2024

Featured

NICC Director, Dr. Brian Edlow, Interviewed for ABC News Special on Repeated Blast Brain Injury.

Michael Young invited to speak on the NEJM 'Intention to Treat' podcast to discuss brain injury and consciousness

ReBlast Investigators Natalie Gilmore and Bella McKinney present findings on Impact of Repeated Blast Exposure on Active-Duty United States Special Operations Forces at MHSRS

NICC’s ReBlast research results highlighted in NY Times Article on Navy SEAL Brain Health

NICC's Chiara Maffei Invited to Give Opening Lecture of the Connects Brain Vol III in Trento

NICC Director Responds to NYT Article in Navy Seal Foundation Blast Huddle

NICC Director Publishes Op-Ed to Strengthen the Blast Overpressure Safety Act

NICC Brain Mapping Study Featured on NIH Director Dr. Bertagnolli’s Blog

Read more in Dr. Bertagnolli’s blog post titled “Researchers Map Neural Connections Key to Wakefulness in the Human Brain.”

New York Times features research study led by NICC Associate Director, Dr. Yelena Bodien.

Read the NYT article here.

MGH ReBlast Research team receives Scientific Excellence Award from the Navy SEAL Foundation.

Press Release: Study Identifies Signs of Repeated Blast-Related Brain Injury in Active-Duty United States Special Operations Forces

NICC Paper Published in PNAS: Impact of Repeated Blast Exposure on Active-Duty U.S. Special Operations Forces.

Martinos Center Welcomes United States Special Operations Command Leadership to Discuss Groundbreaking Brain Health Study in Special Operations Forces

NICC’s paper, “Optimizing Brain Health of United States Special Operations Forces” featured by Journal of Special Operations Medicine (JSOM) and discussed on JSOM Podcast.

Listen here.

2023

Featured

NICC Director Brian Edlow participates in Warfighter Brain Health Conference at U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa FL

Read about it here.

NICC Director Brian Edlow interviewed for PBS White House Chronicle about the potential link between repeated blast exposure and suicide in Veterans.

Watch the interview here.

NICC Director Brian Edlow participates in Brain Health Research Panel for Mass General Brigham’s 7th Annual Veteran’s Day Forum

Watch recording here.

NICC’s ReBlast Pilot Paper #2 Most Downloaded Paper in 2022 at Journal of Neurotrauma

Read about it here.

NICC Associate Director Dr. Bodien Invited Keynote Speaker for Curing Coma Campaign

NICC Faculty Dr. Matteo Fecchio awarded the MGH Neuroscience Transformative Scholar Award

Read about it here.

NICC Director Dr. Edlow receives MGH Research Scholar Award

Read about it here.

NICC researcher co-authors TMS EEG review article in Brain Stimulation

Read about it here.

NICC Researcher Contributes to Paper in the Journal of Neuroscience Methods on new transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) adaptable auditory control

Read about it here.

2022

News

NICC Co-authors Review Article: Conventional and Investigational Approaches Leveraging Clinical EEG for Prognosis in Acute Disorders of Consciousness

Read about it here.

NICC paper on ReBlast study was one of the Top 5 Most Read Articles in Journal of Neurotrauma in 2022

Read about it here.

NICC Director co-authors article in Scientific American titled “Hidden Consciousness”.

The article describes how some patients who appear to be in a coma, and can’t speak or move, may be aware of what is happening and have an excellent long-term recovery. Read about it here.

NICC PI is Guest Editor for Special Issue of Seminars in Neurology on Disorders of Consciousness

Check out the article here.

NICC Director Brian Edlow receives the American Neurological Association’s Derek Denny Brown Young Neurological Scholar Award

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NICC paper, “Neuroprognostication: A Conceptual Framework” featured in NeurologyToday

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NICC paper, “Neuroprognostication: A Conceptual Framework” highlighted on the cover of Nature Reviews Neurology

Read about it here.

NICC Briefs Senior Military Leaders from U.S. Special Operations Command and Allied Nations on Blast-Related Brain Injury Research

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NICC Researchers Yelena Bodien and Brian Edlow Interviewed on SOFCast about the ReBlast Study

Check out the interview here.

NICC Research on Delayed Recovery of Consciousness after Severe COVID-19 Featured in Boston Globe

Check out the Boston Globe article here.

NICC paper, “Disorders of Consciousness Associated with COVID-19: A Prospective, Multimodal Study of Recovery and Brain Connectivity” featured on the cover of Neurology

Check out the cover here, and watch the interview Dr. Fischer did for Neurology Live here.

This cover and interview will draw much-needed attention to COVD-DoC, a common but underappreciated problem that is affecting people in ICUs worldwide.

Congratulations Dr. Fischer and co-authors!