Your support fuels rigorous, collaborative research to improve understanding, detection, and prevention of military brain injury.
The Military Brain Health Collaborative
Advancing research on military brain injury across the U.S. military, with a focus on Special Operations Forces.
The Invisible Wounds Foundation Military Brain Health Collaborative brings together researchers, academic institutions, philanthropic partners, government agencies, and private stakeholders to advance research on military brain injury. While scientific consensus affirms the urgent need to better understand these injuries, federal support for this work has declined at a critical moment.
We raise funds, solicit research programs across the field, and guided by our Medical and Science Advisory Council, select and fund the most promising work on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of military brain injury. Our focus is on the root causes and physical injuries underlying these conditions, with Special Operations Forces as a near-term priority due to their level of exposure; this work is designed to inform protections and care for all service members facing similar risks.
In parallel, the Collaborative serves as a hub for coordination and translation. We curate and integrate emerging research, identify gaps, convene experts across sectors, and elevate the perspectives of the SOF community to ensure research priorities remain grounded in operational reality and responsive to those most affected.
“Invisible Wounds Foundation is uniquely positioned to deploy funding with precision and urgency to make diagnostics, treatment, and prevention the standard.”
— Gen. Bryan P. Fenton, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command
