NeuroTrauma Research In Progress Seminars (NTRIPS) bring together basic and clinical biological scientists, engineering and data analytics researchers, and psychologists and neuroimagers. By sharing current and unpublished research projects, scientists can find partners, advance their ideas, and brainstorm new ideas. NTRIPS is co-sponsored by the Center for Brain & Spinal Cord Repair.
NTRIPS
CBIRD's flagship seminar series convenes researchers to share and workshop current projects in brain injury, spinal cord injury, neurodegenerative disease, and related topics.
Upcoming Talks
“AI Foundational Models in Biomedical Informatics”
Qin Ma, PhD
Professor, Vice Chair for Research, & Division Chief | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Friday, April 24, 2026 at 9:30aM
In-person: Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Center, Room 395
"Detecting Hidden Mechanisms of Violence-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Using AI-Integrated Clinical and Legal Narratives"
Gia Elise Barboza-Salerno, MA, MS, JD, PhD
Joint Faculty - Social Work & Public Health
Friday, May 8, 2026 at 9:30aM
In-person: Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Center, Room 395
"Influence of Cortical Spreading Depolarizations on Hippocampus in a Rat Model of Traumatic Brain Injury"
Visiting Speaker: Laura B. Ngwenya, MD, PhD, FAANS, FCNS, FACS
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery & Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati
Vice Chair of Research, Dept. of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati
Director, Neurotrauma Center, UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute
Friday, May 22, 2026 at 9:30aM
In-person: Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Center, Room 395
“Examining the Effects of Hydration Status on Repetitive Head Impacts and Concussions”
Enora Le Flao, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar | Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Human Performance Collaborative
Friday, June 12, 2026 at 9:30aM
In-person: Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Center, Room 395
"Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury to the Prefrontal Cortex Remodels Corticostriatal Circuits: A Role for Microglia and Neuroinflammation in Impulsivity"
Erskine Chu, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Neuroscience
Friday, june 26, 2026 at 9:30aM
In-person: Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Center, Room 395
Past NTRIPS Seminars
1/9/2026
Chen Gu, PhD | Professor, Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology
Calcium channel–mediated axon–glial mechanotransduction in concussive brain injury
2/13/2026
Sabhya Rana, PhD | Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Belford Center for Spinal Cord Injury
Powering up the breath: Therapeutic strategies to improve respiratory function following cervical spinal cord injuries
2/27/2026
John D. Corrigan, PhD | Emeritus Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Director, Ohio Brain Injury Program
Arnab Nandi, PhD | Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
A Data Clearinghouse for Lifetime History of Traumatic Brain Injury
3/13/2026
Amy J. Gleichman, PhD | Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery, Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, & Gene Therapy Institute
Astrocytes as targets for post-stroke brain repair: why, where, and how
4/10/2026
Jacek Kolacz, PhD | Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
TBI in PTSD Treatment: Scalable Neurophysiological Assessments to Improve Diagnostic Precision
1/10/2025
Elisabetta Babetto, PhD | Assistant Professor | Department of Neurology
Should I stay or Should I grow? An axon’s quest for survival
1/24/2025
Matthew P. Brancaleone, DPT, PhD, AT | AssistantProfessor | Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
Investigating Concussion Baseline Performance in Athletes who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing
2/14/2025
Jeffrey Wing, PhD | Assistant Professor | Epidemiology
Impact of broadband availability on the estimation of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
2/28/2025
Ilaria Palmisano, PhD | Assistant Professor | Neuroscience
RoleS of cohesin in axon regeneration after injury
3/14/2025
Cole Vonder Haar, PhD | Associate Professor | Neuroscience
A role for the gut microbiome in psychiatric symptoms after TBI
4/11/2025
Lee Shapiro, PhD | Associate Professor | Neuroscience & Experimental Therapeutics | Texas A&M Univeristy
Sex differences in immune and neuroimmune mechanisms of post-traumatic syndromes
4/25/2025
Ashley Ingiosi, PhD | Assistant Professor | Neuroscience
Astrocytes play a starring role in sleep expression and homeostasis
5/9/2025
Yousef Hannawi, MD| Associate Professor | Neurology
Hypertension induced Cerebrovascular Dysfunction: Therapeutic implications to Improving Brain Health and Cognition
5/23/2025
Morgan Taylor, PhD| Postdoctoral Scholar | Neuroscience
Extracellular vesicle-based microglial reprogramming in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury
6/13/2025
Lin Du, PhD| Assistant Professor | Department of Neurological Surgery | Department of Biomedical Engineering
Multiscale biomedical systems to achieve health monitoring: integrate top-down lithography and bottom-up self-assembly nanotechnology
9/26/2025
Jonathan Godbout, PhD | CBI Faculty Director & Professor | Neuroscience
Lynde Wangler, MS | Graduate Fellow | Neuroscience
Unique profiles of microglia persist in the cortex after TBI that influence immune reactivity and neuropathology
10/10/2025
