Dr. Jennifer Weaver is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Colorado State University. She is the Director of the Meaningful Measurement in Rehabilitation Research Lab and Director of Implementation Research at the Translational Neurological Lab. As an early career scientist, she has acquired funding to examine the intersection of measurement, clinical reasoning, and shared decision-making in disorders of consciousness programs. She has acquired intramural funding from CSU to create a dyadic intervention that supports brain injury survivors and their care partners in the community. The research projects often include brain injury survivors and/or family care partners as co-investigators. She has expertise in the Rasch Measurement Model, implementation science, community-engaged research, and qualitative methodology.

Dr. Jennifer Weaver is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Colorado State University. She is the Director of the Meaningful Measurement in Rehabilitation Research Lab and Director of Implementation Research at the Translational Neurological Lab. As an early career scientist, she has acquired funding to examine the intersection of measurement, clinical reasoning, and shared decision-making in disorders of consciousness programs. She has acquired intramural funding from CSU to create a dyadic intervention that supports brain injury survivors and their care partners in the community. She has expertise in the Rasch Measurement Model, implementation science, community-engaged research, and qualitative methodology. Her research often includes brain injury survivors and their family care partners as co-investigators.

Pia Wedege is a licenced neurophysiotherapist at Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital in Norway and a PhD-student at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.

Dr. Weintraub has been in the field of Brain Injury Medicine and Neurorehabilitation for over 37 years. Dr. Weintraub served as Medical Director of the Brain Injury Program at Craig Hospital and the Rocky Mountain Regional Brain Injury System, a federally designated Model System of Care focusing on extensive clinical, research and dissemination activities. He is a Clinical Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, a Fellow of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, serves on the Board of Governors for the North American Brain Injury Society and International Brain Injury Association, and is a consultant to the Colorado Division of Worker’s Compensation Medical Treatment Guidelines TBI Task Force. Dr. Weintraub has received numerous awards including the Sheldon Berrol Award for Clinical Excellence and Becker’s Healthcare Top 100 Hospital Health System Physician Leaders Award. Dr. Weintraub has also been consistently recognized as a Colorado 5280 “Top Doctor” as well as a recognized Castle Connelly US News and World Report Top Physician in his specialty. As a Brain Injury Medicine Certified Subspecialist, Dr. Weintraub has special interests in predictive biomarkers for recovery, neuroimaging, disorders of consciousness, pharmacologic rehabilitation, sports-related concussion and the long-term aging consequences of brain injury. Since 2021, Dr. Weintraub has remained active as President/CEO of Neurotrauma Rehabilitation Associates LLC , has lectured extensively to broad audiences, and has written on an array of clinical and research topics related to both traumatic and acquired brain injury.

Dr. Wen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Georgia State University. Her research focuses on two areas: using item response theory for measurement development, and applying mindfulness approaches for people with chronic disabilities, especially traumatic brain injury. She is particularly interested in measurements for assessing community integrations/participation and patient reported outcomes. Through transforming traditional assessments to computer adaptive testing, short-forms or keyforms, she is hoping to improve clinical utilities of psychometric sound measurements.

Dr. Wiebe is a Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Medical School at the University of Michigan (U-M), and in the Department of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health. He is Director of the U-M Injury Prevention Center and is on the Executive Committee of the U-M Concussion Center.

Dr. Williamson is a neuropsychiatrist and the Medical Director of the Inpatient Brain Injury Program and Neuropsychiatry Service Chief at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He trained at The Universities of Edinburgh and London in the UK, and at Rockefeller University and Johns Hopkins University in the USA. In 2008, Dr. Williamson led the development of a new neuropsychiatric inpatient model of care for Wounded Warriors with a combination of physical and psychiatric injuries, bringing together a team of specialists of diverse backgrounds in a holistic model. The program has garnered several awards and national recognition as a resource for the most challenging and complex TBI patients, melding medical/surgical care with Neuropsychiatry. Dr. Williamson specxializes in the management of complex TBI patients and is an expert in behavioral and emotional disturbances caused by brain injuries, and their impact on families.

David Williamson (B.Pharm, M.Sc., Ph.D) is a pharmacist at Sacre-Coeur Hospital (HSCM), a Full Clinical Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Montreal (UdeM), an associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Université de Sherbrooke, and a Researcher at the HSCM Research Center in Montreal. As a clinician Dr. Williamson works as a pharmacist in the Medical,
Surgical and Trauma Intensive Care Units of the HSCM. From a research perspective, Dr. Williamson completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Sciences at the University of Sherbrooke. He has training in clinical epidemiology and has published more than 120 manuscripts. He currently supervises 2 Ph.D. students, and cosupervises 2 other PhD students. Dr. Williamson is a
member of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group and is a part of the Critical Care Research Group at Sacre-Coeur Hospital (ERESI). His MAD-TBI research program focuses on the the management of agitated behaviors in traumatic brain injured patients admitted to the intensive care unit. The MAD-TBI program has contributed important knowledge regarding agitation in the ICU with a number of systematic reviews, surveys, qualitative and observational studies. He is currently leading the DEX-TBI study, a CIHR funded study of dexmedetomidine for the managemnt of post-TBI agitation in the intensive care.

