BUSM/VA Research Team to Study Effectiveness of LED Helmets for Treating TBI and PTSD in Returning Vets
Yelena Bogdanova, PhD, an assistant professor of psychiatry at BUSM and a psychology researcher at the VA Boston Healthcare System, was recently awarded a 2-year, $200,000 grant from VA Rehabilitation Research & Development for her project titled “Noninvasive LED Treatment to Improve Cognition and Promote Recovery in Blast TBI.”
Rehabilitation of blast traumatic brain injury (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans is a very important topic and a new area of research,” explained Bogdanova, principal investigator of the study. The clinical trial will utilize cutting-edge technology (LED helmets) to treat cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms in returning veterans with TBI and PTSD.