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Brain Injury Research Institute

Center for the study of brain injuries

The Brain Injury Research Institute (BIRI) is a center for the study of traumatic brain injuries and their prevention that was founded in 2002.

Its founding members include: Julian E. Bailes, M.D., Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at West Virginia University School of Medicine and former NFL and current NCAA team physician; Bennet Omalu, M.D., forensic neuropathologist, who is the Chief Medical Examiner for San Joaquin County, California, and Associate Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Davis; and Robert P. Fitzsimmons, Senior Partner at Fitzsimmons Law Offices, in Wheeling, West Virginia.

The Institute has established a brain and tissue bank. It now houses 20 brains for future research.

Bennet Omalu was the first to identify chronic brain damage as a factor in the deaths of some National Football League players. Webster's son, Garrett Webster, is BIRI's administrator & player liaison. Omalu participated in former NFL player Junior Seau's autopsy after the latter's 2012 suicide.

References

(May 6, 2012). "Seau family revisiting brain decision". ESPN.com.
[http://www.protectthebrain.org Brain Injury Research Institute], BIRI Official Website. Accessed July 18, 2013.
Frontline. "The Autopsy That Changed Football". PBS.

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