The STRONG STAR Multidisciplinary PTSD Research Consortium
Principal Investigator:
FOX, PETER T
Institution Receiving Award:
TEXAS, UNIVERSITY OF, HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO
Program:
PH-TBI
Proposal Number:
PT074199P14
Award Number:
W81XWH-08-2-0112
Funding Mechanism:
PTSD Multidisciplinary Research Consortium Award
Partnering Awards:
PT074199, PT074199P12, PT074199P13, PT074199P15, PT074199P17, PT074199P18, PT074199P19, PT074199P20, PT074199P21
Award Amount:
$3,164,385.00
Period of Performance:
9/1/2008 - 3/31/2014
PUBLIC ABSTRACT
The overall goal of the NeuroImaging Core is to foster the use of advanced neuroimaging methods in the study of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (and traumatic brain injury [TBI]) for the purposes of investigating the underlying pathology (using structural imaging) and pathophysiology (using functional imaging); assessing and enhancing the diagnostic sensitivity of imaging methods; investigating the neurophysiology of treatment response (image response assessment); and doing this in the context of translational studies of acute, evolving, and chronic effects of animals models of PTSD (and TBI). The NeuroImaging Core will operate as a research resource available to all STRONG STAR (South Texas Research Organizational Network Guiding Studies on Trauma and Resilience) investigators and to other investigators engaged in research studies of relevance to the Consortium's mission. The NeuroImaging Core will be provided by the Research Imaging Center (RIC) at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Pilot (and supplemental) funding for imaging will appropriated through a peer review process, with the review committee being composed of both RIC imaging experts and the Consortium Investigators' Committee. The goal is to generate a broad portfolio of state-of-the-art neuroimaging projects in PTSD and related disorders. |
