| Robin Hanks, Ph.D., ABPP-ABCN is the Chief of Rehabilitation Psychology & Neuropsychology at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan and is also the Director of Training for the predoctoral and postdoctoral training program in Clinical Neuropsychology. She is also the Project Director of the Southeastern Michigan Traumatic Brain Injury System (SEMTBIS), a model system of traumatic brain injury excellence in research and clinical care, funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. Dr. Hanks is an Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the Wayne State University School of Medicine and an Adjunct Professor of Psychology in the Wayne State University School of Science. She received her Ph.D. in 1996 from the Department of Psychology at Wayne State University, completed her APA approved internship at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Physical Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, WA.
Dr. Hanks leads the outpatient clinical neuropsychology rotation at the downtown (main campus) and has research interests in the areas of traumatic brain injury; neuropsychological assessment; emotional adjustment post brain injury; long-term cognitive and functional outcome in rehabilitation populations.
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Stephen Vangel, Ph.D. provides neuropsychological and psychological services at the downtown (main campus) and Novi campus. Dr. Vangel obtained his Ph.D. from Wayne State University in 1996 and completed his APA approved internship at the John Dingell V.A. Hospital in Detroit. He is an Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Dr. Vangel is also a "behavioral specialist" at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan. Dr. Vangel's clinical and research interests are in the areas of behavioral factors in injury recovery and disability, factors affecting interdisciplinary team functioning, family adjustment to trauma, and validity and clinical utility of neuropsychological tests.
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Norman Fichtenberg, Ph.D., provides neuropsychological services at the Novi Center, an outpatient clinic of Rehabilitation Institutes of Michigan that specializes in adult neurological disorders, particularly traumatic brain injury. These services primarily involve neuropsychological evaluations covering a variety of diagnositic categories. He is also an Assistant Professor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the Wayne State University School of Medicine. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Detroit in 1990.
Dr. Fichtenberg's research interests include patterns of neuropsychological performance by persons with brain injury, clinical validation of neuropsychological instruments in the assessment of brain injury, differential diagnosis in cases of mild head trauma, and methods for determining the validity of neuropsychological data.
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Thomas J. Gola, Ph.D. is a staff neuropsychologist for the neuroscience and PM&R service at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan and an assistant professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. He is also a co-investigator with the SEMTBIS project. Dr. Gola received his Ph.D. from Wayne State University in 1994. He has published in the area of effort assessment, traumatic brain injury, and dementia. In addition to neuropsychology, Dr. Gola has wide experience in Behavior Analysis and Therapy. He has a special interest in behavior management of chronic pain. Dr. Gola has been involved with the forensic aspects of neuropsychology and traumatic brain injury. He has served as an adjunct professor in the graduate school of Wayne State University. His current research interests lie with advancing neuropsychological assessment in the differential diagnosis of dementia and the ecological validity of common neuropsychological measures.
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Randal Bruce, Ph.D., ABRP, is a staff neuropsychologist for the Spinal Cord Injury service at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan at the downtown (main) campus. He is also a consulting neuropsychologist to the Rosa Parks Geriatric Center at the University Health Center. Dr. Bruce obtained his Ph.D. from Wayne State University in 1992, and completed his internship at Northville Regional Psychiatric Hospital. Dr. Bruce has extensive experience in treating patients and families with brain and spinal cord injuries, and has a special interest in the behavioral management of various medical and psychological conditions. Dr. Bruce has also served as an adjunct professor in the graduate school at Wayne State University.
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Brigid Waldron-Perrine, Ph.D. is the primary provider of neuropsychological and psychological services at the RIM Sterling Heights campus and also provides outpatient services at the downtown campus. She currently serves as the Associate Director of Training for the department’s postdoctoral training program in Clinical Neuropsychology. Dr. Waldron-Perrine graduated with her doctorate from Wayne State University in 2010 after completing an APA approved internship at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit, MI. She then completed an APPCN post-doctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System/University of Michigan. Dr. Waldron-Perrine’s research interests are in the areas of cognitive and emotional rehabilitation from neurological injury (e.g., influences of coping approaches/positive emotionality and contextualized rehabilitation), neuropsychological assessment in patients with medical conditions, and assessment and treatment of veterans with polytrauma.
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