Washington University Researcher Granted $2.25 Million by NIH for TBI Study

An engineering researcher at Washington University in St. Louis has received a five-year, $2.25 million grant to better understand traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) in efforts to improve methods for prevention and treatment. Philip Bayly, PhD, the Lilyan and E. Lisle Hughes Professor of Mechanical Engineering and chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, is principal investigator of the grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The grant will allow Dr. Bayly and his research team to develop 3-D computer models of brain biomechanics that will provide researchers and clinicians with a better understanding of what happens to the brain during TBIs. Previously, he and his research team measured brain motion and mechanical properties of the brain in 2-D. For more information, click here to read the full release.