2023 Speaking Faculty

Andreas Jeromin, Ph.D.Chairperson; Chief Scientific Officer
The Annual Traumatic Brain Injury Conference; ALZPath, Inc.

(Co-Chair) Cheryl Wellington, Ph.D.Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
University of British Columbia

Kirsty Dixon, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Surgery and Anatomy & Neurobiology
Virginia Commonwealth University

Christopher Nowinski, Ph.D.Chief Executive Officer
Concussion Legacy Foundation

Jeffrey Ware, MDAssistant Professor of Radiology, Neuroradiology Division
University of Pennsylvania

Magali Haas, MD, Ph.D.Chief Executive Officer & President
Cohen Veterans Bioscience

Franklin West, Ph.D.Professor of Regenerative Bioscience
University of Georgia

Sharon Juliano, Ph.D.Professor of Neuroscience & Molecular Biology, Program Leader, Center for Neuroscience & Regeneration
Uniformed Services University

W. Frank Peacock, MD, FACEPProfessor, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Emergency Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine

Jason Wilson, MD, FACEPAssociate Professor, Research Director, Division of Emergency Medicine; Division Chief, Emergency Medicine
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine; Tampa General

Katherine Lee, MS, CRNP, ANPBC, CNRNDirector, Casualty Management
US Department of Defense

Shan Siddiqi, MDAssistant Professor of Psychiatry
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Rachel Lazarus, Ph.D.Neuroscientist
AARP

Victor AceroPh.D. Candidate, Department of Bioengineering, Chair, Penn Psychedelic Collaborative
University of Pennsylvania

Shaun Carlson, Ph.D.Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery and Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
University of Pittsburgh

Patrick Richard, Ph.D.Professor & Director of Health Services Administration Division
Uniformed Services University

James Meabon, Ph.D.Research Health Scientist
VA Puget Sound Health Care System, University of Washington

David Cederberg, MDSenior Consultant of Neurosurgery, Head of Neurointensive Care Unit
Skane University Hospital (Lund, Sweden)

William Korinek, Ph.D.Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals

Randall Marshall, MDChief Medical Officer
EuMentis Therapeutics

Mirta Grifman, Ph.D.VP Clinical Development & External Innovation
Biosplice Therapeutics

Jignesh Pandya, Ph.D.Director, TBI Bioenergetics Metabolism & Neurotherapeutics, Brain Trauma Neuroprotection Branch
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Shaun Fickling, Ph.D.Lead R&D Scientist
NeuroCatch

Ragini Verma, Ph.D.Head of Biomarkers & Clinical Development
Cohen Veterans Bioscience

Stephen D. Larson, Ph.D.CEO & Co-Founder
MetaCell

Maryan Zirkle, MD, MS, MAExecutive Director
BRAINCommons