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Dr. Brian Stemper
Dr. Brian StemperMarquette UniversityZablocki VA Medical Center Neuroscience Research Labs, Research 151, Room 70-D-210
MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 384-2000, ext. 41525stemps@mcw.eduGoogle ScholarCurriculum VitaeProfessor
Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
Professor
MCW Department of Neurosurgery
Director
Preclinical Traumatic Brain Injury (PC-TBI) & Rodent Behavioral Testing Laboratory
Learn more about PC-TBI Research
Professional Preparation
- Ph.D., 2004, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
- B.S., 1998, Biomedical Engineering, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI
Courses Taught
BIEN 6440 Biomedical Engineering Analysis of Trauma—An engineering analysis of the physiological changes following impact to the head, spinal cord, and limbs, and electrical events and effects on tissues are treated
Research Interests
- Biomechanics of traumatic brain injury
- Biomechanics of spine injury
- Basic biomechanics of the cervical and lumbar spine
- Automotive safety
Recent Publications
View recent publications uploaded from the Faculty Collaboration Database.
LeSueur J, Koser J, Dzwierzynski W, Stemper BD, Hampton CE, Kleinberger M, Pintar FA. The Histological and Mechanical Behavior of Skin During Puncture for Different Impactor Sizes and Loading Rates. Ann Biomed Eng. 2025 Mar 07 PMID: 40053222 03/07/2025
Seifert J, Maiman D, Frazer LL, Shah A, Yoganandan N, King K, Sheehy JB, Paskoff G, Bentley T, Nicolella DP, Stemper BD. Mechanical Characterization of Non-degraded Porcine Annulus Fibrosus Material Properties. Ann Biomed Eng. 2024 Nov 05 PMID: 39499364 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85208479174 11/05/2024
Cutlan R, Khokhar M, Shammout N, Shah AS, Frazer L, Yoganandan N, Shender BS, Sheehy J, Paskoff G, Nicolella D, Bentley T, Shabani S, Stemper BD. Lumbar Spine Orientation Affects Compressive Fracture Outcome. Ann Biomed Eng. 2024 Oct 25 PMID: 39453511 10/25/2024
Everson CA, Szabo A, Plyer C, Hammeke TA, Stemper BD, Budde MD. Subclinical brain manifestations of repeated mild traumatic brain injury are changed by chronic exposure to sleep loss, caffeine, and sleep aids. Exp Neurol. 2024 Nov;381:114928 PMID: 39168169 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85201764724 08/22/2024
Yoganandan N, Shah A, Koser J, Stemper BD, Somberg L, Chancey VC, McEntire J. Behind Armor Blunt Trauma: Liver Injuries Using a Live Animal Model. Mil Med. 2024 Aug 19;189(Suppl 3):659-664 PMID: 39160873 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85201736818 08/20/2024
Publications of Brian Stemper PhD from the Faculty Collaboration Database
Recent Grants
- Stemper, Brian (Co-Investigator); Kroner-Milsch, Antje (Principal Investigator); “Establish and Validate a Model of Concomitant Neurotrauma.” Sponsored by the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment (January 2025–December 2025).
- Stemper, Brian (Principal Investigator); Yoganandan, Narayan (Co-Principal Investigator); Muftuler, L. Tugan (Co-Investigator); Baisden, Jamie (Co-Investigator); Hainsworth, Keri (Co-Investigator); Raff, Hershel (Co-Investigator); "Determination of the Etiology of Neck and Back Pain in High Performance Aircrew." Sponsored by the United States Air Force: Air Force Research Laboratory Wright Research Site (September 23, 2022–September 30, 2025).
- Stemper, Brian (Co-Investigator); Wang, Yang (Principal Investigator); McCrea, Michael (Co-Principal Investigator, PD); Meier, Timothy (Co-Investigator); Nelson, Lindsay (Co-Investigator); Szabo, Aniko (Co-Investigator); “Effects of Head Impact Exposure During Contact Sport on Middle School and High School Athletes.” Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health Neurological Disorders and Stroke (April 1, 2019–March 31, 2023).
- Stemper, Brian (Principal Investigator); Olsen, Chris (Co-Investigator); Budde, Matthew (Co-Investigator); McCrea, Michael (Co-Investigator); “Determination of factors that influence addiction-related outcomes following brain injury.” Sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research and Development (March 01, 2020–February 28, 2024).
- Stemper, Brian (Site Principal Investigator); Yoganandan, Narayan (Co-Investigator); Pintar, Frank (Co-Investigator); “Incapacitation Prediction for Readiness in Expeditionary Domains: an Integrated Computational Tool (I-PREDICT).” Sponsored by Southwest Research Institute through a prime award from MTEC (March 1, 2018–July 31, 2023).
- Stemper, Brian (Co-Principal Investigator); McCrea, Michael (Co-Investigator); Harezlak, Jaroslaw (Contact Principal Investigator); “Influence of the College Football Athletes' Cumulative Head Impact Exposure (HIE) on the mTBI incidence and post-mTBI health outcomes.” Sponsored by Indiana University through a prime award from The National Institutes of Health, NINDS (March 01, 2022–February 28, 2026).
- Stemper, Brian (Site Principal Investigator); Dietz, Anthony (Principal Investigator); “In-Ear Exposure Sensor with Integrated Noise Attenuation and Communications Capabilities Phase II.” Sponsored by Paxauris, LLC, through a prime award from US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (March 7, 2022–January 2, 2024).
- Stemper, Brian (Co-Principal Investigator); Yoganandan, Narayan (Principal Investigator); Baisden, Jamie (Co-Investigator); “Behind Armor Blunt Trauma Consortium: Injuries, Mechanisms, and Biomedical Injury Criteria.” Sponsored by MTEC (October 6 2021–October 25, 2024).
- Stemper, Brian (Co-Investigator); Muftuler, L Tugan (Principal Investigator); Budde, Matthew (Co-Investigator); “Investigating intervertebral disc endplate degeneration for non-specific low back pain.” Sponsored by Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Foundation (July 1, 2022–June 30, 2024).
