Our Team
Principal Investigators
Douglas H. Smith, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Administrative Core Lead
Core Leads
Edward B. Lee, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Brain Core Lead
Douglas J. Wiebe, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Data Core Lead
Kristine Yaffe, MD
University of California San Francisco
Data Core Lead
Co-Investigators
Safa Al-Saraj, PhD
King's College London
Etty Cortes, MD
Mt. Sinai Health System
John F. Crary, MD, PhD
Mt. Sinai Health System
Kristen Dams-O'Connor, PhD
Mt. Sinai Health System
Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Brian L. Edlow, MD
Harvard University
Bruce Fischl, MD, PhD
Harvard University
Rebecca D. Folkerth, MD
NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Lili-Naz Hazrati, MD, PhD
University of Toronto
Col. Sidney R. Hinds, MD
Medical Research and Material Command
Diego Iacono, MD, PhD
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Victoria E. Johnson, MBChB, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Christopher D. Keene, MD, PhD
University of Washington
Julia Kofler, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Gabor G. Kovacs, MD, PhD
University of Toronto
Geoffrey Manley, MD, PhD
University of California San Francisco
David F. Meaney, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Amber Nolan, MD, PhD
University of Washington
David Okonkwo, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Daniel Perl, MD
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
David Priemer, MD
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Andrea L.C. Schneider, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Julie Schneider, MD, MS
Rush University
Claire Troakes, PhD
King's College London
Andre van der Kouwe, PhD
Harvard University
Community Partners
Sally Tucker of Head for Change and Candace Gantt of Mind Your Brain Foundation joined CONNECT-TBI in 2022. They bring a most important perspective to the table: the traumatic brain injury survivor and their families. Their organizations provide patient advocacy and education, assistance navigating long-term treatment options and they support ground breaking research.
Additional Researchers
Kamar Ameen-Ali, PhD
University of Glasgow
Carrie Peltz
Veterans Affairs
Abigail Bretzin, PhD, ATC
University of Pennsylvania
Hailong Song, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Deona Cooper, MHA
US Department of Defense
Jean-Pierre Dollé, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Natalie Jenkins
University of Glasgow
Additional Staff
Andrew Belfiglio
University of Pennsylvania
John Campos
University of Washington
Amy S. Carthy
University of Pennsylvania
Bailey Rae
University of Glasgow
Mary Gantz Marker
University of Pittsburgh
Olamide Olatunji
University of Pennsylvania
Aimee M. Schantz
University of Washington
Annell Ovalles
Mount Sinai Health System
National Institutes of Health & National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH/NINDS) Scientific Officer
External Advisory Board
Fiona Crawford, PhD
The Roskamp Institute
Andrew I.R. Maas, MD, PhD
Antwerp University Hospital
David Krishna Menon, MD, PhD
University of Cambridge
James Nicoll, MBChB, MD
University of Southampton
