Participating Units & External Partners

Participating Units

One distinctive feature of the Brain Health Research Institute at Kent State is the wide diversity and range of its research. These researchers represent over 25 departments throughout the Kent State University system in the following colleges, both at the Kent State main and regional campuses:

College of Architecture and Environmental Studies

College of Arts and Sciences

College of the Arts

Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship

College of Communication and Information

College of Education, Health, and Human Services

College of Nursing

College of Podiatric Medicine

College of Public Health

 

External Partners

Working together with external partners that include Akron Children’s Hospital, the Cleveland Clinic and the Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), the goal of the BHRI is to translate basic neuroscience discoveries into new treatments and care for brain and nervous system diseases.

The BHRI is a also member of the Cleveland Brain Health Initiative based at Case Western Reserve University. Additionally, BHRI members collaborate with researchers at other healthcare entities in Northeast Ohio, including University Hospitals and Aultman Hospital.