$1.7 Million National Brain Injury Grant Awarded to DMC Rehabilitation Institute...

$1.7 Million National Brain Injury Grant Awarded to DMC Rehabilitation
Institute of Michigan

DETROIT, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Southeastern Michigan Traumatic
Brain Injury System (SEMTBIS), housed at DMC Rehabilitation Institute of
Michigan and the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Wayne
State University, was recently awarded a 5-year grant totaling $1.7 million,
from the U.S. Department of Education's National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).

The grant earns RIM the rare distinction of being one of only 16 Centers of
Excellence in the country for the care and research of those with traumatic
brain injury (TBI).

SEMTBIS is a federally funded "model system" of care for individuals who
sustain a traumatic brain injury and is a joint effort between Rehabilitation
Institute of Michigan, Wayne State University's School of Medicine. This
Center of Excellence model allows for the efficient and continuous care of
people with traumatic brain injuries and their families, based on an
evidenced-based practice model of care that integrates cutting-edge research
findings into clinical care of patients.

SEMTBIS conducts ground breaking research in the fields of neuropsychology,
rehabilitation psychology, and physical medicine and rehabilitation, sharing
the resulting innovations with other traumatic brain injury professionals and
researchers throughout the world. This ongoing research is vital to future
advances in the treatment of brain injury.

"Thanks to the ongoing support of NIDRR and our expert staff of physicians,
researchers, neuropsychologists and rehabilitation professionals, SEMTBIS will
continue to be one of the premier centers for the treatment and research of
traumatic brain injuries," says Robin Hanks, Ph.D., SEMTBIS project director
and Chief of Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology at RIM and
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at WSU.

DMC's Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan is one of the nation's largest
hospitals specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. The Institute
is home to many innovative programs, including the Southeastern Michigan
Traumatic Brain Injury System (SEMTBIS), which conducts groundbreaking
rehabilitation research, and the Center for Spinal Cord Injury Recovery, a
world-class facility designed to implement and study innovative treatments in
spinal cord injury recovery. RIM is one of eight hospitals operated by the
Detroit Medical Center (DMC). The DMC is proud to be the Official Healthcare
Services Provider of the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Pistons
and Detroit Shock.

SOURCE DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan

Cheryl Angelelli of DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, +1-313-966-8490