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Brian D. Stemper, PhD
Dr. Brian Stemper

Brian D. Stemper, PhD

Professor, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Neurosurgery

Locations

  • Zablocki VA Medical Center
    Neuroscience Research Labs 鈥� Research 151
    5000 W. National Ave.
    Milwaukee, WI 53295

Contact Information

Education

PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 2004
BS, Biomedical Engineering, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI, 1998

Biography

Brian D. Stemper, PhD, is a professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering and has a secondary appointment in the Department of Neurosurgery at the 黑料官网, where he serves as a Research Biomedical Engineer at the Zablocki VA Medical Center Laboratories. He received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University in May 2004. His areas of research include biomechanics of the head, neck, and spine with emphasis on the investigation of traumatic brain injury and spinal biomechanics using experimental, imaging, and computer modeling techniques.

Dr. Stemper has given over 70 invited lectures and briefings and published over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering and in advisory roles for the Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium (RMBS), Inc., and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and is an active member of the Society for Neuroscience, the National Neurotrauma Society, the Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS), the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM), the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), and ASME.

He received the Best Paper by a Young Investigator Award at the 2004 International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Impact (IRCOBI) Conference in Graz, Austria. He has also been active at national and international scientific conferences, serving as Program Chair for the 2009 RMBS Meeting in Milwaukee, WI, Program Committee Co-Chair (2006-08) for the Rachdian Society Annual Meeting in Kona, HI, and Track Coordinator for the 5th World Congress of Biomechanics in Munich, Germany.

He has also mentored numerous PhD and Master’s level engineering students from Marquette University and International Institutions, residents and fellows from the Department of Neurosurgery, 黑料官网, and undergraduate engineering students from local Institutions.

Dr. Stemper is currently the director of the Zablocki VA Medical Center Labs, which support neuroscience and biomechanics research conducted by Marquette University and the 黑料官网.

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Honors and Awards

2023: Athanasiou Student Paper Award to Jack Seifert from Annals of Biomedical Engineering for his paper Seifert J, Shah AS, Harezlak J, Rowson S, Mihalik JP, Riggen L, Duma S, Brooks A, Cameron KL, Giza CC, Goldman J, Guskiewicz KM, Houston MN, Jackson JC, McGinty G, Pasquina P, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, McCrea MA, Stemper BD. Time Delta Head Impact Frequency: An Analysis on Head Impact Exposure in the Lead Up to a Concussion: Findings from the NCAA-DOD Care Consortium. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 2022 Nov;50(11):1473-1487. doi: 10.1007/s10439-022-03032-w.

2023, 2020: Outstanding Graduate School Educator, Academic Year 2020-2022, 黑料官网

2023: Anthony Sances Jr. Award of Merit to Rachel Cutlan from the Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium for her paper and presentation Cutlan R, Shah AS, McCrea MA, Harezlak J, Stemper BD (2023). Football players may experience less severe head impact exposure during bye weeks at the Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium.

2022: Program Chairman鈥檚 Award to Kirsten Sipek from the Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium for Sipek K, Shah A, Zhang Y, Frazer L, Yoganandan N, Pintar F, Sheehy J, Shender B, Bentley T, Nicolella D, Stemper B, Regional and directional differences of the intervertebral disc annulus fibrosus mechanical properties, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium.

2021: JAMA Neurology Top 3 by Altmetric Score for 2021 (impact factor: 29.91) for McCrea MA, Shah A, Duma S, Rowson S, Harezlak J, McAllister TW, Broglio SP, Giza CC, Goldman J, Cameron KL, Houston MN, McGinty G, Jackson JC, Guskiewicz K, Mihalik J, Brooks MA, Pasquina P, Stemper BD. Opportunities for Prevention of Concussion and Repetitive Head Impact Exposure in College Football Players: A Concussion Assessment, Research, and Education (CARE) Consortium Study. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Neurology 2021;78(3):346-350 doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.5193.

2021: Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/Academia/Industry, Concussion Assessment Research and Education Consortium Team 鈥� Indiana University School of Medicine, 黑料官网, University of Michigan, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. 2021 Military Health Services Research Symposium.

2019: Best Paper of 2019, Most Downloads. Annals of Biomedical Engineering (impact factor: 11.32) for Stemper BD, Shah AS, Harezlak J, Rowson S, Mihalik JP, Duma SM, Riggen LD, Brooks A, Cameron KL, Campbell D, DiFiori JP, Giza CC, Guskiewicz KM, McGinty GT, Svoboda SJ, McAllister TW, Broglio SP, McCrea M, CARE Consortium Investigators (2019). Comparison of Head Impact Exposure Between Concussed Football Athletes and Matched Controls: Repetitive Head Impact Exposure as a Mechanism for Concussion. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 47(10): 2057-2072.

