Advances in Understanding Blast Exposure and Injury Among Military Service Members and Veterans
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Room: 518
Thursday, March 20, 2025 |
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
Room: 518 |
Details
CME
Speaker
Dr. Lisa Brenner
Professor
Univ of Colorado
Session Chair: Advances in Understanding Blast Exposure and Injury among Military Service Members and Veterans
Biography
Lisa A. Brenner, Ph.D., is a Board-Certified Rehabilitation Psychologist, and a Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), Psychiatry, and Neurology at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus. She is the current Chair of the International Brain Injury Association and a Past President of Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology) of the American Psychological Association (APA), as well as an APA Fellow. She serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. Her primary area of research interest is traumatic brain injury, co-morbid psychiatric disorders, and negative psychiatric outcomes, including suicide. Dr. Brenner has numerous peer-reviewed publications, participates on national advisory boards, and has co-authored a book titled: Suicide Prevention After Neurodisability: An Evidence-Informed Approach. She is also a co-editor of APA Handbook of Rehabilitation Psychology (3rd Edition) and is the current editor of the Oxford University Press Academy of Rehabilitation Psychology Series.
Dr. Lisa Brenner
Professor
Univ of Colorado
Using Structured Clinical Interviews and Self Report Data to Identify History of Blast Exposure
Biography
David Cifu
Virginia Commonwealth Univerasity
Determining Number, Intensity, and Long-term Impacts of Prior Blast Exposures in Service Members and Veterans with mTBI
Biography
Dr. Fatemeh Haghighi
James J. Peters VA Medical Center/mount Sinai School Of Medicine
Intestinal Permeability and Transient Cognitive Deficits in Military Service Members Exposed to Low-Level Blast
Biography
Dr. Mary Jo Pugh
University of Utah
Long-term Outcomes in Veterans at High Risk for Occupational Blast Exposure
Biography