Cole Vonder Haar, PhD | Associate Professor, Neuroscience
Haitham Kanj | PhD Candidate, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Novel machine learning approaches to understand perception of outcomes after TBI
10/24/2025
Catherine Quatman-Yates, DPT, PhD | Associate Professor, Physical Therapy
Peyton Thomas | PhD Student, Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
Breaking Barriers: Developing and Pilot Testing an SBIR-Supported Online Physical Activity Platform for Brain Injury Survivors
11/14/2025
Chien-Liang Glenn Lin, PhD | Professor, Neuroscience
Douglas Scharre, MD | Professor, Clinical Neurology & Psychiatry
Enhancement of tripartite synapse as a therapeutic strategy for memory disorders
12/12/2025
Christopher J. Cotter | NGP PhD Candidate & Graduate Student
Brain, Dreams, and Genes: Impact of environmental and genetic factors on sleep organization following traumatic brain injury
1/14/2022
Josh Hagen, PhD | Director | Human Performance Collaborative
Human Performance Monitoring and Augmentation: Applications for Holistic Health and Wellness
1/21/2022
Dana McTigue, PhD | Professor | Neuroscience
Formation of a pathological spinal cord-liver axis impairs recovery after spinal cord injury
1/28/2022
SURF Trainee Showcase
Akshaykumar Ganesh | Schwab Lab | Neurology |
Modeling Metabolic Syndrome following Spinal Cord Injury in Rodent Models of SCI
Tony Han | Kiourti Lab | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
Denoising E-Textile Sensors for Real-World Kinematics Monitoring after mTBI
Brooke Schatz | Lenz Lab | Psychology |
The Role of Mast Cells in the Cognitive and Inflammatory Consequences Following Juvenile Traumatic Brain Injury
2/11/2022
Luke Lemmerman | BME PhD Candidate | Gallego-Perez Lab
Nanotransfection-based vasculogenic cell reprogramming drives functional recovery in a mouse model of ischemic stroke
2/25/2022
Laurence Coutellier, PhD | Associate Professor | Psychology
Effects of adolescent traumatic brain injury on the maturation of executive functions and modulation by social stress
3/25/2022
Min Zhou, MD, PhD | Associate Professor | Neuroscience
Energy demand of astrocyte network in healthy brain and cerebral ischemia
4/8/2022
Katy Lenz, PhD | Associate Professor | Psychology
Early life traumatic injury: sex differences, immune cells, and neurobehavioral outcomes across the lifespan
4/22/2022
Sean Rose, MD | Assistant Professor | Neurology
Kelly McNally, PhD | Assistant Professor | Pediatrics
Zeynep Saygin, PhD | Assistant Professor | Psychology
Effectiveness of a psychological intervention for children with post-concussion syndrome
5/13/2022
Christina Roup, PhD | Associate Professor | Speech & Hearing Sciences
Hearing Difficulties and Effortful Listening Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults
5/27/2022
Jingzhen Ginger Yang, PhD, MPH | Professor | Epidemiology | Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Trajectory of Salivary miRNA Expressions in Children with Concussion
6/3/10/2022
Jon Godbout, PhD | Professor | Neuroscience
Jonathan Packer | Godbout Lab
Traumatic Brain Injury Induced Chronic Inflammation and Cognitive Impairment is Attenuated by Inhibition of the Type 1 Interferon Pathway
8/26/2022
Jaclyn Caccese, PhD | Assistant Professor | Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
Zeynep Saygin, PhD | Assistant Professor | Psychology
Understanding the neurodevelopmental effects of football-related neurotrauma across first year of tackle football participation
9/9/2022
Katie Quatman-Yates, PhD, PT | Associate Professor | Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
Empowering Survivors of Chronic Brain Injury to be Physically Literate and Active for All Years (CBI-PLAAY)
9/23/2022
Jinghua Li, PhD | Assistant Professor | Materials Science & Engineering
A multi-functional electronic tattoo for spasticity tracking and management in severe TBI patients
9/30/2022
Jan Schwab, MD, PhD | Professor | Neurology
Maladaptive immune syndromes after spinal cord injury
10/14/2022
Benedetta Leuner, PhD | Associate Professor | Psychology
Reproductive Experience and Traumatic Brain Injury in Females
10/28/2022
Jie Gao, PhD | Assistant Professor | Neuroscience
Junmei Wang, PhD | University of Pittsburgh
The discovery of tau aggregation inhibitors by molecular simulation and experimental verification
11/18/2022
Asimina Kiourti, PhD | Assistant Professor | Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ginger Yang, PhD | Professor | Epidemiology | Nationwide Children’s Hospital|
Measuring Cognitive Activity Workload in Children with Concussion
12/9/2022
Harry Fu, PhD | Assistant Professor | Neuroscience
Cerebral organoids with the MAPT R406W mutation model lipid dyshomeostasis, increased tau phosphorylation, and effects on neuronal function observed in FTD
12/16/22
CBI Special Seminar
Sourav Chandra, PhD | Northwestern University
Novel tattoo electrode for HighDensity surface Electromyography
1/8/2021
Katy Lenz, PhD | Associate Professor | Psychology
Early life traumatic injury: sex differences, immune cells, and neurobehavioral outcomes across the lifespan
2/12/2021
Zoe Tapp | Graduate Research Fellow | Neuroscience | Kokiko-Cochran/Godbout Labs
Sleep fragmentation after TBI enhances inflammation and neuronal circuitry deficits
2/26/2021
Jeff Wing, PhD | Assistant Professor | Epidemiology
Geographic Patterning of Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias: Where We Live Matters
3/12/2021
Jaclyn Caccese, PhD | Assistant Professor | Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
Concussion and Subsequent Risk of Injury: Are some athletes returned prematurely?
