The White House's proposed budget, released Friday, includes eliminating the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention umbrella agency responsible for TBI research, including the $8.25 million marked for brain injury research and public education about the dangers of concussions. The budget cuts would "roll back decades of progress," said Dr. Owen Perlman, a brain injury specialist and board member of the Brain Injury Association of America. Congress first approved TBI research funding in 1996. In the proposed White House budget, the National Institutes of Health would retain an institute devoted to overall brain research, although the name would slightly change. Hospitals and universities conducting TBI research funded by the CDC are bracing for potential funding cutbacks.