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CHRONIC BRAIN INJURY PROGRAM
ADVANCING THE PREVENTION, DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF BRAIN INJURIES
The brain is the body's most complex organ. It makes us who we are. It is critical to our abilities to speak, think, remember, interact, and move.
The Ohio State University is advancing how we understand and approach brain injury as a chronic condition. Even mild brain injuries can have persistent, long-term effects that impact our future health and wellness. Understanding, detecting, treating, and preventing these effects is essential to solving the silent epidemic of traumatic – or rather, chronic – brain injury.
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Buckeye Neurotrauma Lecture — Jinghua Li, PhD
Lecture: "Flexible, Miniaturized Sensing Probes Inspired by Biofuel Cells for Monitoring Synaptically Released Glutamate in the Mouse Brain”
Friday, May 17 | 9:30AM | In-Person: 400 Prior Hall or Zoom
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Applications for Ohio State CBI Paper of the Year and Image of the Year are open! These awards commend outstanding work done by faculty, staff, or trainee affiliates of CBI. Applications are due January 15th!
Award GuidelinesOur Year-In Review: 2022 Annual Report
Our team of researchers, clinicians and community partners drives novel research and advances the field in important topics like brain injury, spinal cord injury, and neurodegeneration. Together, we worked in FY2022 to accelerate discovery by collaborating and investing, and we are SO excited to share your successes in our 2022 Annual Report!
2022 ANNUAL REPORTNBC4 Daytime News Feature: The Complex Issues of Chronic Brain Injury
ABOUT US
To accelerate discovery, our scientists and clincians are forming interdisciplinary teams that are translating knowledge, partnering with industry and community organizations, and expanding capacity to implement practical solutions.
Our researchers are:
- Deepening an understanding of how brain injuries result in visible and chronic conditions and higher risk for dementia and movement disorders
- Studying the mechanisms of the immune system's response to neurotraumas that will inform pharamlogical, rehabilitative, and arts-based interventions
- Developing new approaches to imaging, sensing, and clinical data analytics that better detect, monitor, and predict the trajectories of brain injuries
We are investing in people, projects, and resources that enable convergence research in the lab, the clinic, and the community. Learn more about our program and offerings at the links below.
We've built a network of over 100 research labs at Ohio State in fields spanning neuroscience, electrical engineering, psychology, public health, music, and rehabilitation sciences. Through our community partners, we are building a coalition of professionals and patients to help brain injury survivors recover and thrive.
CBI Faculty Spotlight
Jonathan Godbout, PhD
Your OSU beginning/professional role?
I am a Professor of Neuroscience at the Ohio State University. I am also the Faculty Director of the Chronic Brain Injury Program, the Co-Director of a NINDS T32 Training grant (Neuroimmunology) and a member of the Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research. I have a B.S. (1996) and a Ph.D. (2001) from the University of Illinois-Urbana and I was a NRSA supported post-doctoral fellow. I came to OSU in 2005 as an Assistant Professor.
What do you study & why?
As a Principal Investigator, my aims are to determine the degree to which the bi-directional communication between the immune system and brain is affected by aging, stress, and traumatic brain injury. In addition, I aim to delineate the mechanism by which inflammatory cytokine signaling causes long-lasting complications (e.g., anxiety, cognitive decline and depression). I am an author on over 110 publications relevant to Neuroimmunology and Neurotrauma and my research is/has been supported by grants from the NIH (NIA, NINDS & NIMH), DOD, Abbott Nutrition, and OSUMC). The research opportunities here at OSU have been excellent and I enjoy being part of collaborative research teams.
What do you like to do in your free time?
I also really enjoy being part of the Columbus community. I live in Blacklick, OH with my wife, Monica, and our two children, Eva and Pierce. Most of my free time is spend at the lacrosse and soccer fields and the basketball courts where we watch our kids play their sports. I enjoy playing basketball, biking, fishing, bowling, and, of course, sipping fancy whiskeys. If I have a lot of free time then you will find me in my woodshop building some custom cabinetry.
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