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BIAA Announces Newly Formed Brain Injury Action Coalition, Names Dr. Michael S. Jaffee Chair
BIAA announces the Brain Injury Action Coalition, a new program to identify and prioritize advancements in brain injury treatment.
Leaked Department of Health and Human Services Budget Proposes to Eliminate Federal Funding for TBI Programs
The Brain Injury Association of America is categorically opposed to the proposed elimination, restructuring, and funding cuts to brain injury programs within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). A leaked HHS budget draft, obtained by the Washington Post and Politico, shows that the Administration seeks to deeply slash budgets for federal health programs...
April 2025 Larry Marquis
I wrote my story in October of 2015 and again in October of 2022 and now here is where I am today. It all started in 2005. We had just gotten engaged and I was noticing a flashing in the lower left-hand corner of my eyes, known as vision seizures. My PCP sent me for...
John D. Corrigan Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) congratulates John D. Corrigan, PhD, who has been awarded the International Brain Injury Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his transformative contributions to the brain injury field over the past four decades. In particular, Dr. Corrigan has long advocated for brain injury to be recognized and treated as a...
60 Minutes Segment Exploring Blast Injuries Highlights Urgent Need for Awareness and Research on a National Level
On Sunday, March 23, CBS’ 60 Minutes program spotlighted traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) sustained by military service members.
Dr. Jeffrey Barth, father of sports neuropsychology, passes away at 76
Jeffrey “Jeff” Theodore Barth, PhD, a former member of the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) Board of Directors and pioneer in the clinical neuropsychology of sports concussions, passed away on March 8, 2025, at the age of 76. Dr. Barth was known for his groundbreaking work on mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and sports...
Congress to Vote on Temporary Funding Bill Without Critical TBI Act Reauthorization, Affecting 64 Million People with Brain Injury
Critical lifeline for millions remains at risk without Traumatic Brain Injury Act (TBI Act) reauthorization. WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 12, 2025)— The Brain Injury Association of America issued an urgent call for Congress to amend the Continuing Resolution to include the Traumatic Brain Injury Act reauthorization, critical legislation that expired on September 30, 2024, putting at...
BIAA Announces 2025 Berrol and Caveness Award Recipients
Fairfax, VA – The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) has announced the recipients of the annual BIAA Awards Program, which recognizes outstanding contributions to clinical service and research in brain injury. Owen Z. Perlman, M.D., is the recipient of the 2025 Sheldon Berrol, M.D., Clinical Service Award, and Risa Nakase-Richardson, Ph.D., FACRM, FNAN, is...
Brain Injury News: Week of January 24
This Week in Brain Injury News Week ending Jan. 24, 2025 Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review “The Trump administration has instructed federal health agencies to pause all external communications, such as health advisories, weekly scientific reports, updates to websites and social media posts, according to nearly a dozen current and former officials...
Kelli Talley
Kelli Gary Talley, Ph.D., MPH, OTR/L, CBIS is an assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Counseling (RC) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, VA. She obtained a Bachelor of Science in OT from Chicago State University in Chicago, IL, a Master of Science and Master of Public Health from Columbia University in New...
Incidence of Traumatic Brain Injury in Military Service Members Receives Widespread Media Coverage
Several high-profile media outlets have produced investigative or other long-form content with a focus on TBI in military service members.
From Survival to Success: How Brain Injury Encouraged Danielle Brazant to Give Back
For Danielle Brazant, 2012 marked both an ending and a beginning. A star college student with big dreams for her career and life, Danielle sustained a traumatic brain injury in a near-fatal car accident on her way home from church. She was just 24 years old.