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):
- The Efficacy of a Group Intervention to Develop Resilience in Family Members of Individuals with TBI
- 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.