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VA's brain injury lab may be moved from UT to Waco: (AUSTIN-AMERICAN STATESMEN)
May 20, 2009
The $6 million-plus Brain Imaging and Recovery Laboratory, where the Department of Veterans Affairs rents a state-of-the-art brain scanner from UT to study traumatic brain injury, has been on ice since early 2008. Research was halted after the program's director, Robert Van Boven, accused his superiors of fraud and mismanagement prior to his 2007 arrival. A heated dispute followed, with Van Boven calling down several investigations and ultimately being fired by the VA in January. click here to view
