AURORA

The Aurora Study

The AURORA study is a major national research initiative to improve the understanding, prevention, and recovery of individuals who have experienced a traumatic event. AURORA is supported by more than 30 million dollars in funding from NIH, private foundations, and partnerships with leading tech companies such as Mindstrong Health and Verily Life Sciences, the health care arm of Google’s parent company Alphabet. Five thousand participants who present to a consortium of the leading emergency departments in the nation will be enrolled. Trauma survivors participating in AURORA will receive initial evaluation in the emergency department, followed by intensive multimodal follow-up over a one year period. The wealth of first-in-kind information gained from this study will be used to develop predictive and diagnostic biomarkers and urgently needed preventive/treatment interventions for civilian trauma survivors and military veterans.

For more information visit: https://www.med.unc.edu/itr/aurora-study/