ITR in the News
2025
January 3, 2025 鈼 3-minute video 鈼 CBS17 speaks with Dr. Sam McLean about the extreme psychological toll endured by Israeli hostages, shedding light on the lasting effects of stress
2023
October 29, 2023 鈼 2-minute video 鈼 黑料网’s Institute for Trauma Recovery is teaming up with federal defense officials to test a method for dealing with stress and mental health challenges.
October 18, 2023 鈼 4-minute read 鈼 The newly-funded initiative will test the efficacy of an intervention developed at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research originally designed to help service members who experience acute stress reactions during military operations.
January 13, 2023 鈼 2-minute read 鈼 Based on the identified biomarkers, it was possible to distinguish patients with a good predictive value for pain, sleep, and anxiety.
January 13, 2023 鈼 2-minute read 鈼 Changes in the number of transitions between sleep and wake over time linked to changes in pain, sleep, anxiety.
2022
October 6, 2022 鈼 2-minute read 鈼 Led by Sam McLean, MD, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers and collaborators were awarded $3 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to evaluate the efficacy of a therapeutic agent to reduce the frequency and severity of acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder.
September 29, 2022 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 The $8-million dollar DISENTANGLE initiative, led by Sam McLean, MD, MPH, at the 黑料网 and funded through the U.S. Department of Defense, will leverage the latest data on brain injury biomarkers and clinical observations to prevent and treat sever posttraumatic symptoms.
July 26, 2022 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 Led by Temple University scientists and involving a national collaboration among researchers, a new study shows how decreased hippocampus engagement is associated with the development of posttraumatic stress disorder. Sam McLean, MD, MPH, leads the NIH-funded AURORA study.
July 7, 2022 鈼 2-minute read 鈼 Read how the presence of dissociation and derealization may indicate high risk for PTSD and altered activity in the brain following a traumatic event, as well as how the AURORA Study can help us understand treatment and prevention.
June 29, 2022 鈼 2-minute video 鈼 Hear Dr. Samuel McLean, organizing Principal Investigator of the One Mind-funded AURORA Study, describe Lauren Lebois, PhD et al.’s latest findings about trauma and derealization.
June 22, 2022 鈼 2-minute read 鈼 Following trauma, feeling detached from one’s surroundings may suggest a higher risk of later developing serious mental health conditions. It’s important to screen for feeling detached to identify patients who might benefit from preventive care.
April 20, 2022 鈼 17-minute read 鈼 Get full access to Dr. Sarah Linnstaedt’s Scientific Reports article on gene variations and chronic musculoskeletal pain.
March 16, 2022 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 Most Americans will experience a traumatic event, and PTSD is a common reaction. Read how we can research brain-based biotypes through neuroimaging to help understand the future risk of these reactions.
2021
October 26, 2021 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 This Emory-led study shows a link between post-trauma brain activity and symptoms of anxiety and PTSD six months later. It is part of the AURORA study, led nationally by Sam McLean, MD, at the 黑料网.
April 2, 2021 鈼 6-minute read 鈼 Severe, long-COVID patients can easily develop PTSD. Read how the Heroes Health app can connect patients to health care workers and improve symptoms.
2020
September 10, 2020 鈼 1-hour video 鈼 黑料网 Health Drs. Cristy Page, Samantha Meltzer-Brody and Samuel McLean joined One Mind president Brandon Staglin, MS, to discuss resources available to help healthcare workers and community members deal with mental health challenges during the pandemic.
August 21, 2020 鈼 3-minunte read 鈼 This initiative is a part of a growing trend in medicine, as healthcare and policy leaders are recognizing increasing levels of physician burnout and barriers to well-being.
July 18, 2020 鈼 5-minute video 鈼 Emergency room physician and Heroes Health app founder, Dr. Sam McLean, joins “America’s News HQ” to discuss the unique mental health burden that COVID-19 has posed for healthcare workers and first responders and how the Heroes Health app can help.
