North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
The North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System is a participating site in the largest longitudinal databases of persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The TBI Model Systems research program is funded by the National Institute for Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. Started in 1997, this program examines medical, social, and psychological outcomes for TBI.
Participants are enrolled while they are still in the hospital rehabilitation unit after sustaining a moderate to severe TBI and are followed for outcomes at 1, 2, 5, and every 5 years afterward. In addition to information about the original injury and hospitalization, participants are asked to report on their health and new or continuing health disorders, living arrangements, participation in work, school, and community, and to undergo short testing of cognitive and psychological states and abilities.
The North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System is a collaborative effort between UT Southwestern Medical Center and Baylor Institute of Rehabilitation in Dallas. Initially funded in 2002, the North Texas TBI Model System program has enrolled more than 1,500 persons with TBI and has followed some of them for 20 years.
UT Southwestern Research Team
Co-Project Director
Co-Investigators
- Kathleen R. Bell, M.D.
- Kan Ding, M.D.
- Amy Mathews, M.D.
Research Team
- Brittany Wright, Ph.D.
- Petra Gonzales, A.S.