The goal of Project Enlist is to dramatically accelerate critical research on traumatic brain injury (TBI), chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in military veterans. TBI due to improvised explosive devices (IED) and other military service-related causes is a significant problem for our broader military community.

However, the scientific understanding of TBI and related disorders, such as CTE and PTSD, is in its infancy, and we lack accurate diagnostic tests for living patients and effective treatments. Service members diagnosed with TBI deserve our attention and support. There is an urgent need for scientists to better understand how to diagnose and treat TBI in our troops so they can protect those who fight for our nation.

Brain donation has proven to be an effective accelerator of research on CTE among athletes over the last decade. By showing how CTE has affected hundreds of athletes, across multiple sports, we have inspired the scientific community to invest in CTE research. We're learning that CTE isn't just affecting athletes, but also showing up in our nation's military members. Stories of veterans returning home with brain injuries and symptoms of depression, memory loss, and bouts of rage are all too common. We know these changes are symptoms of CTE, but need to know more. Brain donation allows us to gain a better understanding of the unique effects of military brain trauma exposure.

By signing up, you will join fellow servicemembers from across the country in pledging to donate your brain to the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank. If you have fought for our country, now you can fight for those who have defended it alongside you.  The Concussion Legacy Foundation is proud to collaborate with Boston University School of Medicine and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on the UNITE Brain Bank, led by Dr. Ann McKee.

The Concussion Legacy Foundation Canada proudly works in partnership with the CAMH Brain Health Imaging Centre in Toronto, Ontario.