
Brian D. Stemper, PhD
Professor
Locations
- Zablocki VA Medical Center
Neuroscience Research Labs – Research 151
5000 W. National Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53295
Contact Information
Education
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 2004
Biography
Brian D. Stemper, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is also a Research Biomedical Engineer at the Zablocki VA Medical Center and an Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University. He graduated with a 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, MCW, and undergraduate engineering students from local Institutions.
Honors and Awards
2000 – Alpha Eta Mu Beta, National Biomedical Engineering Honor Society
2000 – Best in Session Award, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium
2004 – Best Paper by a Young Researcher, International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Impact
2006 – 2008 – Listed, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
2006 – Best MS Student Paper Award (3rd Place, D. Board), Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium
2007 – 2010 – Listed, Who’s Who in America
2008 – Listed, Who’s Who in the World
2008 – Best Paper, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Resident Graduation Research Conference (S. Malik)
2009 – Best Student Paper, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium (S. Storvik)
2010 – NASS Best Poster Presentation, North American Spine Society 25th Annual Meeting (J. Baisden)
Research Interests
Biomechanics of the head, neck, and spine with emphasis on the investigation of trauma using experimental, imaging, and computer modeling techniques.
Publications
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Head Impact Exposure in College Football after a Reduction in Preseason Practices.
(Stemper BD, Shah AS, Mihalik JP, Harezlak J, Rowson S, Duma S, Riggen LD, Brooks A, Cameron KL, Giza CC, Goldman J, Houston MN, Jackson J, McGinty G, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, McCrea M.) Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2020 07;52(7):1629-1638 PMID: 32541378 06/17/2020
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Head Impact Exposure in College Football following a Reduction in Preseason Practices.
(Stemper BD, Shah AS, Mihalik JP, Harezlak J, Rowson S, Duma S, Riggen LD, Brooks A, Cameron KL, Giza CC, Goldman J, Houston MN, Jackson J, McGinty G, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, McCrea M.) Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2020 Jan 21 PMID: 31977633 01/25/2020
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(Stemper BD, Shah AS, Harezlak J, Rowson S, Duma S, Mihalik JP, Riggen LD, Brooks A, Cameron KL, Giza CC, Houston MN, Jackson J, Posner MA, McGinty G, DiFiori J, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, McCrea M, And the CARE Consortium Investigators.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2019 Oct;47(10):2073-2085 PMID: 31388849 PMCID: PMC6785580 08/08/2019
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(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, Jackson J, McGinty GT, Svoboda SJ, McAllister TW, Broglio SP, McCrea M, CARE Consortium Investigators.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2019 Oct;47(10):2057-2072 PMID: 30362082 PMCID: PMC6785644 10/27/2018
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(Nawarawong NN, Slaker M, Muelbl M, Shah AS, Chiariello R, Nelson LD, Budde MD, Stemper BD, Olsen CM.) Eur J Neurosci. 2019 08;50(3):2101-2112 PMID: 30456793 PMCID: PMC6814147 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85058419226 11/21/2018
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Effects of Mild Blast Traumatic Brain Injury on Cognitive- and Addiction-Related Behaviors.
(Muelbl MJ, Slaker ML, Shah AS, Nawarawong NN, Gerndt CH, Budde MD, Stemper BD, Olsen CM.) Sci Rep. 2018 07 02;8(1):9941 PMID: 29967344 PMCID: PMC6028456 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85049369592 07/04/2018
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(Stemper BD, Chirvi S, Doan N, Baisden JL, Maiman DJ, Curry WH, Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Paskoff G, Shender BS.) J Orthop Res. 2018 06;36(6):1747-1756 PMID: 29194745 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85048584251 12/02/2017
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(Rowson S, Duma SM, Stemper BD, Shah A, Mihalik JP, Harezlak J, Riggen LD, Giza CC, DiFiori JP, Brooks A, Guskiewicz K, Campbell D, McGinty G, Svoboda SJ, Cameron KL, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, McCrea M.) J Neurotrauma. 2018 02 15;35(4):681-690 PMID: 29132269 11/15/2017
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Acute death of astrocytes in blast-exposed rat organotypic hippocampal slice cultures.
(Miller AP, Shah AS, Aperi BV, Kurpad SN, Stemper BD, Glavaski-Joksimovic A.) PLoS One. 2017;12(3):e0173167 PMID: 28264063 PMCID: PMC5338800 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85014582567 03/07/2017
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(Stemper BD, Shah AS, Chiariello R, Olsen CM, Budde MD, Glavaski-Joksimovic A, McCrea M, Kurpad SN, Pintar FA.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2016 Nov;44(11):3252-3265 PMID: 27188340 PMCID: PMC5093216 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84969253175 11/04/2016
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Whiplash-Associated Disorders: Occupant Kinematics and Neck Morphology.
(Stemper BD, Corner BD.) J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2016 Oct;46(10):834-844 PMID: 27690838 10/04/2016
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Finite Element Study of a Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Nucleus Replacement Device.
(Coogan JS, Francis WL, Eliason TD, Bredbenner TL, Stemper BD, Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Nicolella DP.) Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2016;4:93 PMID: 27990418 PMCID: PMC5133048 12/19/2016