David Williamson, B.Pharm, M.Sc, Ph.D. is a Full Clinical Professor an at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Université de Montréal, as well as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Sacré-Coeur Hospital in Montreal, Canada. He’s also an FRQ-S funded Clinical Scientist at the Sacré-Coeur Hospital Research Center. His research program focuses on the pharmacotherapy of sedation, agitation, delirium and pain in traumatic brain injury and in the ICU.

Alison is a MSc candidate in Neuroscience at the University of Calgary co-supervised by Dr. Chantel Debert and Dr. Ashley Harris. Her Master’s research uses magnetic resonance spectroscopy, blood biomarkers and clinical outcomes to study the development and maintenance of post-traumatic headache with the aim of informing evidence-based treatment. Alison is passionate about concussion research and recently coordinated a clinical trial of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for persistent post-concussion symptoms. In this trial, she administered rTMS and functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to participants, in addition to conducting semi-structured interviews concerning depression and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. Alison recently published a case study on obsessive-compulsive disorder following severe traumatic brain injury in BMJ Case Studies and collaborated on a paper regarding the impact of PTSD symptoms on post-concussion cognitive changes published in Brain Injury. Prior to her work in traumatic brain injury, Alison completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Victoria and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Calgary.

Judith Wilson is working towards a PhD in Occupational Therapy at New York University. Her research is funded through a dissertation grant from the Brain Injury Association of America. She is also the Assistant Director of Occupational Therapy at Bellevue Hospital in New York City, and a co-investigator within the NYU-Rusk TBI Model System. She has degrees in Occupational Therapy and Anthropology.

Michelle Smith, MPH, CHES is an Assistant Research Scientist in the NYU Rusk Rehabilitation Department of Research and Co-Investigator deeply rooted in community-based research and recognition of Social Determinants of Health (SDoH). With 20 years of professional experience and interest in public health and health communications, Ms. Smith’s research goals are to provide vital information to patients and their loved ones in order to help improve their health, particularly in underserved and under-resourced communities. After receiving her Master’s in Public Health with a focus on health promotion, she managed the development and implementation of two research studies to improve health in the underserved community of Harlem, NY. She partnered with community members and organizations to develop and maintain a geographically tailored, culturally-relevant and health literacy appropriate website, and led a randomized-controlled trial to find the best ways to reduce hypertension in the Upper Manhattan communities of Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood.

In her current role, Ms. Smith manages various neuro-rehabilitation studies, primarily centered on the local Rusk Rehabilitation Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems database (RRTBIMS), a center in the nationwide longitudinal database to examine the natural course of TBI from the acute stage through rehabilitation treatment and long-term effects many years post-injury. As Co-Investigator of RRTBIMS site-specific study “Traumatic Brain Injury as a Chronic Condition”, she spear-headed the mixed-methods study to understand how low-resource community members understand and manage life with a moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Dr. Catherine Wiseman-Hakes is a speech-language pathologist and clinical neuroscientist. She is an assistant clinical professor in the School of Rehabilitation Science, Graduate Speech-Language Pathology Program at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON, CA, and an Affiliate Scientist with the KITE Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (UHN-TRI), and a scientist with the Hull Ellis Concussion and Research Clinic (UHN-TRI), in Toronto CA. Her clinical and research focus is traumatic brain injury, with two intersecting foci: Cognitive-communication disorders (including social communication and social cognition) and, sleep and its role in neuroplasticity and recovery from neurological injury. She has authored over 45 peer-reviewed publications, and several book chapters and has contributed as a lead or expert panel member for national and international practice guidelines for traumatic brain injury. Catherine has a strong interest in those with TBI from marginalized and underserved communities who have limited or no access to rehabilitation. To address this gap, she founded The Compassionate Justice Fund in partnership with the Ontario Brain Injury Association, which provides funding and system navigation for these individuals who have ‘fallen through the cracks.’

Catherine Wiseman-Hakes, Ph.D., is a clinical neuroscientist and speech-language pathologist. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, (Hamilton, Ontario Canada) an affiliate scientist with the KITE Research Institute-University Health Network- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (UHN-TRI), and a scientist with the Hull Ellis Concussion and Research Clinic (UHN-TRI). Her clinical and research focus is traumatic brain injury, with two intersecting foci: sleep and its role in neuroplasticity and recovery from neurological injury and cognitive-communication disorders (including social communication and social cognition). She has authored over 45 peer-reviewed publications and several book chapters. She has contributed as a lead or expert panel member for national and international practice guidelines for traumatic brain injury. Catherine has a strong interest in those with TBI from marginalized and underserved communities who have limited or no access to rehabilitation.

