Your support fuels the research required to diagnose and treat invisible brain injuries.
Invisible Wounds Foundation
Military Brain Health Collaborative
Blast-related brain injury is a complicated injury. And a challenge this complex cannot be solved by one scientist, one government agency, or one institution. It requires a novel approach. The Military Brain Health Collaborative brings the collective resources required to accelerate the pathway to solutions together with, and for, our warfighters:
- Special Operations Forces: The voice of lived experience, defining the real-world problems that must be solved.
- Working Group: The medical and scientific engine, developing the research strategy and identifying the most promising research proposals from across the brain-health research community.
- Academic Medical & Research Institutions: Providing innovation and research capabilities, contributing ideas, data, laboratories, and clinical expertise.
- Strategic Advisors: Experience and counsel from leaders to contribute strategic perspective, challenge assumptions, and help guide the Collaborative.
- Industry: Delivering technology, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, diagnostic, AI, and other solutions to help scale discoveries.
- Military Health Leaders: A path to implementation, advising the effort and helping to translate validated discoveries into changes in diagnosis, treatment, and standards of care.
- Philanthropy: The funding catalyst. Private investment provides the flexible capital to pursue promising research, accelerate discovery, and bridge critical funding gaps.
“Invisible wounds require visible solutions. The knowledge, experience, and innovation of this diverse group of experts, centered on the lived experiences and insights of our Special Operations Forces Leadership Council, will accelerate the discovery of solutions for the invisible wounds of war. The Collaborative will act with the urgency and commitment this crisis demands.”
The work of the Military Brain Health Collaborative continues every day of the year, and there is a place in it for you. Here’s how to stay involved:
Give.
The Catalyst Fund is how we turn the urgency for solutions into reality, fueling the studies, partnerships, and innovation that our service members need and deserve.
Stay close.
Follow the Collaborative’s progress throughout the year. Our newsletter, The Collab, brings the science, the stories, and the people of the Military Brain Health Collaborative directly to you. Sign up below.
Speak up.
Share the Collaborative’s work with someone new. The next breakthrough may depend on the right person hearing about it for the first time, and that conversation could start with you.
Together we are mapping the way forward. Together we will accomplish our mission.
With Gratitude
We want to express our gratitude and thanks for the dedication, passion, and commitment of our Collaborative team members who raised their hands and answered the call for this mission.