Our team focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of physical and psychological trauma like traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and related health outcomes such as sleep and pain.

Dr. Ansgar Furst leads several federally funded research projects including an ongoing VA RR&D clinical trial investigating the efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) in patients with a history of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and a VA CSR&D neuroimaging project investigating the role of the brainstem in modulating sleep and pain in Gulf War Illness.

Our lab uses a combination of advanced neuroimaging techniques, clinical diagnostic and treatment tools with the goal to improve the health outcomes in veterans. 

Dr. Furst and colleagues recently co-edited a special issue in Frontiers of Neurology focusing on Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of TBI-Induced Neurodegeneration and Cognitive Deficits.