Dr Jade Witten is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of British Columbia, and in the Rehabilitation Research Program at GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre in Vancouver, Canada. She is also a registered neuropsychologist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. Dr Witten is committed to neurorehabilitation research that aims to improve the wellbeing and quality of life of people and families that have been affected by brain injury. Her current research interest is in supporting caregivers of individuals with a moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.

Mia Moth Wolffbrandt, Master of Health Science, is a research nurse and PhD student at Neurorehabilitation Research and Knowledge Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen. She has more than 20 years’ experience as a clinical nurse within hospital-based neurorehabilitation of patients with severe acquired brain injuries. In her PhD-project she is focusing on children as relatives, more specific children who have a parent or sibling with an injury to the brain og spinal cord. The PhD-project consists of two register-based studies investigating the long-term socioeconomic consequences in these children, and one qualitative study exploring the children’s needs across sectors in neurorehabilitation.

Joseph Wszalek, JD, PhD, is the founder and director of the Center for Neurolaw and Equity, a California-based project focusing on transformative research and advocacy at the intersection of neuroscience and the law. A neuroscientist and neuroethicist by training, his research and expertise focus on neurodisability, language and communication, and social-legal cognition.

Joseph Wszalek, JD, PhD, is the founder of the Center for Neurolaw and Equity, a California-based project focusing on transformative research and advocacy at the intersection of
neuroscience and the law. A neuroscientist and neuroethicist by training, his research and expertise focus on neurodisability, language and communication, and social-legal cognition.

Keith Owen Yeates, PhD, ABPP-CN, FCAHS, FRSC, is Professor of Psychology and Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Neurosciences, and former Ward Chair in Pediatric Brain Injury, at the University of Calgary, in Alberta, Canada. He has a >30-year track record of funded research focusing on the outcomes of childhood brain disorders, especially traumatic brain injury. As of 2018, he had authored more of the top-100 cited papers in pediatric TBI than any other researcher, and he ranks 7th worldwide for total TBI-related publications from 2000-2022. Dr. Yeates was co-lead author of the report of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Expert Panel on Acute Diagnosis and Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury among Children and Adolescents, an invited expert panel member at the 6th International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport in Amsterdam, and an invited member of the expert consensus group for the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Diagnostic Criteria for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. He is currently the inaugural Chair of the Canadian Concussion Network and Editor-in-Chief of Neuropsychology. Dr. Yeates has served as President of the Society of Clinical Neuropsychology (American Psychological Association Division 40) and of the International Neuropsychological Society. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and the Royal Society of Canada. In 2020, he was ranked as one of the top 10 most influential neuropsychologists in North America over the past 50 years.

Dr. Carolina Bottari, OT, Ph.D., is a full professor in the occupational therapy program at Université de Montréal, Canada. She is also a researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal. Her research studies have largely focused on individuals having sustained a traumatic brain injury. Dr. Bottari is currently leading an international project working to develop and test smart home technologies designed to offer graded cognitive assistance during meal preparation to individuals with severe traumatic brain injury living within the community. She has vast expertise in co-design studies with community partners, particularly for projects funded by CIHR, MEDTECH, AGE WELL and FRQ, targeting the development of smart home technologies to meet the needs of an aging population with cognitive deficits and a TBI population. She has published 90 peer-reviewed articles and supervised over 100 graduate students.

Nathan D. Zasler, MD, DABPM&R, FAAPM&R, FACRM, BIM, CBIST is Founder, CMO and CEO of Concussion Care Centre of Virginia, Ltd., as well Founder and Medical Director of Tree of Life Services, Inc. Dr. Zasler is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, fellowship trained in brain injury and subspecialty certified in Brain Injury Medicine. He is an affiliate professor in the VCU Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Richmond, VA, and a visiting professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Dr. Zasler is a fellow of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.

Dr. Zasler is internationally recognized as an expert in brain injury medicine and has published and lectured extensively on TBI related neuromedical issues. He has published over 200 peer reviewed articles and authored over 60 book chapters. He has edited eight textbooks as either editor in chief, co-editor or associate editor and is editor in chief of the acclaimed core textbook “Brain Injury Medicine: Principals and Practice” now in its third edition. He serves on numerous journal editorial boards and is co-editor of two peer reviewed international scientific journals: “Brain Injury” and “Neurorehabilitation” and also serves as chief editor of the publication “Brain Injury Professional”.

He is Emeritus Chairperson of the International Brain Injury Association (IBIA) and recently concluded his term as Vice-Chairperson of that organization. Dr. Zasler was the first recipient of the NHIF Young Investigator Award, and among other awards was recognized with the Sheldon Berrol Clinical Service award from BIAA. He has been repeatedly recognized by “Best Doctors”. He is active in local, national and international organizations dealing with acquired brain injury and neurodisability, serving in numerous consultant and board member roles.

Amy Ziems, DO is the first Brain Injury Medicine Fellow at the University of Kentucky (UK). She graduated from the UK Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency program last year, and continues to play an important role in the neurorehabilitation department. Her interests include spasticity management, post-traumatic headache management, and brain injury recovery.