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 chronic health condition, with his research and advocacy efforts illuminating the long-term effects of brain injury while underscoring the importance of ongoing care and management.

Dr. Corrigan is BIAA’s National Research Director and a member of the Board of Directors, and also serves as editor in chief of the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. In addition to his contributions to BIAA, Dr. Corrigan is a professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at The Ohio State University and director of the Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation. He has been the PI and co-PI of the Ohio Regional Traumatic Brain Injury Model System since 1997 and has served as the director of the Ohio Brain Injury Program, which is the designated lead agency in the state of Ohio for policy and planning related to living with brain injury, since 2013.

“Dr. Corrigan’s impact on the brain injury community cannot be overstated,” said Rick Willis, President and CEO of BIAA. “His experience, knowledge, and dedication to advancing brain injury research, particularly around the chronic nature of brain injury, has been invaluable.”

Dr. Corrigan previously served as a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Board on the Health of Select Populations and served on the Neurological & Behavioral Health Subcommittee of the Defense Health Board. He has provided consultation to the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs and has served on three IOM committees examining the health and well-being of military personnel. Dr. Corrigan also previously served on the advisory committee to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the board of directors of the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).

He has received many awards for his service and research in brain injury rehabilitation, including the Brain Injury Association of America’s William Fields Caveness Award, the 2007 Robert L. Moody Prize, and the Gold Key Award from the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.