VA Concussion Study

General News

Attention Veterans:

Are you a VA patient who has had a concussion and still is experiencing symptoms? Do you speak English and willing to use a smart phone app for an hour or so each week? If you can answer yes to all of these questions, you may be qualified to participate in a special VA research study being conducted by the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System and James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital.

Participating in this research study is voluntary. Qualified participants will be compensated for their time.

For more information and to enroll in this study, please contact Susan Horrigan, Research Coordinator, Bay Pines VAHCS at 727-398-6661, Ext. 15147.

Principal Investigator for this study is Dr. Heather Belanger, Clinical Psychologist, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital.

About Jeff Cavanagh

Jeff Cavanagh spent his freshman year at St. Petersburg Junior College back in the early 70s before enlisting in the United States Navy. Soon after, he attended Jacksonville University on a Navy ROTC scholarship. After college, he was commissioned and became a qualified Surface Warfare Officer spending the next 22 years honing his skills as a ship-handler and expert recruiter before retiring in 1994. Jeff expresses a deep sense of pride in St. Petersburg College due to connections that go back many years. His father, Tom Cavanagh, was a career Air Force fighter pilot and combat veteran who taught Geography and Western Civilization at St. Petersburg Junior College in the 60’s and 70’s.