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Peter Hoehn, Accomplished Pharmaceutical Executive, Joins Cohen Veterans Bioscience (CVB) in Newly Created Executive Leadership Role

Peter Hoehn joins Cohen Veterans Bioscience (CVB) as Executive Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Development, and Impact. In this newly created role, Hoehn will lead the External Affairs, Communications, and Development
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Sex in Science Video Series to Strengthen Basic Research

New 18-part video program focuses on sex as a biological variable in preclinical research to address knowledge gaps in scientific inquiry and accuracy.
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The Global Preclinical Data Forum, Cohen Veterans Bioscience and European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Announce 2022 Best Negative Data Prize in Preclinical Neuroscience

The Global Preclinical Data Forum, in collaboration with Cohen Veterans Bioscience and the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, announce the opening of submissions for the 2022 Best Negative Data Prize in
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Traumatic Brain Injury: A Framework to Advance Biomarker Development for Diagnosis, Outcome Prediction, and Treatment

Published in the Journal of Neurotrauma, the article focuses on the pressing need for multi-modal biomarkers for traumatic brain injury to guide the development of diagnostics and personalized, targeted therapies.
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Coalition to Heal Invisible Wounds Expands Partnership with Navy SEAL & Green Beret Foundations

The Coalition to Heal Invisible Wounds announces two new members will join the organization in its efforts to create a comprehensive advocacy agenda to address the invisible wounds of war.
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Parachuting with Purpose: Local US Marine Corps Veteran BASE Jumps Off Camelback Mountain to Raise Awareness of Veteran Suicide

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among post-9/11 Veterans. Marine Veteran and Arizona State University alumni Tristan Wimmer is returning to the skies of his hometown to bring
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Peter Hoehn, Accomplished Pharmaceutical Executive, Joins Cohen Veterans Bioscience (CVB) in Newly Created Executive Leadership Role

Peter Hoehn joins Cohen Veterans Bioscience (CVB) as Executive Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Development, and Impact. In this newly created role, Hoehn will lead the External Affairs, Communications, and Development functions for New York-based non-profit CVB which is dedicated to advancing brain health.
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Sex in Science Video Series to Strengthen Basic Research

New 18-part video program focuses on sex as a biological variable in preclinical research to address knowledge gaps in scientific inquiry and accuracy.
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The Global Preclinical Data Forum, Cohen Veterans Bioscience and European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Announce 2022 Best Negative Data Prize in Preclinical Neuroscience

The Global Preclinical Data Forum, in collaboration with Cohen Veterans Bioscience and the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, announce the opening of submissions for the 2022 Best Negative Data Prize in Preclinical Neuroscience. The prize recognizes the researcher or research group whose publication in preclinical neuroscience best exemplifies data where the results do not confirm the expected outcomes or original hypotheses.
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Traumatic Brain Injury: A Framework to Advance Biomarker Development for Diagnosis, Outcome Prediction, and Treatment

Published in the Journal of Neurotrauma, the article focuses on the pressing need for multi-modal biomarkers for traumatic brain injury to guide the development of diagnostics and personalized, targeted therapies.
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Coalition to Heal Invisible Wounds Expands Partnership with Navy SEAL & Green Beret Foundations

The Coalition to Heal Invisible Wounds announces two new members will join the organization in its efforts to create a comprehensive advocacy agenda to address the invisible wounds of war. The Navy SEAL Foundation and the Green Beret Foundation will join current national Coalition members Cohen Veterans Bioscience, the Montana chapter of the National Alliance for Mental Illness, and the Military Veterans Project.
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Parachuting with Purpose: Local US Marine Corps Veteran BASE Jumps Off Camelback Mountain to Raise Awareness of Veteran Suicide

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among post-9/11 Veterans. Marine Veteran and Arizona State University alumni Tristan Wimmer is returning to the skies of his hometown to bring attention to this national crisis.
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Research in brain disorders often shows sex differences in the prevalence, progression, and responses to treatment. By determining how males and females are both similar and different across biological systems, we drive the discovery of health solutions that better fit the entire population.

