Annual Reports
Operation Brain Trauma Therapy (OBTT) is a multisite research consortium composed of investigators from several internationally recognized research centers that was created in 2011 to respond to the need for novel therapies and biomarkers in traumatic brain injury (TBI). OBTT was designed to serve as a high-throughput therapy screening research consortium that identifies the most promising therapies and compares them across a spectrum of the state-of-the-art models and injury levels. The most promising therapies are moved up the phylogenetic scale. OBTT then recommends agents that are either U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for other uses, or are in clinical development that are found to be effective across models for rapid clinical translation to the US Army. OBTT is structured to allow a direct comparison of therapies across TBI models in multiple centers. It also includes a comparison of therapies across highly relevant combat casualty care scenarios. OBTT is supported by the United States Army grant W81XWH-10-1-0623. OBTT is composed of the seven sites below.
The Safar Center for Resuscitation Research
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Patrick Kochanek, MD, MCCM
Over All Primary Investigator
C. Edward Dixon, PhD
Co-Director and Site Primary Investigator
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
University of Miami School of Medicine
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W. Dalton Dietrich, PhD
Site Primary Investigator
Helen Bramlett, PhD
The Neuroprotection Program
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
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Frank Tortella, MD
Site Primary Investigator
Deborah Shear, PhD
Janice Gilsdorf, MD
Virginia Commonwealth University
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John Povlishock, PhD
Site Primary Investigator
Audrey Lafrenaye, PhD
Banyon Biomarkers Inc.
Alachua, Florida
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Ronald Hayes, PhD
Biomarker Core Director
Center for Neroproteomics & Biomarkers Research
University of Florida
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Kevin K.W. Wang, PhD
University of Messina
Messina, Italy
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Stefania Mondello, MD, PhD, MPH
The Safar Center for Resuscitation Research
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Patrick Kochanek, MD
Over All Primary Investigator
C. Edward Dixon, PhD
Co-Director and Site Primary Investigator
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
University of Miami School of Medicine
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Dalton Deitrich, PhD
Site Primary Investigator
Helen Bramlett, PhD
The Neuroprotection Program
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
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Frank Tortella,MD
Site Primary Investigator
Deborah Shear,PhD
MAJ. Kara Schmid, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University
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John Povilshock, PhD
Site Primary Investigator
Banyon Biomarkers Inc.
Alachua, Florida
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Ronald Hayes, PhD
Biomarker Core Director
Center for Neroproteomics & Biomarkers Research
University of Florida
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Kevin K.W. Wang, PhD

