Research Collaborations with the Truitt Institute
Advancing the Science of Healing, Resilience, and Empowerment
At the Truitt Institute, we believe the brain isn’t broken—it’s brilliantly adaptive. Every pattern of thought, emotion, autonomic response, and behavior reflects the brain’s best attempt to protect us based on its prior learning. Founded by Dr. Kate Truitt, our work is grounded in the NeuroTriad Model, a neuroscience-based framework that integrates psychology, applied neurobiology, interoception science, and the mechanisms of trauma, resilience, and neuroplastic change. Through the accessible practice of Brain Partnership, we translate complex neural processes—such as stress-induced structural plasticity (SISP), memory reconsolidation dynamics, autonomic regulation, and multisensory modulation—into human-centered strategies that foster healing, agency, and long-term wellbeing.
Our research initiatives examine how survival-based neural patterns form, how they can be reorganized through targeted mechanisms such as mindful touch, working-memory recalibration, interoceptive accuracy training, and cognitive-emotional stabilization, and how these changes translate into improved mental health, resilience, and psychological readiness. The NeuroTriad Model provides a flexible, mechanism-focused framework that can be integrated within existing clinical modalities, organizational systems, leadership structures, and high-demand operational environments.
We actively partner with universities, colleges, healthcare systems, military and VA research programs, and interdisciplinary research institutions to expand the evidence base for neuroscience-informed, trauma-integrated, resilience-building care. Our collaborative studies explore the full continuum of human adaptation—from trauma encoding and autonomic dysregulation to resilience development, mental fitness, and sustainable professional wellbeing. Together, we aim to deepen scientific understanding of how the brain rewires, recovers, and grows—and how those insights can transform individuals, clinical practice, organizational culture, and systems of care worldwide.
Areas of Collaboration
We welcome research collaborations across diverse fields, including:
- Trauma & Stress-Related Disorders: Testing the efficacy of the NeuroTriad Model Trauma Integration Protocols (TIPs) in reducing post-traumatic stress, anxiety, developmental trauma, chronic pain, and phobias.
- Resilience & Post-Traumatic Growth: Studying the impact of the Neuro-Empowerment Protocols (NEPs) on building agency, motivation, future-oriented resilience, and empowered life narratives.
- Applied Neuroscience & Brain Partnership: Advancing methods that integrate psychosensory techniques (e.g., mindful touch, bilateral stimulation), interoceptive awareness, and neuroplasticity-based strategies for healing and growth.
- Clinician Burnout & Workforce Resilience: Exploring how applied neuroscience and Brain Partnership can reduce compassion fatigue, prevent burnout, and sustain wellbeing in healthcare and mental health providers.
- Military & VA Mental Health & Readiness: Investigating mechanism-based NeuroTriad Model interventions that enhance trauma recovery, strengthen psychological resilience and mental fitness, and support cognitive-emotional readiness across military and veteran populations.
- Suicidal Considerations: Evaluating interventions that empower clinicians to safely and effectively support individuals navigating suicidal ideation, with emphasis on trauma-informed, neuroscience-based practices.
- Caregivers & Dementia/Alzheimer’s Support: Studying how Brain Partnership tools can reduce stress, enhance resilience, and improve quality of life for caregivers of individuals living with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
- Medication Adherence & Management: Investigating how applied neuroscience principles and interoceptive awareness can improve medication adherence, emotional regulation, and patient engagement in both mental and physical health settings.
- Neurodivergence: Investigating how neuroscience-based tools can support individuals with ADHD, autism, and other forms of neurodivergence, helping to foster self-regulation, resilience, and empowerment.
- Underserved and/or Under-resourced Communities: Partnering on initiatives that bring accessible, neuroscience-based strategies to individuals and groups who have historically experienced barriers to care or limited access to resources. This includes traditionally underserved populations — such as marginalized and systematically excluded communities, first responders, and veterans — as well as those in under-resourced settings, including healthcare, educational, and community systems facing structural or economic limitations.
- Community & Organizational Wellbeing: Assessing the role of Brain Partnership in leadership training, education systems, and resilience-building initiatives for schools, nonprofits, and first responders.
- Professional Training & Implementation: Partnering with graduate programs, hospitals, and nonprofits to embed the NeuroTriad Model Certification into academic curricula and clinical training programs.
Why Partner with Us:
- Evidence-based protocols grounded in neurobiology
- Collaborative, cross-sector research integration
- Accessible translation from lab to life
- Global reach with real-world scalability
Partnership/Collaboration Opportunities:
- Joint research studies and grants
- Curriculum integration and training evaluation
- Data analysis and co-authored publications
- Program validation and outcome measurement
Let’s Collaborate!
If your institution is interested in exploring partnership opportunities, we’d love to connect. Together, we can expand the global science of trauma-informed, resilience-focused care and create sustainable systems of healing. Contact us today!