South Carolina Building Resilience through Innovative Interventions to promote Growth & Health after Trauma Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (BRIGHT Center)
The BRIGHT Center aims to strengthen immediate and long-term capacity of early-stage investigators (ESIs) to conduct high-impact independent research with an emphasis on development and rigorous testing of innovative interventions and implementation strategies that aim to improve access to and quality of care among individuals affected by trauma. The Center will establish and grow a state of the art, highly impactful ‘one stop shop’ that leads to transformative advances in public health across SC and the traumatic stress field at large.
One of the most pressing and significant public health crises currently facing the United States and beyond is the gaping need for exponential improvements in access and quality of healthcare for people affected by trauma. Stress that extends from traumatic events and chronic stressors, is a well-documented and consistent predictor of a wide range of mental health and physical health problems across the lifespan. The BRIGHT Center aims to close that gap by providing infrastructure that dramatically accelerates the growth in research. Through innovative multidisciplinary research programs, rigorous evaluation, and ongoing improvement strategies, The BRIGHT Center will produce high-impact research and other major grants that will extend from the impact of BRIGHT.
