Acute Injury Core

Preclinical and clinical exploration of mechanisms as well as pathophysiology and management of physiological and clinical manifestations of all forms of brain injury, including traumatic, vascular, anoxic, and others. This core’s focus is on acute changes and development of further interventions to better optimize neuroprotection and minimize extent of injury.

	Researcher/Clinician Name	Title	Department	Specialties
	Jose Abisambra, PhD	Associate Professor, Assistant Dean of Diversity & Health Equity	Department of Neuroscience	Molecular mechanisms linking tau and ER dysfunction with neurodegeneration
	Pouya A Ameli, MD	Assistant Professor	Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery	Neurocritical care, genetics of stroke outcome
	Marc A. Babi, MD	Assistant Professor, Program Director of Neurocritical Care Fellowship	Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery	Neurocritical care, critical care simulation, systems of care in the ICU, acute ischemic stroke
	Russell Bauer, PhD, ABPP	Professor	Department of Clinical & Health Psychology	Clinical neuropsychology, traumatic brain injury
	Gabriel Bonnell, MD	Assistant Professor	Department of Neurology	Acute management of ischemic stroke
	Katharina Busl, MD	Clinical Associate Professor and Chief of Neurocritical Care	Department of Neurology	Acute ischemic stroke, traumatic brain injury, characterization of systemic complications in neurocritical illness
	James R Clugston, MD, MS, FAMSSM, CAQSM	Clinical Associate Professor and Sports Medicine Fellowship Director	Department of Community Health and Family Medicine	Sport-related concussion, sports medicine
	Steven DeKosky, MD	Professor & Deputy Director of the McKnight Brain Institute	Department of Neurology	Alzheimer’s disease and dementia associated with traumatic brain injury
	Sylvain Doré, PhD, FAHA	Professor and Director of Anesthesiology Research Programs	Department of Anesthesiology	Mechanisms limiting neuronal dysfunction associated with ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, traumatic brain injury, aging, and Alzheimer's disease
	Suman Ghosh MD, MPA	Clinical Assistant Professor	Department of Pediatrics	Pediatric brain injury, stroke, neurocritical care, neuronal rehabilitation, spasticity, and cerebral palsy
	Brian Hoh, MD, MBA	Chair, Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery James and Brigitte Marino Family Professor	Department of Neurosurgery	Neurosurgery, acute ischemic stroke, aneurysm clipping
	Michael Jaffee, MD, FAAN, FANA	Professor, Vice Chair of Neurology, and Center Director	Department of Neurology	Traumatic brain injury, concussion, sleep disorders
	Carolina Maciel, MD, MSCR	Clinical Assistant Professor	Department of Neurology	Cognitive function after cardiac arrest/recovery, neurocritical care, traumatic brain injury
	Lisa Merck, MD, MPH, FACEP	Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Emergency Medicine	Department of Emergency Medicine	Neurological emergencies, critical care, resuscitation, and the COVID pandemic response
	Gregory J A Murad, MD	Clinical Associate Professor and Residency Program Director	Department of Neurosurgery	Neurosurgery, metastatic brain tumor
	Stephen E Nadeau, MD	Professor	Department of Neurology	Application of parallel distributed processing theory to understand the neural basis of cognitive function and its breakdown with brain injury, rehabilitation strategies
	Michael A Pizzi, DO, PhD	Clinical Assistant Professor	Department of Neurology	Mechanisms of blood brain barrier breakdown after acute neurologic injuries
	Christopher Robinson, DO, MS	Clinical Assistant Professor	Department of Neurology	Increased intracranial pressure, stroke, traumatic brain injury
	William Roth, MD	Assistant Professor	Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery	Neurocritical care
	Alexis Simpkins, MD, PhD, MSCR, FAHA	Assistant Professor	Department of Neurology	Advanced MRI and stroke, blood biomarkers and stroke, protective and preventive measures of cerebrovascular disorders, stroke recovery
	Michael "Seth" Smith MD,CAQ-SM, PharmD	Clinical Associate Professor and Co-Medical Director of the High School Outreach Program	Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation	Youth sports injuries, sports-related concussions, exertional heat-related illness
	Kevin K Wang PhD	Research Professor	Department of Emergency Medicine	Tauopathies, cell-based tauopathy models, traumatic brain injury
	Lakeisha Williams, PhD	Associate Professor	Department of Biomedical Engineering	Traumatic brain injury, soft tissue mechanics, bio-inspired design & materials characterization
	John B Williamson, PhD	Assistant Professor	Department of Clinical and Health Psychology	Interacting effects of neurological injury and chronic stress on the brain
	Christina A Wilson, MD, PhD	Interim Chief, Vascular Neurology Division; Associate Chair Of Education; Neurology Residency Program Director	Department of Neurology	Vascular neurology, acute ischemic stroke, aneurysm, stroke risk factors and prevention
	Zhihui Yang, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	Department of Emergency Medicine	Tauopathies, traumatic brain injury
	Jason Zaremski, MD	Clinical Associate Professor and Co-Medical Director of the High School Outreach Program	Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation	Sports-related concussions, regenerative therapeutics, throwing-related injuries