Lindsay Nelson, PhD

Lindsay Nelson, PhD, ABPP

Associate Professor

Locations

Neurosurgery
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Education

BS with high honors, Biopsychology & Cognitive Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2006
MA, Clinical Science & Psychopathology Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2009
PhD, Clinical Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2012
Neuropsychology Fellow, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2012-2014

Biography

Lindsay Nelson, PhD, is a clinical neuropsychologist and Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology. She is a faculty member of MCW’s Brain Injury Research Program, where she studies the clinical and neurophysiological effects of mild traumatic brain injury. Clinically, Dr. Nelson specializes in the neuropsychological evaluation of adults with neurologic and neurobehavioral disorders.

Her research interests also include application of various psychometric methods to clinical questions, conceptualization of personality and psychiatric conditions, and the neurobiological underpinnings of psychological constructs such as inhibitory control.

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Honors and Awards

Post Graduate Scholar Award, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2014
Principal Investigator, NIMH National Research Service Award (F31 MH 088143), Psychometric and Neurobiological Indicators of Impulse Control Disorders, 2010-2011
Trainee, NIMH T32 Institutional Training Grant (MH017069), Neurobehavioral Aspects of Personality and Psychopathology, 2008-2009
David Campbell Graduate Research Fellowship, 2008
University of Minnesota Graduate School Research Fellowship, 2008

Research Interests

Clinical and neurophysiological recovery following mild traumatic brain injury.
Individual differences in risk for and recovery following mild traumatic brain injury.

Systemic inflammation moderates the association of prior concussion with hippocampal volume and episodic memory in high school and collegiate athletes.

(Brett BL, Savitz J, Nitta M, España L, Teague TK, Nelson LD, McCrea MA, Meier TB.) Brain Behav Immun. 2020 Jul 24 PMID: 32717401 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85089140897 07/28/2020
Prospective study of the effects of sport-related concussion on serum kynurenine pathway metabolites.

(Meier TB, Nitta ME, Teague TK, Nelson LD, McCrea MA, Savitz J.) Brain Behav Immun. 2020 Jul;87:715-724 PMID: 32147388 PMCID: PMC7316609 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85081895245 03/10/2020
Comparison of Four Quality of Life Inventories for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injuries and Orthopedic Injuries.

(Harfmann EJ, deRoon-Cassini TA, McCrea MA, Nader AM, Nelson LD.) J Neurotrauma. 2020 Jun 15;37(12):1408-1417 PMID: 32000584 PMCID: PMC7249455 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85085960612 02/01/2020
A Prospective Study of Acute Blood-Based Biomarkers for Sport-Related Concussion.

(Meier TB, Huber DL, Bohorquez-Montoya L, Nitta ME, Savitz J, Teague TK, Bazarian JJ, Hayes RL, Nelson LD, McCrea MA.) Ann Neurol. 2020 Jun;87(6):907-920 PMID: 32215965 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85083717481 03/28/2020
Effect of Routine Sport Participation on Short-Term Clinical Neurological Outcomes: A Comparison of Non-Contact, Contact, and Collision Sport Athletes.

(Eckner JT, Wang J, Nelson LD, Bancroft R, Pohorence M, He X, Broglio SP, Giza CC, Guskiewicz KM, Kutcher JS, McCrea M.) Sports Med. 2020 May;50(5):1027-1038 PMID: 31637659 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85074638945 10/23/2019
Invariance of the Bifactor Structure of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) Symptoms on the Rivermead Postconcussion Symptoms Questionnaire Across Time, Demographic Characteristics, and Clinical Groups: A TRACK-TBI Study.

(Agtarap S, Kramer MD, Campbell-Sills L, Yuh E, Mukherjee P, Manley GT, McCrea MA, Dikmen S, Giacino JT, Stein MB, Nelson LD, TRACK-TBI Investigators) Assessment. 2020 Apr 24:1073191120913941 PMID: 32326739 04/25/2020
Functional Status Examination Yields Higher Measurement Precision of Functional Limitations after Traumatic Injury than the Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended: A Preliminary Study.

(Nelson LD, Brett BL, Magnus BE, Balsis S, McCrea MA, Manley GT, Temkin N, Dikmen S.) J Neurotrauma. 2020 02 15;37(4):675-679 PMID: 31663425 PMCID: PMC7045351 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85079099398 10/31/2019
The Term Traumatic in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and the Misrepresentation of Outcomes-Reply.

(Nelson LD, Levin HS, McCrea MA.) JAMA Neurol. 2020 02 01;77(2):264-265 PMID: 32040145 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85079111274 02/11/2020
Association of Blood Biomarkers With Acute Sport-Related Concussion in Collegiate Athletes: Findings From the NCAA and Department of Defense CARE Consortium.

(McCrea M, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, Gill J, Giza CC, Huber DL, Harezlak J, Cameron KL, Houston MN, McGinty G, Jackson JC, Guskiewicz K, Mihalik J, Brooks MA, Duma S, Rowson S, Nelson LD, Pasquina P, Meier TB, CARE Consortium Investigators, Foroud T, Katz BP, Saykin AJ, Campbell DE, Svoboda SJ, Goldman J, DiFiori J.) JAMA Netw Open. 2020 01 03;3(1):e1919771 PMID: 31977061 PMCID: PMC6991302 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85078278375 01/25/2020
Frequency of Primary Neck Pain in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion Patients.

(King JA, McCrea MA, Nelson LD.) Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 01;101(1):89-94 PMID: 31493383 PMCID: PMC6930963 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85073018882 09/08/2019
The Term Mild in Mild Traumatic Surgery and the Representation of Outcomes-Reply.

(Nelson LD, Levin HS, McCrea MA.) JAMA Neurol. 2019 Dec 30 PMID: 31886830 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85077316126 12/31/2019
Association between plasma GFAP concentrations and MRI abnormalities in patients with CT-negative traumatic brain injury in the TRACK-TBI cohort: a prospective multicentre study.

(Yue JK, Yuh EL, Korley FK, Winkler EA, Sun X, Puffer RC, Deng H, Choy W, Chandra A, Taylor SR, Ferguson AR, Huie JR, Rabinowitz M, Puccio AM, Mukherjee P, Vassar MJ, Wang KKW, Diaz-Arrastia R, Okonkwo DO, Jain S, Manley GT, TRACK-TBI Investigators.) Lancet Neurol. 2019 10;18(10):953-961 PMID: 31451409 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85072198695 08/28/2019