Current Studies

       Flora Hammond, MD (PI), James Malec, PhD (Co-PI), Jacob Kean, PhD, Susan Perkins, PhD, Patrick Monahan, PhD, funded by National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).   Treatment and Placebo Arm: “Buspirone for the Treatment of Chronic Post-TBI Irritability and Aggression: A 91-Day Single- Site, Flexible-Dose, Parallel Group,
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James Malec, Ph.D. – Principal Investigator The purpose of RHI’s Research Participant Registry is to create a RHI Research Participant Registry of individuals who are interested in participating or who have consented to participate in research at Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana (RHI). Development of the Research Participant Registry will allow
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Brenna McDonald, Psy.D., Flora Hammond, MD, Gwen Sprehn, Ph.D.  Funded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) A   randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind design, comparing the efficacy of three interventions: memory and attention training (MAAT), methylphenidate, and memory/attention training in combination with methylphenidate. Traumatic brain injury
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Dawn Neumann, PhD (PI), Wang Yang, PhD, Brenna McDonald, PhD, Arlene Schmid, PhD.  Indiana University Collaborative Research Grants (IUCRG). The ability to recognize how others feel (affect recognition) helps us to acknowledge and respond appropriately to the needs of others. Facial affect recognition is a complex process that relies on
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Samantha Backhaus, PhD (PI), Dawn Neumann, PhD, Taryn Skejstal, PhD, funded by Indiana Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Fund (ISCBIRF).   This is a 2-year study that will be looking at the efficacy of doing a 16 week, small group, marital treatment program for couples after one of them
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