Southeastern Michigan Traumatic Brain Injury System

As many of you know, March is Brain Injury Awareness month. Here's some information about the TBI Model Systems, of which SEMTBIS is one of 16 centers in the United States:

Brain Injury Awareness | Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC) Every year an estimated 2.9 million people in the United States visit an emergency department, are hospitalized or die as a result of a traumatic brain injury. A TBI is defined as damage to the brain caused by an external force as evidenced by altered consciousness and impairment of brain functionin...

The 49th International Neuropsychological Society conference is next week! Here are three SEMTBIS research projects that will be presented:

Gross, E.Z., Hanks, R.A. (2022). Perceived Financial Vulnerability among People with a History of Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.

Kanser, R.K., Kretzmer, T.K., Soble, J. R., & Hanks, R.A. (2022). Neuropsychologists’ Perceptions of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).

Radigan, L.J., Rapport, L.J., Billings, N.A., Broomfield, R. Lumley, M.A., Hanks, R.A., Langenecker, S. (2022). Relationship Between Self-Reported Affect and Emotion Perception Following Acquired Brain Injury.

As always, comments are welcome!

Another pub from our center-please let us know what you think!

Williams MW, Rapport LJ, Hanks RA, Parker HA.(2021) Engagement in rehabilitation therapy and functional outcomes among individuals with acquired brain injuries ‡. Disabil Rehabil. May 17;:1-9. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1613682.

Here are two recent SEMTBIS pubs-comments welcome!

Patrick, S., Rapport, L.J., Kanser, R.J., Hanks, R.A., Bashem, J.R. (2021). Detecting Simulated versus Bona Fide Traumatic Brain Injury Using Pupillometry. Neuropsychology. doi/10.1037/neu0000747
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34014751/

Patrick, S. D., Rapport, L. J., Kanser, R. J., Hanks, R. A., & Bashem, J. R. (2021). Performance validity assessment using response time on the Warrington Recognition Memory Test. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 1-20. doi:10.1080/13854046.2020.1716997
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13854046.2020.1716997

Performance validity assessment using response time on the Warrington Recognition Memory Test (2021). Performance validity assessment using response time on the Warrington Recognition Memory Test. The Clinical Neuropsychologist: Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 1154-1173.

In case you missed it, here's a SEMTBIS study presented last month at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association:

Dorenkamp, M., Grant, J., Millis, S.R., Hanks, R. A. (2021). Age as a Predictor of Functional Recovery Five Years After Complicated Mild and Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury.

Here's a new pub which includes data from our very valued SEMTBIS participants -comments are definitely welcome!

Utility of WAIS-IV Digit Span indices as measures of performance validity in moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (2021). Utility of WAIS-IV Digit Span indices as measures of performance validity in moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. The Clinical Neuropsychologist. Ahead of Print.

It's Brain Injury Awareness month in Michigan, and here are two recent SEMTBIS publications related to TBI, driving and community integration:

De Iorio, M.L., & Rapport, L.J. (2020). Driving, TBI, and community integration. Brain Injury Professional, 17(1), 16 – 18.

Novack, T. A., Zhang, Y., Kennedy, R., Rapport, L.J., Watanabe, T. K., Monden, K. R., Dreer, L. E., Bombardier, C., Brunner, R., Goldin, Y., Marwitz, J., & Niemeier, J. (in press). Return to driving following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: A Traumatic Brain Injury Model System study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Comments or questions are always welcome!

Here at the SEMTBIS, we're excited to have three presentations at the 49th International Neuropsychological Society's annual meeting this week:

Martin, B., Sober, J., Millis, S.R., Hanks, R.A., Reslan, S., Waldron-Perrine, B. (2021). CVLT-3 Response Bias as an indicator of engagement in a litigating mTBI population.

Radigan, L.J., Rapport, L.J., Hanks, R.A. (2021). Influence of Insurance Type on Disability and Emotional Outcomes Following TBI.

Sanders, G., Rapport, L.J., Millis, S.R., Hanks. R.A. (2021). Growth Curve Trajectories of Processing Speed After Moderate or Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.

Any questions or comments are greatly appreciated!

Here's an informative MSKTC factsheet about voting:

Voting Tips for People Living with Traumatic Brain Injury | Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC) People with traumatic brain injury (TBI) may experience challenges in voting due to a range of impairments in physical, hearing, vision, communication, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral function. Obstacles may include registering to vote, remembering to vote, accessing transportation, physically....

TBI Model System researchers, in collaboration with the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC), have developed a consumer factsheet entitled, “Driving After Traumatic Brain Injury.”

Driving After Traumatic Brain Injury | Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC) Driving is an important part of a person's independent lifestyle and integration into the community. Because we take our driving skills for granted, it is easy to forget that driving is the most dangerous thing we do in our everyday lives. A brain injury can affect the skills needed to drive safely....

The SEMTBIS team is excited to be part of a new study! The BeHealthy: Chronic Disease Management for Traumatic Brain Injury grant is a five year study funded by the National Institute of Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. All of the federally funded 16 Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems will be involved in this $500,000 funded study. The primary focus of this grant is to develop new knowledge and information about potential characteristics and adaptability of evidence-based chronic disease models for people with traumatic brain injury, and to put together an model to improve long-term outcomes after brain injury that can be used by health care providers and policy makers.

The 2020 APA Convention in August was virtual this year, and we’re proud of these research presentations-the first one listed below received an award!

Minority Student Research Award, First Place for mentored student S. Patrick. American Psychological Association.
Patrick, S.D., Rapport, L.J., Kanser, R.J., Hanks, R.A., Bashem, J.R. Performance validity assessment using response time on the Warrington Recognition Memory Test.

Radigan, L.J., Billings, N.M., Millis, S. Hanks, R.A., Lumley, M.A, Rapport, L.J. (2020). Rasch Analysis of the Multicultural Facial Recognition Test.

Patrick, S.D., Rapport, L.J., Kanser, R.J., Hanks, R.A., Bashem, J.B. (2020). Something old, something new: Pupillary response in performance validity testing.