International Initiative for
Traumatic Brain Injury Research

Working together to improve outcomes and lessen the global burden of traumatic brain injury

A coalition of scientists, funders, clinicians and people affected by TBI, coordinating research internationally since 2011.

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InTBIR

InTBIR is a coalition of scientists and other stakeholders to foster coordinated and collaborative TBI research.

Who we are

International Initiative for Traumatic Brain Injury Research (InTBIR) was set up in October 2011 to advance clinical traumatic brain injury (TBI) research, treatment and care.

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Our Mission

InTBIR’s goal is to improve health care and lessen the global burden of TBI through the discovery of causal relationships between treatments and clinically meaningful outcomes.

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Resources

Resources that are useful in Traumatic Brain Injury research and contributed by various institutions, partner organizations and the projects within the TBI research area.

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Join InTBIR

If you are associated with a Traumatic Brain Injury study or a project, join us and contribute towards improving the health care and lessen the global burden of TBI.

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Latest news and events

InTBIR session at INTS 2024
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InTBIR session at INTS 2024 will be held on Tuesday 3rd September 2024 from 14:15-15:00 (UK BST) following an InTBIR badged lunch from 12:30-…
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The Aging Brain Conference 2024, June 12-14th 2024 , Union hotel, Gerianger, Norway
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The aim of this conference is to provide the attendants with a thorough understanding of the anatomical, physiological, metabolic, molecular, and genetic…
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CTRC and Brain Injury Canada releases position paper on moderate to severe TBI
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The Canadian Traumatic Brain Injury Research Consortium (CTRC) and Brain Injury Canada just released a national report on the need to recognize moderate to…
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InTBIR 2024 General Assembly and Scientific Meeting
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The International Initiative for Traumatic Brain Injury Research (InTBIR) 2024 General Assembly will be held in Bethesda, Maryland January 24 – 25, 2024.…
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InTBIR 2022 General Assembly and Scientific Meeting
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The 2022 InTBIR General Assembly and Scientific Meeting was held on Saturday 16th July at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Berlin.
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Upcoming Neuroscience meetings
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List of upcoming Neuroscience meetings.
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InTBIR Phase 2 Autumn meeting I 10th of November 2021 I Webinar
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The InTBIR Phase 2 Autumn meeting will be held on the 10th November from 18:00-22:00 (UK GMT). The meeting will be recorded and made available for those unable…
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DAQCORD got endorsed as INCF Best Practice on 2 June, 2021
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The DAQCORD guidelines were developed in relation to a large Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) observational study by multiple investigators and as a direct outcome…
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InTBIR website is getting re-designed and moved to a new domain
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As part of the second phase of InTBIR, the site is getting re-designed and moved to a new domain https://intbir.incf.org. The development efforts are…
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InTBIR Phase 2 Planning Meeting I 12 & 13 of April 2021 I Webinar
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A webinar to discuss the second phase of InTBIR  was organized on 12th of April 2021. In addition, to facilitate engagement of colleagues in Asia and…
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Members

Track TBI
CENTER-TBI
Adapt
HEMOTION
CTRC
SP TBI
TEAM TBI
Safe to play
GNRG
TBI Prognosis
CONNECT-TBI
LIMBIC CENC
5P
Ped-CDE
Play Game Trial
CREACTIVE
Hoth Therapeutics, Inc
Gryphon Bio, Inc.
NeuroTrauma Sciences
TBI-REPORTER
Centile Bioscience
BRAINBox Solutions
Metric Health
18
Projects
200
Publications
8
Resources
20
Data sources

Publications

List of publications produced by the InTBIR studies within Traumatic Brain Injury research area.

Beyond mild, moderate, and severe traumatic brain injury: modelling severity from clinical, neuroimaging, and blood-based indicators
eBioMedicine, November 2025
Traumatic Brain Injury: A Lifelong Condition
CTRC & Brain Injury Canada, July 2023
Age specific reference intervals for plasma biomarkers of neurodegeneration and neurotrauma in a Canadian population
Clinical Biochemistry, November 2023
Pediatric reference intervals for serum neurofilament light and glial fibrillary acidic protein using the Canadian Laboratory Initiative on Pediatric Reference Intervals (CALIPER) cohort
De Gruyter, October 2023
Traumatic Brain Injury: Integrated Approaches to Improve Prevention, Clinical Care, and Research
The Lancet Neurology, November 2017
Brain Disorders and the Burden of Diseases
Adjacent Government, September 2016
Advancing Care for Traumatic Brain Injury - Findings from the IMPACT Studies and Perspectives on Future Research
The Lancet Neurology, October 2013
Traumatic Brain Injury - An International Knowledge-Based Approach
JAMA, August 2013
Toward an International Initiative for Traumatic Brain Injury Research
J Neurotrauma, July 2013
The Changing Landscape of Traumatic Brain Injury Research
The Lancet Neurology, August 2012
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