Department of Defense Awards Dr. Michael McCrea $1.9M to Study Concussions

The Defense Department’s U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command has awarded Michael McCrea, PhD, director of brain injury research at Medical College of Wisconsin, $1.9 million over the next three years to study concussions among military personnel, according to a Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel report.

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According to the report, more than 178,000 soldiers were diagnosed with traumatic brain injury between 2000 and 2010. With the grant, Dr. McCrea will use four different computerized cognitive assessment tests to analyze how concussions affect people and what their normal recovery time will be.

The study will include 1,500 high school athletes as well as patients who experience brain injury from traumatic situations to compare the recoveries.

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