Call for Research Participants: Mind Over Matter, A Veteran-driven Roadmap to Research on mTBI

Mar 21

Call for study participants

About the study

Researchers will work with small groups of veterans with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and their caregivers throughout several meetings. In these meetings, the researchers will ask open-ended questions about their experience with mTBI and the kind of support or treatments they wish were available to them. The researchers will use this information to help develop a document suggesting directions for future research to help veterans with mTBI. Participants in past studies of this kind have found the group discussions meaningful and rewarding.

From the researchers:

“Mind Over Matter (M.O.M.) provides a platform that gives veterans with a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and their caregivers an active voice in developing a clear pathway for increasing the relevance of TBI Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) and Comparative Effectiveness Research (C.E.R.) and outcomes that are important to them to live their healthiest lives. The input from veterans with mTBI and their caregivers will be used to develop a M.O.M. Roadmap for Research on TBI featuring PCOR topics and C.E.R. questions that matter most to veterans, which will be translated into a publicly accessible resource.”

How to participate

Participation is open to veterans with a history of mTBI and their caregivers.

Virtual meetings will be taking place for residents in Florida, Ohio, South Carolina, and Texas lasting up to one hour and will run monthly through May 2023. As a token of appreciation for participation, the veteran and/or community stakeholder will receive a $10 gift card, a $10 meal card, and a challenge coin.

Contact information

This project is led by Dr. Cheryl Krause-Parello at ckrausep@health.fau.edu and Dr. Elisa A. Borah at Elisa.Borah@austin.utexas.edu.

If you are interested in participating in the project and would like more information, please contact the Project Manager, S. Juliana Moreno (fau_smoreno@health.fau.edu).