Our Team
Principal Investigators
Core Leads
Co-Investigators

Safa Al-Saraj, PhD
King's College London

Claire Troakes, PhD
King's College London
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