July 16, 2020 鈼 2-minute video 鈼 One 黑料网 physician founded a new health initiative and app after seeing a need for increased mental health support in the medical field.
July 14, 2020 鈼 6-minute video 鈼 The Today Show features Dr. Sam McLean, an emergency physician at University of North Carolina, explaining how the Heroes Health Initiative offers health care workers access to mental health assessments and resources during the COVID-19 pandemic.
July 14, 2020 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 The mental health of first responders and healthcare workers is critically important, especially as they face increased stress related to COVID-19. We are proud to support these frontline workers through the Heroes Health app.
July 14, 2020 鈼 8-minute read 鈼 What Obi Felten, head of X, learned while working on Heroes Health, a new initiative to support the mental health of COVID-19 front line health care workers and first responders.
WPTF Interviews Dr. Samuel McLean about the Heroes Health App
July 14, 2020 鈼 8-minute listen 鈼 How Dr. McLean conceived of the idea to develop the Heroes Health Initiative.
July 14, 2020 鈼 2-minute video 鈼 A doctor at 黑料网 who recovered from COVID-19 is back to work not only to heal patients but also to help his fellow healthcare workers. He鈥檚 created an app to help healthcare workers and first responders monitor their mental health and find support.
July 14, 2020 鈼 2-minute read 鈼 Dr. Samuel McLean knows firsthand the great challenges COVID-19 workers are facing day in and day out.
July 14, 2020 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 Researchers and clinicians enlisted Google鈥檚 help to build a mobile app that helps frontline health care workers monitor their mental well-being and seek help if indicated.
July 14, 2020 鈼 7-minute read 鈼 The app is available through the and in the United States, free of charge to first responders, healthcare workers, and their organizations.
June 5, 2020 鈼 2-minute read 鈼 Healthcare workers are experiencing heightened anxiety and depression from the COVID-19 pandemic. How we respond matters.
April 3, 2020 鈼 5-minute read 鈼 Dr. Sam McLean and Dr. Christopher Jones reflect on their experiences as frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019
March 27, 2019 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 After decades of assuming that pain processing is equivalent in all sexes, scientists are finding that different biological pathways can produce an 鈥榦uch!鈥.
February 6, 2019 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 Innovative ways to measure, understand and treat pain are allowing doctors to ease patients鈥 suffering鈥攚ithout relying on dangerous drugs.
February 5, 2019 鈼 2-minute read 鈼 Lauren Gullett shares the experiences that brought her to her undergraduate research assistantship at the Institute for Trauma Recovery.
2018
September 27, 2018 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 Led by Dr. Samuel McLean, 黑料网 researchers and collaborators received $5 million from the NIH and Department of Defense to expanding the AURORA Study, the most comprehensive longitudinal study of trauma survivors ever performed.
September 4, 2018 鈼 4-minute read 鈼 Individual genetic variation may determine whether someone who experienced a traumatic event will develop chronic pain or recover successfully.
September 4, 2018 鈼 6-minute read 鈼 Dr. Francis Collins discusses Drs. Samuel McLean and Sarah Linnstaedt’s recent article in the Journal of Neuroscience on his NIH Director’s Blog.
August 27, 2018 鈼 4-minute read 鈼 Dr. Sarah Linnstaedt discusses how genetic variations in the FKBP5 gene can cause differences in chronic pain following a traumatic event.
August 27, 2018 鈼 5-minute read 鈼 A new study has found that a DNA mutation is associated with increased pain after experiencing trauma, such as sexual assault or a car crash.
June 2018 鈼 6-minute read 鈼 Dr. Samuel McLean describes how findings from the AURORA Study will improve PTSD diagnostics.
February 25, 2018 鈼 8-minute read 鈼 An emerging field, digital phenotyping, tries to assess people鈥檚 well-being based on their interactions with digital devices.
