The Brain Injury Research Institute (BIRI) is central to studying traumatic brain injury and prevention of those established in 2002.
Its founding members include: Julian E. Bailes, M.D., Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at West Virginia University School of Medicine and former NFL and current NCAA team physician; Bennet Omalu, M.D., forensic neurologist, who is the Chief Medical Examiner for San Joaquin County, California, and Associate Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Davis; and Robert P. Fitzsimmons, Senior Partner at Fitzsimmons Law Office, in Wheeling, West Virginia.
The Institute has established brain and network banks. Now house 20 brains for future research.
Bennet Omalu was the first to identify chronic brain damage as a factor in the deaths of several National Football League players. He discovered a chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the brain of Pro Football Hall of Fame player Mike Webster in 2002. Webster's son, Garrett Webster, was the administrator & amp; BIRI. connecting player. Omalu participated in the autopsy of former NFL player Junior Seo after the latter 2012 suicide.
Video Brain Injury Research Institute
References
Maps Brain Injury Research Institute
External links
- Official website
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