Meet the Staff

Robin Hanks, PhD, ABPP
Project Director

• Chief of Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology, Director of Training in Clinical Neuropsychology, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan; Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Adjunct Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Psychology Department, Wayne State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; and Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Windsor.  Works with staff, families and patients in the outpatient clinics.
• Principal Investigator
  • Southeastern Michigan Traumatic Brain Injury System (SEMTBIS):
  1. The Efficacy of a Group Intervention to Develop Resilience in Family Members of Individuals with TBI
  2. The Menopause Transition in Women with TBI for RIM site
• Co-Investigator
  
  • Characterization and Treatment of Chronic Pain after Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Return to Driving after Moderate-Severe TBI

Lisa Rapport, Ph.D.

• Professor of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Wayne State University
• Adjunct Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University School of Medicine
• Principal Investigator
• Co-Investigator
  • The Menopause Transition in Women with TBI
  • Return to Driving after Moderate-Severe TBI

Scott Millis, PhD, ABPP, Cstat

• Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University School of Medicine
• Adjunct Professor in Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine
• Co-Investigator and Biostatistician for SEMTBIS

Brigid Waldron-Perrine, PhD, ABPP

• Rehabilitation Neuropsychologist, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan/Detroit Medical Center, Tenet Physician Group
• Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University School of Medicine
• Works with staff, families and patients in assessment and treatment of TBI in the outpatient clinics.
• Co-Investigator, The Efficacy of a Group Intervention to Develop Resilience in Family Members of Individuals with TBI

Daniela Ristova-Trendov, MD

• Research Associate, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University School of Medicine
• The Efficacy of a Group Intervention to Develop Resilience in Family Members of Individuals with TBI
• Quality of Life in Caregivers of Traumatic Brain Injury:The TBI-Care QOL Study
• The Menopause Transition in Women with Traumatic Brain Injury

Carole Koviak, RN, MSA
Coordinator

• Research Associate, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University School of Medicine
• Form II Data Collector
• Responsible for the longitudinal follow-up and recruitment of participants for the menopause and TBI study.

Summar Reslan, Ph.D., ABPP

• Co-Investigator, The Efficacy of a Group Intervention to Develop Resilience in Family Members of Individuals with TBI
• Form I Data Collector
• Responsible for recruitment of participants and data collection on the neuroscience unit.

Robert Kotasek, MA

• Research Associate, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University School of Medicine
• Data Analyst
• Responsible for database creation and management, statistical analysis and data entry, literature searches and review, along with study participant recruitment and data collection.