
Brian D. Stemper, PhD
Professor; Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Neurosurgery
Locations
- Zablocki VA Medical Center
Neuroscience Research Labs – Research 151
5000 W. National Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53295
Contact Information
Education
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 Medical College of Wisconsin, 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, 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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(Stemper BD, Harezlak J, Shah AS, Rowson S, Mihalik JP, Riggen L, Duma S, Pasquina P, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, McCrea MA, CARE Consortium Investigators.) Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2022 Jun 01;54(6):912-922 PMID: 35081093 01/27/2022
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(Muelbl MJ, Glaeser BL, Shah AS, Chiariello RA, Nawarawong NN, Stemper BD, Budde MD, Olsen CM.) Addict Biol. 2022 03;27(2):e13134 PMID: 35229952 PMCID: PMC8896287 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125380733 03/02/2022
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(Stemper BD, Shah A, Chiariello R, McCarthy C, Jessen K, Sarka B, Seifert J, Budde MD, Wang K, Olsen CM, McCrea M.) Front Behav Neurosci. 2022;16:805124 PMID: 35368301 PMCID: PMC8965565 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85127445249 04/05/2022
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(Premi S, Deck C, Stemper BD, Willinger R.) Brain Multiphysics. January 2022;3 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85127123578 01/01/2022
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(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 JP, Brooks MA, Pasquina P, Stemper BD.) JAMA Neurol. 2021 03 01;78(3):346-350 PMID: 33523101 PMCID: PMC7851752 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85100463770 02/02/2021
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(Premi S, Deck C, Stemper BD, Willinger R.) Brain Multiphysics. January 2021;2 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85127017091 01/01/2021
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Trabecular bone mineral density correlations using QCT: Central and peripheral human skeleton.
(Chirvi S, Pintar FA, Yoganandan N, Stemper B, Kleinberger M.) J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2020 12;112:104076 PMID: 32911222 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85090345796 09/11/2020
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(Mihalik JP, Chandran A, Powell JR, Roby PR, Guskiewicz KM, Stemper BD, Shah AS, Rowson S, Duma S, Harezlak J, Riggen L, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, McCrea M, CARE Consortium Investigators.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2020 Nov;48(11):2555-2565 PMID: 33136240 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85094920232 11/03/2020
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(Rowson S, Campolettano ET, Duma SM, Stemper B, Shah A, Harezlak J, Riggen L, Mihalik JP, Brooks A, Cameron KL, Svoboda SJ, Houston MN, McAllister T, Broglio S, McCrea M.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2020 Nov;48(11):2626-2638 PMID: 33113020 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85094638792 10/29/2020
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(Bartsch AJ, Hedin D, Alberts J, Benzel EC, Cruickshank J, Gray RS, Cameron K, Houston MN, Rooks T, McGinty G, Kozlowski E, Rowson S, Maroon JC, Miele VJ, Ashton JC, Siegmund GP, Shah A, McCrea M, Stemper B.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2020 Nov;48(11):2667-2677 PMID: 33111969 PMCID: PMC7674260 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85094663187 10/29/2020
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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 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85086619828 06/17/2020
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Measuring Blunt Force Head Impacts in Athletes.
(Bartsch A, Dama R, Alberts J, Samorezov S, Benzel E, Miele V, Shah A, Humm J, McCrea M, Stemper B.) Mil Med. 2020 01 07;185(Suppl 1):190-196 PMID: 32074346 PMCID: PMC7029834 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85079762344 02/20/2020