices and biomarkers for treatment of brain injury in adults. We currently have a number of projects running and planned within this focus area.

We are currently discussing collaboration with various Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) to facilitate inter-institutional brain health research.

This focus area is defined by the following goal: Use AI search models to assist brain injury patients in understanding their progress and expected next steps. We are currently planning a number of projects within this focus area.

The Brain Health Collective is proud to offer this funding opportunity to students, faculty and community partners for interdisciplinary, community-based research in the areas of brain health and brain injury. Up to $1,000 is available per project, with a rolling deadline for applications. More information is available on the BHC Mini-Grant Application.