NFL-LONG Study: Improving life beyond the game | Meet Our Team

Ruben Echemendia, PhD

Clinical Director, UOC Concussion Care Clinic
University Orthopedic Center
State College, PA

Kevin Guskiewicz, PhD, ATC

Executive Director, Center for the Study of Retired Athletes
Co-Director, Matthew Gfellar Sport-Related TBI Research Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Michael McCrea, PhD, ABPP-CN

Director, Brain Injury Research
Medical College of Wisconsin

Michael P. Meehan III, MD

Director, Micheli Center for Sports Injury Prevention
Director of Research, Brain Injury Center
Boston Children's Hospital

Leo E. Otterbein, PhD

Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Benjamin Brett, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Medical College of Wisconsin

Candice P. Goerger, MS

Assistant Program Director
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Danielle Hunt, MS, ATC

Clinical Research Manager, Clinical Effective Research CenterDepartment of Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital

Landon Lempke, PhD, ATC

Post-Doctoral Researcher
The Micheli Center for Sports Injury Prevention
Division of Sports Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital

Rebekah Mannix, MD, PhD

Senior Associate Physician in Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Zachary Kerr, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Exercise and Sport Science
University of North Caroline at Chapel Hill

Weili Lin, PhD

Director, Biomedical Research Imaging Center
Dixie Lee Boney Soo Distinguished Professor Neurological Medicine
Vice Chair of Basic Research Department of Radiology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Becky Parmeter, MPH

Program Administration Manager, Clinical Effectiveness Research Center
Department of Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital

Caprice Roberts, MPH, CHES

Research Coordinator
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Samuel R. Walton, PhD, ATC

Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Alexa Wild, BA

Research Coordinator
Medical College of Wisconsin

Sarah Willwerth, BA

Clinical Research Coordinator, Clinical Effective Research Center
Department of Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital