NTRIPS

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

4/24/2026
Qin Ma, PhD | Professor, Vice Chair for Research, & Division Chief - Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
AI Foundational Models in Biomedical Informatics

5/8/2026
Gia Elise Barboza-Salerno, MA, MS, JD, PhD | Joint Faculty - Social Work & Public Health
Detecting Hidden Mechanisms of Violence-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Using AI-Integrated Clinical and Legal Narratives

5/22/2026
Laura B. Ngwenya, MD, PhD | Associate Professor - Neurosurgery, Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine; Vice Chair of Research - Neurosurgery; Director - Neurotrauma Center, UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute | University of Cincinnati
Influence of Cortical Spreading Depolarizations on Hippocampus in a Rat Model of Traumatic Brain Injury

5/29/2026
Steven Pike, PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroimmunology - Department of Neurology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Studying meningeal B cells in mouse models of multiple sclerosis with spatial transcriptomics

6/12/2026
Enora Le Flao, PhD | Postdoctoral Scholar - Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Human Performance Collaborative
Examining the Effects of Hydration Status on Repetitive Head Impacts and Concussions

6/26/2026
Erskine Chu, PhD | Postdoctoral Researcher - Neuroscience
Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury to the Prefrontal Cortex Remodels Corticostriatal Circuits: A Role for Microglia and Neuroinflammation in Impulsivity

9/11/2026
Jinghua Li, PhD | Assistant Professor - Department of Materials Science & Engineering
“A Novel Human-Machine Interface for Enhancing Sensory Experiences for Individuals with Brain Injuries"

10/2/2026
Jonathan Godbout, PhD | Professor - Neuroscience; Faculty Director - Center for Brain Injury Recovery & Discovery (CBIRD)
"Evolving Inflammation after Brain Injury: Interferons, Microglial Priming and Immune Reactivity"

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