National collaborations
Dr Colette Griffin has been invited to be a Guest Editor of a TBI series in Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation.
Dr Griffin is a member of The South West London and Surrey Trauma Network Board.
She is a member of the Independent Overview Committee for The Brain Study. This is a study looking at long term cognitive impairment in rugby players. The study is being run by The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, in collaboration with The Rugby Football Union and The Institute of Sports and Exercise Health, London. Dr Griffin is also on the oversight committee for the Heading study (Health and ageing data in the game of football).
She is a founder member of The Association of British Neurologist traumatic brain injury advisory group.
Dr Griffin regularly reviews traumatic brain injury papers for publication for Practical Neurology, and traumatic brain injury presentations for The Association of British Neurologists and the European Academy of Neurology meetings.
She is regularly an invited speaker both nationally and internationally, most recently at the joint SBNS/ABN meeting in London.
She was involved in the recent development of of a national exemplar TBI pathway for NHS England.
Dr Griffin is working in collaboration with the Military Neurotrauma Working Group. She has been invited to join the Priority Setting Partnership for TBI. This will influence future research and collaborative working between the military and the NHS.
She was involved in the recent development of the new TBI core curriculum for Neurology trainees.
She is currently recruiting patients into the NIHR multi-centre study of the treatment of depression post traumatic brain injury.
Dr Griffin is also currently recruiting patients into the BIO AX TBI multi-centre longitudinal study.
Dr Griffin has recently been involved in patient recruitment for the following collaborative trials:
- ReMemBrIn (Rehabilitation of Memory following Traumatic Brain Injury-a Phase III Randomised Controlled Trial. (Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit).
- Effect of minocycline on chronic neuroinflammation following traumatic brain injury. (Imperial College, London).
- The control of brain networks after traumatic brain injury: a neuroimaging and neuropsychological study of dopamine and cognition. (Imperial College, London).
- Investigating chronic neuroinflammation following traumatic brain injury and its relationship to brain structure and function. (Imperial College, London).
- TRACK-COG-TBI: Computer based TRACKing and Training COGnition after traumatic brain injury. (Imperial College, London).
- Outcomes one year after Traumatic Brain Injury: Does Early Rehabilitation have an Effect?
Other appointments and affiliations
European Academy of Neurology: member of Neurotraumatology Panel
British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine
British Association of Stroke Physicians
Association of British Neurologists
Royal College of Physicians
British Medical Association
International Patients
Dr Griffin is frequently asked to review patients for a second opinion. She is happy tor review international patients, and currently has an international patient group who travel to see her from Singapore, Europe, Switzerland and Malaysia.