3/26/2021
D. Michele Basso, PhD | Professor | Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
It’s a Wrap: Myelin plasticity, inflammatory microenvironments & recovery after SCI
4/2/2021
Phillip Popovich, PhD | Professor & Chair | Neuroscience
Spinal Cord Injury Causes an Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome
4/9/2021
Julianna Nemeth, PhD | Assistant Professor | Health Behavior & Health Promotion
Chronic brain injury caused by interpersonal violence: a mechanism fueling health disparities?
4/23/2021
John Lannutti, PhD | Professor | Materials Science and Engineering
Andrea Tedeschi, PhD | Assistant Professor | Neuroscience
Counteracting Maladaptive Plasticity And Chronic Neurodegeneration Following Brain And Spinal Cord Injury Using A “Smart” Drug Delivery System (SDDS)
5/7/2021
Elizabeth Newell, MD | Assistant Professor | University of Iowa
Targeting the neuroimmune response following traumatic brain injury
5/21/2021
Shahid Nimjee, MD, PhD | Associate Professor | Neurological Surgery
Acute Ischemic Stroke: Challenges and Opportunity
5/28/2021
Cole Vonder Haar, PhD | Assistant Professor | Neuroscience
Increased risky decision-making and impulsivity in rats after TBI: A potential role for the gut microbiome
6/4/2021
Yousef Hannawi, MD | Associate Professor | Neurology
Mechanisms of hypertension induced cerebral small vessel disease
6/18/2021
Andrew Sas, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor | Neurology
Neutrophil mediated axon regeneration
7/9/2021
W. Dave Arnold, MD | Assistant Professor | Neurology
Exploring Neuromuscular Responses to Central Nervous System Injury and Stress
8/13/2021
Wenjing Sun, PhD | Assistant Professor | Neuroscience
Leaky wiring of the brain: analysis of the action range of glutamate in health and disease
8/27/2021
Giles Plant, PhD | Professor | Neuroscience
Human Pluripotent Derived Neuronal Lineages: from Specification to Transplantation in the Cervical Spinal Cord
9/10/2021
Emre Ertin, PhD | Associate Professor | Electrical & Computer Engineering
A New Direction for Biosensing: RF Imaging of internal tissue profiles
9/17/2021
Jennifer Bogner, PhD, ABPP, FACRM | Professor | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
TBI Model Systems: Overview at the Local and National Levels
9/24/2021
Kris Martens, PhD | Clinical Assistant Professor | Neuroscience
Repeat closed-head injury using CHIMERA impairs attention and increases impulsivity in rats
10/8/2021
Kerry Ann Mitchell , MD, PhD | Assistant Professor | Neuroplastic Surgery
Neuroplastic Surgery: Improving Cranial Reconstruction Outcomes Innovation and Multidisciplinary Collaboration
10/22/2021
Hiroki Taniguchi, PhD | Professor | Pathology |
The wiring mechanisms of a cortical interneuron subtype
11/12/2021
Eric Sribnick, MD, PhD | Pediatric Neurosurgery | Nationwide Children’s Hospital
TBI Polytrauma: Impact on Systemic Immune Response
11/19/2021
John Corrigan, PhD | Professor Emeritus | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
The Public Health Burden of Traumatic Brain Injury
12/10/2021
Paco Herson, PhD | Professor | Neurological Surgery
Novel target and lead compound to improve cognitive deficits after moderate traumatic brain injury
Upcoming events
April
24
NTRIPS: Qin Ma
Time
9:30 a.m.
-
10:30 a.m.
Location
Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Center (IHSC), Room 395
May
5
CARE Alliance Quarterly Meeting – May 2026
Time
11:00 a.m.
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2:00 p.m.