News: traumatic brain injury
$15 million for Adelaide-led medical research
![Associate Professors Leonie Heilbronn and Lyndsey Collins-Praino](/newsroom/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-08/leonie-and-lyndsey-3.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=a3w-Omo7)
The University of Adelaide has been awarded more than $15 million in research grants from the Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) to support targeted research on new ways to address risk factors for chronic and complex diseases.
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$1.9 million for traumatic brain injury research
![It is now recognised that traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to long-lasting disability in a subset of individuals, including persistent impairments in memory, decision making and motor function.](/newsroom/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-06/brain-512758_1280.png?h=a9f5fcd5&itok=gJo7B4eg)
A University of Adelaide study that will investigate the prediction of risk of long-term impairment and neurodegenerative disease development following traumatic brain injury has been awarded $1,987,160 from the Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF).
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