New Study from TORCH Lab. Our goal is to understand the bidirectional health effects of caregiving and Veteran health. Excited to start data collection this month! MaryJo VanDeHey Pugh Roxana Delgado, PhD @epilepsyfoundation Epilepsy Foundation Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine IDEAS Center researchprotocols.org/2022/1/e30975/

Thankful for the TORCH Team collaborators across the country. The first published findings from our study on post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE). LIFETIME TBI is an important risk factor for PTE and the impact of quality of life is profound. #Epilepsy CDMRP liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.108…

New from the TORCH Lab: Early onset Alzheimer’s and Frontotemporal dementia associated with prior history of #epilepsy, #TBI (stronger association with moderate, severe TBI) and other neurological conditions. VA HSR UUEpidemiology MaryJo VanDeHey Pugh Epilepsy Foundation Utah University of Utah Neurology

Let’s better understand post-Traumatic epilepsy. It is associated with 💊 resistance and lower quality of life. #Neurology #AANscience CDMRP UUEpidemiology IDEAS Center VA HSR VA Research University of Utah Department of Internal Medicine U of Utah Nursing University of Utah Neurology LIMBIC-CENC

Data collection has begun on this study! So excited to tell the stories of Veterans and their caregivers! Melissa Miller University of Utah Department of Internal Medicine UUEpidemiology IDEAS Center CDMRP Courtney Van Houtven (she/her) Luci Leykum U of Utah Nursing Family Caregiving Collaborative Ranak Trivedi Stuti Dang

Follow up from our earlier study on pain phenotypes in Veterans with mTBI. Those phenotypes are associated associated with suicidal ideation/attempt primarily through latent multi-morbidity. MaryJo VanDeHey Pugh Jennifer Sharpe Potter, PhD, MPH @song_christina VA Research journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

TORCH Lab hike…such beautiful mountains in UT MaryJo VanDeHey Pugh

Great work from Don McGeary, PhD Jennifer Sharpe Potter, PhD, MPH Blessen C. Eapen, MD MaryJo VanDeHey Pugh and other TORCH Lab collaborators! VA Research VA Salt Lake City VA HSR University of Utah Department of Internal Medicine UUEpidemiology IDEAS Center

Great work by Alicia Swan and TORCH lab collaborators! CDMRP VA Research VA HSR University of Utah Department of Internal Medicine UUEpidemiology IDEAS Center

TORCH Lab Publication...who knew younger Veterans with #TBI are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease? Let's figure out how to mitigate risks. LIMBIC-CENC ACRMBrainInjury Neurology Journal VA Research CDMRP Melissa Comeau Roxana Delgado, PhD TBI Warrior ® Foundation UofU Neuroscience Initiative U of Utah Nursing

TORCH team members after a well-deserved hike and camp out!

Listen to MaryJo VanDeHey Pugh discuss how AI is influencing what we know about TBI in Veterans and how to improve TBI care! governmentciomedia.com/listen-ai-help…

Bridging Big Data: Procedures for Combining Non-equivalent Cognitive Measures from the ENIGMA Consortium biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Trajectories of Resilience, Community, and Health Paul Thompson D Tate TBICC @ UofU

New paper from TORCH Alan Alum who is now at grad school! Caregiver burden for those caring for adults with epilepsy is profound…. Ranak Trivedi MaryJo VanDeHey Pugh Luci Leykum Courtney Van Houtven (she/her) U of Utah Nursing University of Utah Department of Internal Medicine University of Utah Neurology U of U PHS authors.elsevier.com/a/1gjo95Qt1G-y…

Trajectories of Resilience, Community, and Health Melissa Miller UUEpidemiology IDEAS Center University of Utah Department of Internal Medicine VA HSR VA Research authors.elsevier.com/a/1hAGo5Qt1G-y…

Excited for this new work by our Post-doc Samin Panahi! University of Utah Department of Internal Medicine UUEpidemiology PARCKA VA Research Melissa Miller authors.elsevier.com/a/1hAGo5Qt1G-y…

Epilepsy: A Comprehensive Textbook is truly comprehensive. TORCH Lab Director MaryJo VanDeHey Pugh contributed chapter to this amazing resource! VA Research Melissa Miller LIMBIC-CENC University of Utah Department of Internal Medicine IDEAS Center University of Utah Neurology UUEpidemiology Muslims & Mental Health