PABI Plan - The Sarah Jane Brain Project

Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, First, Middle):
“Teen Online Problem Solving (TOPS)”
Principal Investigator: Shari L. Wade, Ph.D.
Agency: Department of Education/National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research
October 1, 2005 – September 30, 2008
The objectives of this project are to adapt the family problem solving intervention for adolescents with TBI and
to test its efficacy in a small randomized trial.
“Improving Mental Health Outcomes of Child Brain Injury”
Principal Investigator: Shari L. Wade, Ph.D.
Agency: National Institute of Mental Health
August 1, 2006 – May 31, 2011
The objectives of this multi-site clinical trial are to examine the efficacy of Counselor-Assisted Problem Solving
to an Internet Resource Comparison group in improving child and parent mental health following traumatic
brain injury and to examine the mediating role of parent-child communication.
“Positive Parenting Plus- A Parenting Intervention for TBI”
Principal Investigator: Shari L. Wade, Ph.D.
Agency: National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Department of Education
December 1, 2006 – November 31, 2009
The objectives of this project are to adapt parent-child interaction therapy for delivery online to parents of
young children with TBI and to test the efficacy of the intervention program in reducing parental distress and
child behavior problems in a small, randomized clinical trial.
“Social Influences on Long-Term Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury in Young Children”
Principal Investigator: Shari L. Wade, Ph.D.
Agency: Ohio Department of Public Safety Emergency Medical Services
July 1, 2007- June 30, 2008
The objectives of this project are to continue to follow a prospectively recruited cohort of young children with
TBI to examine the relationship between the social environment and child social and behavioral recovery 2-5
years post injury.
“Neural Substrates of Social, Language, and Executive Function Deficits in Internationally Adopted Children”
Principal Investigator: Shari L. Wade, Ph.D.
Agency: University of Cincinnati University Research Council
Dates: July 1, 2007- June 30, 2008
This project examines the neural underpinnings of observed deficits in language, executive function (EF), and
social skills among children adopted from other nations (international adoption; IA) using fMRI.
“Neural Substrates of Executive Function Skills in Adolescent Traumatic Brain Injury”
Principal Investigator: Shari L. Wade, Ph.D.
Agency: Ohio Department of Public Safety Emergency Medical Services
July 1, 200- 8June 30, 2009
The objectives of this project are to examine the neural substrates of executive function skills in adolescents
who sustained a moderate to severe TBI more than 12 months previously.
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