Risk Factors & Resilience Core

Preclinical and clinical advances in better understanding risk factors, habits, and comorbidities that may affect risk of acquiring brain injury and severity of symptoms. Evaluation of factors that enhance recovery and outcomes and minimize long-term effects.

	Researcher/Clinician Name	Title	Department	Specialties
	Michael Jaffee, MD, FAAN, FANA	Chair of Neurology, Professor, and BRAIN Center Director	Department of Neurology	Traumatic brain injury, concussion, sleep disorders
	Jose Abisambra, PhD	Associate Director of Research Programs, Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute, Associate Professor and Vice-Chair of Strategy, Department of Neuroscience. Deputy Director of the Brain Injury, Rehabilitation, and Neuroresilience Center	Department of Neuroscience	Molecular mechanisms linking tau and ER dysfunction with neurodegeneration
	Pouya A Ameli, MD	Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Division Of Neurocritical Care; Faculty Director, Medi-Futures/Medi-Gators Shadowing & Mentorship Programs; Asst Director Neurology Clerkship	Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery	Neurocritical care, genetics of stroke outcome
	Jennifer Bizon, PhD	Professor & Chair, Neuroscience; Director, Evelyn F. And William F. McKnight Brain Institute	Department of Neuroscience	Brain aging, impairments in cognitive flexibility, working memory and decision making
	Gabriel Bonnell, MD	Assistant Professor	Department of Neurology	Acute management of ischemic stroke
	Prodip Bose, MD, PhD	Professor, Director of the MRI and Translational Neurotrauma Rehabilitation Laboratory at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, and Associate Director of the Brain Rehabilitation Research Center	Department of Neurology	Spasticity after TBI/SCI
	Sarah Burke, PhD	Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Cognitive Aging and Memory Center	Department of Neuroscience	Mechanisms of cognition, effects of diet and metabolic function on resilience to memory loss in aging and disease
	Katharina Busl, MD	James E. Rooks, Jr., Professor In Neurology, Professor Of Neurosurgery, Associate Chair of Clinical Operations in Neurology, Chief of the Division Of Neurocritical Care	Department of Neurology	Acute ischemic stroke, traumatic brain injury, characterization of systemic complications in neurocritical illness
	Eduardo Candelario-Jalil, PhD	Associate Professor and Co-Coordinator Neuroscience Graduate Program	Department of Neuroscience	Advanced MRI and stroke, neuroinflammation, protective and preventive measures of cerebrovascular disorders
	Paramita Chakrabarty, PhD	Associate Professor	Department of Neuroscience	Immunobiotherapies for Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies / synucleinopathies
	Vijayendran Chandran, PhD	Assistant Professor	Department of Pediatrics	Peripheral and central nervous system regeneration
	David Clark, ScD	Professor	Department of Aging & Geriatric Research	Enhancing walking function in people with neurological impairments, Impact of age on functional outcomes post-injury
	James R Clugston, MD, MS, FAMSSM, CAQSM	Clinical Professor and Sports Medicine Fellowship Director	Department of Community Health and Family Medicine	Sport-related concussion, sports medicine
	Erica Dale, PhD	Assistant Professor	Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics	Spinal stimulation-induced phrenic motor plasticity; neurostimulation and functional recovery of breathing capacity after spinal injury
	Steven DeKosky, MD	Professor & Deputy Director of the McKnight Brain Institute	Department of Neurology	Alzheimer's disease and dementia associated with traumatic brain injury
	Jada Lewis, PhD	Professor and Co-Deputy Director of the McKnight Brain Institute	Department of Neuroscience	Pathology of neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, frontotemporal dementia and ALS
	Gordon Mitchell, PhD	Preeminence Professor and Director of the UF BREATHE Center	Department of Physical Therapy	Intermittent hypoxia induced respiratory plasticity, therapeutic intermittent hypoxia in spinal injury and ALS
	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
	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
	Glenn E Smith PhD, ABPP-CN	Professor and Chair	Department of Clinical and Health Psychology	Detection of neurodegenerative diseases, behavioral interventions to prevent or delay dementia
	David Vaillancourt, PhD	Professor & Chair	Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology	Brain regulation of movement with focus on voluntary and involuntary motor disorders
	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
	Jason Zaremski, MD	Chief Of Sports Medicine Division, 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