The AURORA study aims to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adverse posttraumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae following trauma. Participants include almost 4,000 individuals aged 18 to 75 years who present to the emergency department within 72 hours of a trauma experience at one of 23 participating sites across the United States of America. Beginning in 2017, participants have undergone a baseline evaluation in the emergency department, including blood collection and psychophysical, survey, and neurocognitive evaluation. They are then monitored for 8 weeks using a wearable device, smartphone app, daily surveys, online neurocognitive tests, saliva and blood collection, neuroimaging and psychophysical evaluation. Further follow-up occurs at three, six, nine and 12 months after baseline.

Recruitment is ongoing