Distinguished Speaker: Susan S. Margulies, PhD, Vice Provost for Research and Innovation, Vanderbilt University

Distinguished Speaker:

Susan S. Margulies, PhD

Vice provost for research and innovation

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

Faculty Host: Cathie Klapperich

Title: Bridging the species gap: scaling traumatic brain injury loads and assessments across species to accelerate prevention and diagnosis

Abstract:

In traumatic brain injury (TBI), we integrate animal experiments, tissue and surrogate tests, clinical studies, and computational models to define biomechanical and molecular cascades, assess acute and longer-term outcomes. Integrating across scale and species, and across computational and experimental approaches in our novel interdisciplinary platform, we identify thresholds for predicting traumatic brain injuries in the developing brain. By increasing our understanding of how head injuries occur in children, this crucial information enables engineers to design safer protective equipment (e.g. car seats, helmets) for children and provides physicians with tools to assist them in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of head injuries in children.

Stephanie Fraley, PhD, Associate Professor of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego

Speaker:

Stephanie Fraley

Associate Professor of Bioengineering

University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

Faculty Host: Ryan Stowers

Antonios Mikos, PhD, Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University

Speaker:

Antonios Mikos, PhD

Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

Faculty Host: Marley Dewey 

Keith Cook, Phd, The David Edward Schramm Professor and Head, Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon

Speaker:

Keith Cook, PhD

The David Edward Schramm Professor and Head, Biomedical Engineering,

Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburg, PA, USA

Faculty Host: Michelle O'Malley

Alyson Santoro, PhD, Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, UC Santa Barbara

Speaker:

Alyson Santoror, PhD

Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology

University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Faculty Host: Carrie Mills

Rees Garmann, PhD, Assistant Professor, San Diego State University

Speaker:

Rees Garmann

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

San Diego State University, CA, USA

Faculty Host: Carrie Mills