New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research

**Our Mission** The New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research promotes the necessary research that will result in the treatment and cure for traumatic injuries of the brain, thereby giving hope to an ever increasing number of residents who suffer the debilitating effects of this injury. To achieve these goals the Commission will encourage and promote significant, original research projects in New Jersey emphasizing nerve regeneration as a means to a cure for brain injury through the funding of approved research projects at qualifying research institutions in the state. In addition, the Commission will establish and maintain, in conjunction with the New Jersey Department of Health, a central registry of all persons who sustain traumatic brain injuries. The New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research, whose [members](https://www.nj.gov/health/njcbir/members.shtml) are appointed by the Governor, was established on January 2, 2004, with the passage of the "[Brain Injury Research Act](https://www.nj.gov/health/njcbir/act.shtml)" by the New Jersey State Legislature.