Making Headway Summer 2025
Unlocking the Brain’s Healing Potential: Recent Advances in Brain Regeneration Research
The human brain is remarkable in its complexity, adaptability, and resilience. Yet, millions worldwide face dramatically impaired quality of life due to traumatic brain injuries, strokes, and degenerative neurological diseases.
Over the past five years, Dan has worked hard to make progress and regain the most basic abilities. He has had to deal with many medical procedures and many challenges. Dan has done so with a calm determination that has helped him move well beyond early predictions of what his long-term status would be.
New Members of DLF Board of Directors Introduced
Dr. Kim Gorgens is a board-certified rehabilitation psychologist and Professor of Psychophysiology, Clinical Neuropsychology and Psychology of Criminal Behavior at the University of Denver.
Lisa A. Brenner, Ph.D., is a Board-Certified Rehabilitation Psychologist, and a Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry, and Neurology at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus.
2025 DLF Prize Awarded to Justin Burrell, Ph.D.
Dr. Burrell is a translational neuroengineer in the Departments of Neurosurgery and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. His research integrates advanced neural repair strategies with clinical translation, focusing on axon protection, nerve fusion, and engineered neural tissue for neurotrauma recovery.
ARPA-H Announcement Seeks Research Projects in Brain Regeneration
On July 10, 2025, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) announced a major initiative titled Functional Repair of Neocortical Tissue or FRONT.