Brian D. Stemper, PhD

Associate Professor

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
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 2004

Biography

Brian D. Stemper, PhD, is an Associate 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

1998 – 2000 – Teaching Assistant, College of Engineering, Marquette University
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.

Repetitive Head Impact Exposure in College Football Following an NCAA Rule Change to Eliminate Two-A-Day Preseason Practices: A Study from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium.

(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.
Comparison of Head Impact Exposure Between Concussed Football Athletes and Matched Controls: Evidence for a Possible Second Mechanism of Sport-Related Concussion.

(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.
Repeated blast model of mild traumatic brain injury alters oxycodone self-administration and drug seeking.

(Nawarawong NN, Slaker M, Muelbl M, Shah AS, Chiariello R, Nelson LD, Budde MD, Stemper BD, Olsen CM.) Eur J Neurosci. 2019 Aug;50(3):2101-2112.
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.
Biomechanical tolerance of whole lumbar spines in straightened posture subjected to axial acceleration.

(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.
Correlation of Concussion Symptom Profile with Head Impact Biomechanics: A Case for Individual-Specific Injury Tolerance.

(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.
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.
Prediction of Post-Concussive Behavioral Changes in a Rodent Model Based on Head Rotational Acceleration Characteristics.

(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.
Whiplash-Associated Disorders: Occupant Kinematics and Neck Morphology.

(Stemper BD, Corner BD.) J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2016 Oct;46(10):834-844.
Lumbar spine endplate fractures: Biomechanical evaluation and clinical considerations through experimental induction of injury.

(Curry WH, Pintar FA, Doan NB, Nguyen HS, Eckardt G, Baisden JL, Maiman DJ, Paskoff GR, Shender BS, Stemper BD.) J Orthop Res. 2016 06;34(6):1084-91.
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.
Behavioral Outcomes Differ between Rotational Acceleration and Blast Mechanisms of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

(Stemper BD, Shah AS, Budde MD, Olsen CM, Glavaski-Joksimovic A, Kurpad SN, McCrea M, Pintar FA.) Front Neurol. 2016;7:31.

Brian D. Stemper, PhD