The Brain Injury Research Center of Mount Sinai (BIRC-MS) has a reputation for excellence in diagnosing and treating the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral symptoms resulting from traumatic brain injuries (TBI) as a result of investigators’ research.

Our focus includes identifying, treating, and characterizing TBI through neuroimaging, biomarker discovery, and neuropathology, and our investigators have documented findings in more than 150 publications. Our Center is staffed by a group of researchers whose scientific and clinical accomplishments have been widely recognized and honored. For more than a decade, we have focused on studies that have broken new ground in assessing clinical interventions, developing psychometric instruments, describing key problems experienced by individuals with TBI, and incorporating an interdisciplinary approach to the study of long-term TBI outcomes.

The Brain Injury Research Center’s funding is provided by

• The National Institute for Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)
  • Supports: The Mount Sinai TBI Model System of Care

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Supports: The Mount Sinai Injury Control Research Center

• The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Supports: The Late Effects of TBI project and the Comprehensive Investigation of the Clinical Course of TBI

• The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
  • Supports: Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Improving the Transition Experience project

• The Department of Defense (DoD)
  • Supports: Late Life Consequences of TBI and Military Service: A Population-Based Study

• The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA)
  • Supports: The Guidelines for the Rehabilitation and Disease Management of Adults with Moderate to Severe TBI

• The Seton Brain Research Fund 
  • Supports: Research, training, knowledge translation, and consumer support services at the Brain Injury Research Center

Why Participate in Research?

As part of our commitment to every person living with TBI, we are constantly striving to discover and develop new and improved therapies. We are grateful to those who have contributed to advances in the field by participating in our studies. By taking part in research, you help us to give the gift of hope, one that just might offer TBI survivors and their families a better future for generations to come.