Brain Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury/Stroke

Cognitive and social outcomes of head injury in children

Collaborators	Diagnosis	Intervention	Brain Imaging	Contact
Baylor College of Medicine, UT Southwestern, Children’s Medical Center, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation, Baylor Our Children’s House, Cooks Children’s Medical Center, University of Miami School of Medicine	Correlate cognitive impairment with severity and location of head injury	Investigate impact of impairments on academic, social and psychological functioning	MRI	Lori Cook

Memory deficits following childhood head injury

Collaborators	Diagnosis	Brain Imaging	Contact
Baylor College of Medicine, UT Southwestern, Children’s Medical Center, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation, Baylor Our Children’s House, Cooks Children’s Medical Center, University of Miami School of Medicine	Evaluate changes in working memory related brain activation in those with head injury	fMRI	Lori Cook

Brain Imaging & Genetics in Social Cognition

Collaborators	Diagnosis	Intervention	Brain Imaging	Contacts
UT Southwestern, UT Dallas	Establish battery to assess social cognition	Devise novel intervention for social deficits using virtual computer technology	fMRI

Genetic Factors and Outcome from Traumatic Brain Injury

Collaborators	Diagnosis	Biomarkers:
UT Southwestern, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Children’s Medical Center	Determine if there is a pre-disposition to recovery potential after brain injury	Genetics

Growth abnormalities after pediatric traumatic brain injury

Collaborator	Diagnosis	Intervention	Contact
Transitional Learning Center	Discover possible growth abnormalities indicative of hypopituitarism in children with brain injury	Establish procedures for medical testing and treatment	Lori Cook

Self regulation abilities in children with severe traumatic brain injury

Diagnosis	Intervention	Contact
Develop effective self regulation evaluation tools for children with severe brain injury	Develop scientific foundation for rehabilitation of brain injured children	Lori Cook

Cognitive retraining and memory dysfunction in brain injury of adults

Collaborators	Diagnosis	Intervention	Brain Imaging	Biomarkers	Contact
UC Berkeley, UT Southwestern	Establish neuroimaging biomarkers and diagnostic tools for working memory and semantic memory deficits in head injury	Test cognitive rehabilitation treatment paradigm	fMRI, EEG	Genetic	Molly Keebler

Gulf War Syndrome

Collaborators	Diagnosis	Brain Imaging	Contact
UT Southwestern, Johns Hopkins, University of Florida	Establish diagnostic criteria for Gulf War Syndrome	fMRI, EEG

Cognitive-linguistic outcomes for children with renal disease

Collaborators	Diagnosis	Contact
Children’s Medical Center, Medical City Dallas	Assess cognitive and language abilities of children with renal disease