– Chantelle Ferland-Beckham, PhD
Senior Director, External Affairs, CVB

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Live Like Gib is a reminder to go and live life to the fullest and pursue your passion. CVB is a great beneficiary because that’s how we make this event productive. It’s intended for people to go and have a good time, but it’s the fundraising piece that helps move the cause forward.

– Luc McCann

Off Road Racing For A Cure

McDonnell is also continuing fundraising efforts throughout the year. An upcoming off-road race May 1-5 will provide his next opportunity.

The race? The legendary National Off Road Racing Association (NORRA) Mexican 1000 Rally, an annual event first held in 1967 that sees motor vehicle enthusiasts of all skill levels speed across the Baja California peninsula, beginning in Ensenada and finishing in Cabo San Lucas, in a five-day, 1,300-mile sprint.

NORRA has separate classes for bikes, quads, UTV and 4-wheel for both modern and vintage vehicles. McDonnell will race his 1995 Honda XR600R in the Vintage Open Motorcycle class.

McDonnell will use his platform and his participation in the high-profile race to raise awareness of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) and mental health.

My grandfather was a WWII Veteran and I saw the lasting effects of his service on him and the ripple effect that his injuries had on my family. I believe we need to do more for those affected by brain injury today. That’s why I’m passionate about raising money for CVB and helping to further brain injury research.

– JD McDonnell

McDonnell seeks to raise $3,000 through a Facebook fundraiser page he set up.

Too many Veterans have suffered or are currently suffering from the invisible wounds of war: post-traumatic stress (PTS) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), both known to dramatically increase the risk of suicide.

Significantly more (4.28x) active-duty service members and post-9/11 Veterans have died by suicide than in the totality of two full decades of Global War on Terror military operations: 30,177 vs. 7,057, the equivalent of 22 Veteran and active-duty suicides per day since the war began.

Healthcare providers are failing to diagnose and treat these conditions in any way that could be considered meaningful steps toward recovery. Currently, PTS and TBI are diagnosed based on symptoms, not biology, and proposed treatments lack reliability and consistency, leading many patients to feel hopeless, unheard and defeated.

It’s an epidemic that needs specialized and expedited attention now.

Cohen Veterans Bioscience is working at the leading edge of research, as the only nonprofit organization with a singular focus on fast-tracking a means by which those suffering can be diagnosed, while also developing personalized treatments and medications, and pushing for mental health legislation with a goal that no one who experiences brain trauma need to suffer for a lifetime.

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Advancing TBI Care Through a Research Roadmap

Authored by leading TBI experts, this six-part series published in the Journal of Neurotrauma lays the framework for a roadmap to advance TBI research based on a State of the Science consensus conference held in 2019 with >125 leaders in the field.

The National TBI Precision Solutions Research Roadmap will guide the development of actionable research priorities that frame the next phase of the roadmap over the coming months.

Additional authors on the paper are Elizabeth Wilde, PhD (University of Utah); Ina Wanner, PhD (UCLA); Kimbra Kenney, MD (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences); Jessica Gill, PhD, RN, FAAN (John Hopkins University) ); James Stone, MD, PhD (University of Virginia); Seth Disner, PhD (University of Minnesota Medical School); Caroline Schnakers, PhD (UCLA); Restina Meyer, PhD (Delix Therapeutics); Eric Prager, PhD (Cohen Veterans Bioscience); and Andreas Jeromin, PhD (formerly of Cohen Veterans Bioscience).

About the Brain Trauma Blueprint

The Brain Trauma Blueprint is a framework to advance precision diagnostics and therapeutics for brain trauma through a process of community stakeholder consensus, roadmapping, and collaborative execution.

More information can be found here.

Cohen Veterans Bioscience is a non-profit 501(c)(3) biomedical research and technology organization dedicated to advancing brain health by fast-tracking precision diagnostics and tailored therapeutics.

Cohen Veterans Bioscience is a non-profit 501(c)(3) biomedical research and technology organization dedicated to advancing brain health by fast-tracking precision diagnostics and tailored therapeutics.

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