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Ann Glang receives UO Outstanding Research Award

June 10, 2020
Ann Glang was one of five UO faculty members to receive an award for outstanding research. Ann was honored for her long record of research accomplishments and productivity, which have served to change the lives of children and adults with brain injury. She was also credited for her advocacy for...

B-JUST: Brain Injury & Juvenile Services Training

November 26, 2019
CBIRT faculty, including Ann Glang and Laurie Powell, are working with Deanne Unruh from the University of Oregon College of Education on a new 3-year project from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research to identify training needs for juvenile...

Physiological Responses to Natural Indoor Animation - I3 Award

November 26, 2019
Christina Karns and colleagues Kevin Nute and Nicole Swann received an Incubating Interdisciplinary Initiatives (I3) Award from the UO Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. Disorders of stress are increasingly recognized as a major public health concern. Coinciding with this, is...

CBIRT awarded a 4-year CDC cooperative agreement

September 26, 2019
We are excited to announce that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded CBIRT a 4-year, $2.2 million cooperative agreement to study the Central Oregon TBI (COR-TBI) Return to School program. The study will compare health, academic and social outcomes of students with brain injury who...

CBIRT awarded 3-year Mentor State Grant

September 10, 2018
Oregon was one of 10 states recently awarded a TBI State Partnership Mentor Grant —a cooperative agreement under the Administration for Community Living’s (ACL) Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) State Partnership Program. This program is funded under the Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-196...

David Kracke, JD, named Oregon’s Brain Injury Advocate-Coordinator

September 10, 2018
The Center on Brain Injury Research and Training (CBIRT) at the University of Oregon is pleased to announce the appointment of David Kracke, JD, to the position of Brain Injury Advocate-Coordinator. David has extensive experience and familiarity with the fundamental issues facing individuals with...

Welcome to new members of the Oregon TBI Education Team!

November 15, 2017
Melissa McCart, DEd, Project Coordinator for the Oregon TBI Education Team, held a training for new Team members on November 15, 2017. New Team members include representatives from Bend/ La Pine Schools, Douglas ESD, Hillsboro School District, Jackson County School District 9, Lane ESD, Klamath...

International expert in concussion research and care presents at CBIRT

November 15, 2017
Gerard Gioia, PhD, a national and internationally recognized expert in concussion research and care, presented on “Concussion 101 & Return to School" at CBIRT. Gerard Gioia, is Division Chief of Pediatric Neuropsychology at Children’s National Health System, and a Professor in the Departments...

ACRM Conference: Progress in Rehabilitation Research

November 13, 2017
CBIRT Director, Ann Glang, PhD presented with Juliet Haarbauer-Krupa, PhD, and Brad Kurowski, MD at the 2017 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Conference, October 23-28 in Atlanta, GA. They presented on, "CDC: The Report to Congress on the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury in...

Second International Conference on Paediatric Acquired Brain Injury

September 22, 2017
CBIRT Director Ann Glang, PhD gave two presentations at the Second International Conference on Paediatric Acquired Brain Injury in Rome, Italy, 20-23, September 2017. Web-Based Interventions for Pediatric Brain Injury: Lessons Learned From 3 Randomized Control Trials Abstract Given the lack of...