Dr. Jennifer Lundine, Dr. Christina Roup, and Associate Clinical Professor Jennifer Brello have been awarded a $35,000, 2-year Action Potential Grant (APG) from the OSU Chronic Brain Injury Initiative. With this award, they will develop a new transdisciplinary, cross-college program to fill a persistent gap in service provision for individuals with acquired brain injury (ABI) in our community. OSU Brain CARE (Communication, Advocacy, Research, & Education) will provide social communication treatment groups, case management and advocacy services, serve as a conduit for research activities, and educate the next generation of healthcare providers on the intricacies of serving persons with ABI. This program will be modeled after an existing program in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences for persons with aphasia (go.osu.edu/aphasia). Dr. Lundine and Dr. Roup will serve as Team Research Leads, Professor Brello will serve as the Program Lead, and Dr. Gail Whitelaw (Speech & Hearing) and Dr. Kathryn Hyzak (OSU College of Medicine) will join as Key Project Faculty.
