NNS 2026

Confirmed Speakers

Confirmed Speakers

Confirmed Speakers

Abel Torres Espin, Dr.

Assistant Professor

Adam Ferguson, Dr.

Professor And Co-director Of The Brain And Spinal Injury Center (BASIC)

Ahnsei Shon, Dr.

Research Scientist

Ainsley Kindred, Ms.

Postbaccalaureate Trainee

Amanda Glueck, Dr.

Associate Professor

Amery Treble-Barna, Dr.

Associate Professor

Anastasia Georges, Mrs.

Research Specialist

Andrea Burnette, Mrs

Medical Student

Andrea Lugo, Ms.

Doctoral Student

Andrea Schneider, Dr.

Assistant Professor

Andrew Gaudet, Dr.

Associate Professor

Andrew Spence, Professor

Professor Of Neuroengineering

Angela Filous, Dr.

Assistant Professor

Anna Mueller, Ms.

Research Assistent

Anne Wheeler, Dr.

Senior Scientist

Anthony Kontos, Dr.

Professor/vice Chair Of Clinical Research

Antje Kroner, Dr.

Associate Professor

Audrey Lafrenaye, Dr.

Associate Professor

Azeez Abdul, Mr.

Medical Student

Beth Costine-Bartell, Dr.

Assistant Professor

Brad Hubbard, Dr.

Assistant Professor

Caela C. Long, Dr

Postdoctoral Researcher

Ceren Yarar-Fisher, Assoc. Professor

Associate Professor/ Vice Chair Of Research

Cheryl Wellington, Dr

Profoessor And Vice Chair Research

Christine Gotthardt, Ms.

Clinical Research Supervisor

Cole Vonder Haar, Dr.

Associate Professor

Corina Bondi, Dr.

Associate Professor

Courtney Dumont, Dr.

Associate Professor

D. Kacy Cullen, Professor

Professor of Neurosurgery & Bioengineering

Dana Cairns, Dr.

Research Associate

Danielle Sandsmark, Dr.

Associate Professor Of Neurology

Daryl Fields, Dr.

Assistant Professor

David Caldwell, Dr.

Neurosurgery Resident

David Meaney, Dr.

S.r. Pollack Professor

Dhruv Subramanian, Mr.

Student researcher

Diego Martell, Mr.

Clinical Research Coordinator

Dingyi Pei, Dr.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Dylan McCreedy, Dr.

Assistant Professor

Eleni Sinopoulou, Dr.

Assistant Project Scientist

Elise Webber, Ms.

Graduate Student

Emily Seay, Ms.

Senior Laboratory Technician

Emma Augustine, Ms.

Graduate Student

Emma Moravec, Ms.

Graduate Student

Eric Liu, Mr.

Research Intern

Erica Dale, Dr.

Assistant Professor

Farah Kamar, Ms.

MD/PhD Student

Felix Sanchez, Mr.

Graduate Assistant

Gabriel Nah, Dr.

Postdoctoral Fellow

George Cottle, Mr

Research Associate

Gershon Spitz, Dr.

Senior Research Fellow

Goknur Kara, Dr.

Research Associate

Grace Griesbach, Dr.

National Director Clinical Research

Hailong Song, Dr.

Instructor of Neurosurgery

Halvor Solheim, Mr.

Medical student

Hana Schwierling, Ms.

Graduate Research Assistant

Haojie Mao, Dr.

Associate Professor

Haylee Hulihee, Ms.

Laboratory Technician

Helen Wei, Assistant Professor

Trauma and Acute Care Surgeon

Helena Oft, Ms

MD PhD Student

Hongmei Yang, Dr.

Research Fellow

Ian Diaz Nieves, Mr.

PhD Candidate

Ina B. Wanner, Dr.

Associate Research Neuroscientist

Jaclyn Caccese, Dr.

Associate Professor

Jaclyn Iannucci, Dr.

Research Scientist

Jae Lee, Dr.

Professor

Jai Trivedi, Mr.

Research Coordinator

Jason Stoffer, Mr.

Advocacy Director

Jeffrey Bazarian, Dr.

Professor of Emergency Medicine & Neurology

Jeffrey Shipley, Dr.

Emergency Medicine Resident

Jennifer Dulin, Dr.

Associate Professor

Jenny Jang, Ms.

Research Scientist

John Gensel, Professor

Professor, Department of Physiology

John Wolf, Dr.

