Chronic Brain Injury Task Force
MISSION
The mission of the task force is to work on a series of projects aimed at understanding and improving long-term (chronic) brain injury outcomes.
CO-CHAIRS
Summer Ibarra, PhD, ABPP-RP
CO-CHAIR
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Franciscan Health Indianapolis
Flora Hammond, MD, FACRM
CO-CHAIR
Department Chair, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Indiana University
2019 / 2020 GOALS
- Author series of I/EPs to be submitted to Archives on topics related to Chronic BI
- Goal of 3-4 I/EPs per year
- Topics in the works include:
- Exercise and physical activity after BI
- Planning for the future after BI
- Psychological protective factors after BI
- Self-advocacy and resources after BI
- Self-management after BI
- Pain management after BI (non-pharmacological interventions)
- Knowledge translation targeted at various community providers commonly serving individuals with Chronic BI (e.g., Primary care, psychiatry, emergency services, etc.)
2019 / 2020 PROJECTS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group Project Funding Awards
“When Your Patient is Living with Brain Injury: Tips for Primary Care Physicians and Community Healthcare Professionals”
Lead Member: Lenny Hawley
June 2020 - Completed a Special Issue of Brain Injury Professional on Chronic Outcomes of Brain Injury, with Guest Editors Dams-O’Connor & Corrigan
Published December 2019 - Ibarra, Parrott, Waldman, Hammond, Dillahunt-Aspillaga, & Trexler (2020). Provision of Resource Facilitation Services for individuals with acquired brain injury across the United States: Results of a 2018 resource facilitator provider survey. Brain Injury, 34, 732-740.
- Several I/Eps published and in-progress on topics related to BI and:
- Voting
- Exercise & Physical Activity
- Telemedicine
- Sexuality
- Instilling Hope & Psychological Protective Factors
- Self-Advocacy
