Oral Papers

The Brain Injury Advisory Council: Opportunities for collaborations to inform efforts to better understand TBI

Author(s)

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  Anne Forrest, PhD

  Chair, Brain Injury Advisory Council
  Brain Injury Association of America
  Austin, Texas
• 

  Cavin Balaster

  Owner/Founder/Author
  FeedaBrain.com
  Austin, Texas
• 

  Paul Bosworth

  Council Member
  Brain Injury Advisory Council
  Lafayette, Louisiana
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  Catherine Brubaker, M.S.

  Executive Director
  Founder, Hope for Trauma
  Tempe, Arizona
• 

  Kelly Lang

  Executive Committee Board Member
  Brain Injury Association of Virginia
  Leesburg, Virginia
• JR

  John Richards, MSW, MBA

  Consultant
  Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire
  Peterborough, New Hampshire
• 

  Cheryle Sullivan, MD

  Brain Injury Advisory Council; www.TBIJourney.com
  Port Angeles, Washington
• 

  Angela Warner, MHA

  Adviser
  Member, Brain Injury Advisory Council
• 

  Amy Zellmer

  Advocate
  Faces of TBI
  Saint Paul, Minnesota

Objectives: To describe the formation and activities of the Brain Injury Advisory Council at the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) and how this effort can inform TBI initiatives.

Design: Qualitative Descriptive Study

Setting: On-phone, in-person, on-line, in-media

Participants: Representatives from BIAA and national leaders who experienced traumatic brain injury.

Interventions: N/A

Main Outcome Measure(s): Defined objectives and activities for contribution to BIAA mission.

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participants will be able to list 2 attributes of the sustainable model of consumer engagement that Advisory Council members with TBI have developed to contribute to BIAA's mission.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to identify 2 ways that BIAC member experience and knowledge has educated and informed professionals, clinicians and researchers.
• Upon completion, participant will be able to define 2 top contributions of the BIAC with BIAA for the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force's Brain Injury Awareness Day.
• Upon completion, participant will be able to list 2 methods of BIAC contribution to knowledge translation including formatting, understanding, readability and improved website accessibility for all.
• Upon completion, participant will be able to identify 2 methods BIAC members have built awareness through social media and technology.