Assoc. Professor

John Yue, Dr.

Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery

Joseph Muckle, Mr

Masters Student

Josh Morganti, Dr.

Associate Professor

Joshua Medow, Professor

Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Biomedical Engineering

Kaelin Sbrocco, Ms.

Anatomy & Neurobiology PhD Student

Karisa Louangprasert, Ms

Postbaccalaureate Research Laboratory Technician

Karlo Pedro, Dr.

Assistant Professor

Kathleen Specht, Ms.

Graduate Research Assistant

Kazuya Matsuo, DR.

Associate Proffessor / Lecturer

Kevin Wang, Professor

Executive Director of Translational and Multi-Omic Medicine

Khalil Mallah, Dr.

Assistant Professor

Lanya Tianhao Cai, Dr.

Associate Specialist

Laura Blackwell, Dr.

Pediatric Neuropsychologist

Laura Zima, Dr.

NSGY Resident

Lauren Rooks, Mrs.

PhD Student

Leila Etemad, Ms.

Medical Student

Lilesh Pradhan, Dr.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Limin Wu, Dr

Instructor

Linda Karlsson, Ms

Phd Student

Logan Friedrich, Mr.

Graduate Student

Logan Read, Mr.

Graduate Student

Lyandysha Zholudeva, Dr.

Research Investigator

Madeleine Nowak, Dr.

Postdoc Fellow

Madison Wypyski, Ms.

Graduate Research Assistant

Marzieh Mussavi Rizi, Dr.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Matthew Budde, Dr.

Associate Professor

Md Adil Arman, Mr.

Phd Student

Megan Huibregtse, Dr.

Assistant Professor

Michael Gower, Dr.

Research Scientist

Michael Grovola, Dr.

Senior Scientist

Mikaela Sullivan, Ms.

Clinical Research Assitant

Miranda Koloski, Dr.

Assistant Professor

Mitchell Andersson, Dr

Postdoctoral Researcher

Mohammad Ghodsi, Mr.

Graduate Student

Monica Perez, Professor

Scientific Chair, Arms + Hands Abilitylab

Naomi Sayre, Dr.

Assistant Professor

Neel Jani, Dr.

Resident Physician

Nicolas Fandrich, Mr.

Division Chief, PCCM

Nija White, Ms.

Phd Candidate

Olga Kokiko-Cochran, Dr.

Associate Professor

Panini Patankar, Dr

Graduate Research Assistant

Paul Territo, Dr.

Professor of Medicine

Philip Ostrov, Dr.

Neurosurgery Resident

Phillip Popovich, Dr.

Professor And Chair

Preeja Chandran, Dr

Postdoctoral fellow

Rachel Rowe, Dr.

Assistant Professor

Rahat Ullah, Dr

Postdoc Research Fellow

Ramon Diaz-arrastia, Professor

Director of Clinical TBI Research Initiative

Razieh Jaberi, Dr

Postdoctoral Researcher

Rebecca Boland, Ms.

Graduate Research Associate

Rida Ismail, Ms.

Lab Manager, Incoming Medical Student

Riyi Shi, Professor

Mari Hulman George Endowed Professor Of Applied Neuroscience

Romit Samanta, Dr.

Senior Research Fellow

Russell Huie, Dr.

Assistant Professional Researcher

Ryan Dorrian, Dr.

Post Doctoral Researcher

Ryan Luke Sodemann, Mr.

Research Assistant

Sana Chahande, Miss

Medical Student

Sandy Shultz, Professor

Laboratory Head

Scott Hamilton, Mr.

Managing Director

Shameeke Taylor, Dr.

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Sophie Stukas, Dr.

Research Director

Sunghyun Jun, Dr.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Susana R Cerqueira, Dr.

Research Assistant Professor

Sushant Prajapati, Mr.

Graduate Research Assistant

Sydney Vita, Dr.

Assistant Professor

Syed Aasish Roshan, Dr.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Taylor LePage, Mrs

Graduate Research Assistant

Upasana Nathaniel, Dr

Program Manager

William Stewart, Professor

Consultant Neuropathologist

Yan Dong, Dr.

Research Fellow

Yi Lu, Dr.

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

Zachary Campbell, Mr

Medical Student

Zijian Lou, Dr.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Zimei Wang, Dr.

Scientist

Zin Khaing, Dr.

Associate professor

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