
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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Response of Thoraco-Abdominal Tissue in High-Rate Compression.
(Seifert J, Koser J, Shah AS, Frazer LL, Yoganandan N, Shender BS, Sheehy JB, Paskoff G, Bentley T, Nicolella DP, Stemper BD.) J Biomech Eng. 2023 Mar 01;145(3) PMID: 36301262 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143552239 10/28/2022
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(Broglio SP, Perkins SM, Riggen L, Stemper BD, Shah A, McAllister TW, McCrea M, CARE Consortium Investigators.) J Athl Train. 2023 Mar 01;58(3):220-223 PMID: 35724362 PMCID: PMC10176843 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85159542177 06/21/2022
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(Chiariello R, McCarthy C, Glaeser BL, Shah AS, Budde MD, Stemper BD, Olsen CM.) Behav Brain Res. 2023 Feb 13;438:114181 PMID: 36330906 PMCID: PMC9993345 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85140915448 11/05/2022
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Chronicity of repeated blast traumatic brain injury associated increase in oxycodone seeking in rats
(Chiariello R, McCarthy C, Glaeser BL, Shah AS, Budde MD, Stemper BD, Olsen CM.) Behavioural Brain Research. 13 February 2023;438 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85140915448 02/13/2023
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Consensus Head Acceleration Measurement Practices (CHAMP): Study Design and Statistical Analysis.
(Rowson S, Mihalik J, Urban J, Schmidt J, Marshall S, Harezlak J, Stemper BD, McCrea M, Funk J.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2022 Nov;50(11):1346-1355 PMID: 36253602 PMCID: PMC9652215 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85140002883 10/18/2022
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(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.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2022 Nov;50(11):1473-1487 PMID: 35933459 PMCID: PMC9652163 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85135698130 08/07/2022
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(Arbogast KB, Caccese JB, Buckley TA, McIntosh AS, Henderson K, Stemper BD, Solomon G, Broglio SP, Funk JR, Crandall JR.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2022 Nov;50(11):1317-1345 PMID: 35920964 PMCID: PMC9652170 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85135465105 08/04/2022
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Calcaneus fracture pattern and severity: Role of local trabecular bone density.
(Chirvi S, Pahapill N, Yoganandan N, Curry W, Stemper B, Kleinberger M, Pintar FA.) J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2022 Oct;134:105332 PMID: 35987107 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85136013753 08/21/2022
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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 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85130635741 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 Mar;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