2017
September 18, 2017 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 Dr. Samuel McLean, Director, University of North Carolina Institute of Trauma Recovery and Organizing Principal Investigator for the AURORA Study shares how the brain changes in response to a stressful, traumatic event. Filmed at the Scientific Symposium of One Mind鈥檚 2017 Music Festival for Brain Health.
September 18, 2017 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 The Staglin family and the ONE MIND Board of Directors announced that the 23-year cumulative total, including direct contributions and leveraged funds provided to scientists as a result of initial research funding from festival proceeds, has surpassed $280 million dollars since 1995.
July 17, 2017 鈼 2-minute read 鈼 Verily is excited to join the University of North Carolina- and Harvard-led AURORA Study, a groundbreaking five-year observational study of 5,000 individuals experiencing trauma, as a research partner.
March 30, 2017 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 Special correspondent Soledad O鈥橞rien reports on the difficulties patients can face when physicians struggle to accurately identify their condition.
February 28, 2017 鈼 11-minute read 鈼 Dr. Sarah Linnstaedt discusses how she came to the field of pain research, her microRNA studies, and what it has been like as a young investigator to set up her own lab.
2016
October 25, 2016 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 Dr. Samuel McLean discusses plans for the $21 million AURORA Study.
February 10, 2016 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 Dr. Samuel McLean is interviewed regarding a previous publication by the research group.
2015
November 24, 2015 鈼 5-minute read 鈼 Variations in a gene that affect the body’s responses to stress influence the risk of developing post-concussive symptoms (PCS) after car crashes.
2014
June 6, 2014 鈼 4-minute read 鈼 Dr. Samuel McLean and Jackie Nichols discuss research results linking emotional and psychological state with recovery time after a motor vehicle accident.
May 5, 2014 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 June Hu discusses research pertaining to widespread pain being treated early on as opposed to waiting for pain to resolve itself. Originally referenced from 鈥淢ost widespread pain present 1 year after motor vehicle collision (MVC) begins in the early aftermath of the MVC: Results of a multicenter prospective cohort study鈥 which Hu presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Pain Society 2014 in Tampa, FL.
May 5, 2014 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 Ana Bermudez discusses findings in relation to BMI and neck pain for overweight individuals 6 weeks to 1 year after a motor vehicle accident. Referenced from 鈥淥besity increases the risk of persistent moderate or severe neck pain 6 months after motor vehicle collision鈥.
January 23, 2014 鈼 2-minute read 鈼 Only 17 percent of drivers with hurt necks or other body parts had contacted a lawyer within six weeks.
2013
October 2, 2013 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 Dr. Samuel McLean discusses new discoveries in chronic pain on the NPR radio show “The State of Things”.聽 Joining Dr. McLean is Mrs. Hortense Jacobs, a patient in the 黑料网 Department of Anesthesiology Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic.
May 13, 2013 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 Dr. Samuel McLean discusses the lack of medical treatment for pain after sexual assault. Results are from a pilot study of sexual assault survivors.
May 2, 2013 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 Dr. Samuel McLean discusses findings that indicate that mechanisms influencing chronic pain development may be related to the stress response, rather than any specific injury caused by the traumatic event
2012
September 12, 2012 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 Dr. Samuel McLean discusses that despite the fact that the majority of women presenting to emergency departments for care after sexual assault experience severe pain, very few receive pain treatment.
October 16, 2012 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 Dr. Samuel McLean discusses early new research that suggests the amount and severity of pain that you experience after an automobile accident may depend on your genes. Research is from two studies based on data collected from 948 adult car accident victims.
2011
December 2011 鈼 3-minute read 鈼 Dr. Andrey Bortsov explains an association found between the opioid receptor gene polymorphism A118G and breast cancer survival in a population-based study of 2,039 women.
November 22, 2011 鈼 1-minute read 鈼 Dr. Timothy Platts-Mills, a faculty member in the TRYUMPH Research Program and Emergency Medicine physician at 黑料网, describes evidence that elderly individuals are significantly less likely to receive pain medication in a 7-year nationwide study of emergency room patient data.