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.  Works with staff, families and patients in the outpatient clinics.
• Principal Investigator
  • Southeastern Michigan Traumatic Brain Injury System (SEMTBIS):
  1. Financial Vulnerability in Persons with TBI
     
• Co-Investigator
  
  • Predictors of financial capacity and risk of exploitation after TBI.
  • Understanding the Social Determinants of Healthcare Access After 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
  • Predictors of financial capacity and risk of exploitation after TBI.
• Co-Investigator
  • Financial Vulnerability in Persons with 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

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.
  

Mindy Baldassarre, CTRS BS

• Research Assistant, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University School of Medicine
• Form II Data Collector
• Longitudinal study coordinator
• TBI Study Participant recruitment

Renee Sun, BS

• Research Assistant, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University School of Medicine
• Form II Data Collector
• Responsible for longitudinal follow-up of participants for TBI studies
• TBI Study Participant recruitment
• BeHealthy & Care4TBI study coordinator

Tara Stone, MA

• Research Assistant, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University School of Medicine
• TBI Study Participant enrollment
• Form I Data Collector