2019: Plenary Speaker at the 2019 Military Health Services Research Symposium in Orlando, FL (only 16 of 2,195 abstracts selected for Plenary session). Stemper BD, Shah AS, Rowson S, Duma S, Harezlak J, Mihalik J, Riggen, L, Cameron KL, Houston MN, Jackson J, McGinty G, Broglio S, McAllister T, McCrea M. Changes in preseason head impact exposure for football athletes at the Military Service Academies following 2017 and 2018 NCAA rule changes: A study from the NCAA-DOD Grand Alliance and the Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) Consortium.

2016: Manuscript Stemper BD & Corner BD, Whiplash associated disorders: Occupant kinematics and neck morphology Whiplash Associated Disorders: Occupant Kinematics and Neck Morphology selected as JOSPT Read for Credit Paper (impact factor 6.28) for Fall 2016 issue

2013: President鈥檚 Award for Outstanding Contributions to the RMBS, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium

2004: Best Paper by a Young Researcher for Stemper BD, Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Gennarelli TA: Effects of reflexive cervical muscle contraction on whiplash kinematics and injury, International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Impact

Research Interests

Biomechanics of the head, neck, and spine with emphasis on the investigation of trauma using experimental, imaging, and computer modeling techniques.

Publication List

  • Muench JR, Sinson GP, Glaeser B, Shah AS, Rowson S, Duma S, Mihalik J, Brooks A, Cameron K, Giza C, Goldman J, McGinty G, Riggen L, Pasquina PF, Broglio SP, McAllister T, McCrea MA, Harezlak J, Stemper BD. Change in head impact exposure following return to play in concussed football athletes. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (in press). DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003833.

  • Stemper BD, Muftuler LT, Cutlan R, Strother C, Sherman K, Meier T, Yoganandan N, Gerds B, Dooley C, Le P, Hainsworth K, Vedantam A. Abnormal pattern of spondylosis influences post-flight CROM in fifth generation fighter pilots. Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance (in press).

  • Raff H, Hainsworth KR, Cutlan R, Sherman KA, Stemper BD. Flight-associated cortisol dynamics and subjective assessments of pain and stress in fighter pilots. European Journal of Applied Physiology (in press). DOI: 10.1007/s00421-025-05837-8.

  • Seifert J, Maiman D, Frazer LL, Shah AS, Yoganandan N, King K, Sheehy JB, Paskoff G, Bentley T, Nicolella D, Stemper BD (2024). Mechanical characterization of non-degraded porcine annulus fibrosus material properties. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. DOI:10.1007/s10439-024-03629-3.

  • Cutlan R, Khokhar M, Shammout N, Shah AS, Frazer L, Yoganandan N, Shender BS, Sheehy J, Paskoff G, Nicolella D, Bentley T, Shabani S, Stemper BD (2024). Lumbar spine orientation affects compressive fracture outcome. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. DOI: 10.1007/s10439-024-03604-y.

  • Rieger LK, Shah A, Schick S, Draper DB, Cutlan R, Peldschus S, Stemper B (2024). Subject-specific geometry of FE lumbar spine models for the replication of fracture locations using dynamic drop tests. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 52(4): 816-831. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-023-03402-y.

  • Chiariello R, McCarthy C, Glaeser BL, Shah AS, Budde MD, Stemper BD, Olsen CM (2023). Chronicity of repeated blast traumatic brain injury associated increase in oxycodone seeking in rats. Behavioral Brain Research Feb 13;438:114181. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2022.114181.

  • Stemper BD, Shah S, Chiariello R, McCarthy C, Jessen K, Sarka B, Seifert J, Wang K, Budde MD, Olsen CM, McCrea M (2022). A Preclinical Rodent Model for Repetitive Subconcussive Head Impact Exposure in Contact Sport Athletes. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 16:805124. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.805124.

  • McCrea MA, Shah A, Duma S, Rowson S, Harezlak J, McAllister TW, Broglio SP, Giza CC, Goldman J, Cameron KL, Houston MN, McGinty G, Jackson JC, Guskiewicz K, Mihalik J, Brooks MA, Pasquina P, Stemper BD (2021). Opportunities for Prevention of Concussion and Repetitive Head Impact Exposure in College Football Players: A Concussion Assessment, Research, and Education (CARE) Consortium Study. JAMA Neurology 2021;78(3):346-350 doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.5193.

  • Stemper BD, Shah AS, Harezlak J, Rowson S, Mihalik JP, Duma SM, Riggen LD, Brooks A, Cameron KL, Campbell D, DiFiori JP, Giza CC, Guskiewicz KM, McGinty GT, Svoboda SJ, McAllister TW, Broglio SP, McCrea M, CARE Consortium Investigators (2019). Comparison of Head Impact Exposure Between Concussed Football Athletes and Matched Controls: Repetitive Head Impact Exposure as a Mechanism for Concussion. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 47(10): 2057-2072. doi: 10.1007/s10439-018-02136-6.

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