title: The Bridging Advanced Developments for Exceptional Rehabilitation (BADER) Consortium: Reaching in Partnership for Optimal Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Outcomes.
abstract: The Bridging Advanced Developments for Exceptional Rehabilitation (BADER) Consortium began in September 2011 as a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense (DoD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program. A partnership was formed with DoD Military Treatment Facilities (MTFs), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Centers, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), academia, and industry to rapidly conduct innovative, high-impact, and sustainable clinically relevant research. The BADER Consortium has a unique research capacity-building focus that creates infrastructures and strategically connects and supports research teams to conduct multiteam research initiatives primarily led by MTF and VA investigators.BADER relies on strong partnerships with these agencies to strengthen and support orthopaedic rehabilitation research. Its focus is on the rapid forming and execution of projects focused on obtaining optimal functional outcomes for patients with limb loss and limb injuries. The Consortium is based on an NIH research capacity-building model that comprises essential research support components that are anchored by a set of BADER-funded and initiative-launching studies. Through a partnership with the DoD/VA Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence, the BADER Consortium's research initiative-launching program has directly supported the identification and establishment of eight BADER-funded clinical studies. BADER's Clinical Research Core (CRC) staff, who are embedded within each of the MTFs, have supported an additional 37 non-BADER Consortium-funded projects. Additional key research support infrastructures that expedite the process for conducting multisite clinical trials include an omnibus Cooperative Research and Development Agreement and the NIH Clinical Trials Database. A 2015 Defense Health Board report highlighted the Consortium's vital role, stating the research capabilities of the DoD Advanced Rehabilitation Centers are significantly enhanced and facilitated by the BADER Consortium.
authors.affiliation: University of Delaware, 540 S. College Ave, Newark, DE 19713.
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Stanhope
authors.affiliation: Center for the Intrepid, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, Joint Base San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234.
authors.forename: Jason M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wilken
authors.affiliation: Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence, 2748 Worth Road, Suite 29 Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234.
authors.forename: Alison L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Pruziner
authors.affiliation: Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence, 2748 Worth Road, Suite 29 Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234.
authors.forename: Christopher L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Dearth
authors.affiliation: Naval Medical Center San Diego, 34800 Bob Wilson Drive, San Diego, CA 92134.
authors.forename: Marilynn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wyatt
authors.affiliation: Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, 620 John Paul Jones Circle, Portsmouth, VA 23708.
authors.forename: Gregg W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Ziemke
authors.affiliation: University of Delaware, 540 S. College Ave, Newark, DE 19713.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Strickland
authors.affiliation: Center for Disabilities Studies, University of Delaware, 540 Wyoming Road, Newark, DE 19716.
authors.forename: Suzanne A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Milbourne
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905.
authors.forename: Kenton R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Kaufman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D000066768:Rehabilitation Research / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D059030:United States Department of Defense / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends