Research Team
David F Moore, MD, PhD
TBI Scientific Advisor to the Director
Dr David F Moore, BA, BSc, MB, ChB, MD, PhD, Dip PH, MRCP(I), ABNP (Neurology and Vascular Neurology): Dr Moore is a certified neurologist and vascular neurologist (ABPN) with extensive expertise in neuro-imaging, fluid dynamics, bio-informatics and mathematical biology.
He has previously carried out investigations involving transcranial Doppler (TCD), positron emission tomography (PET), arterial spin tagging (AST), laser Doppler flow studies, magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), peripheral vessel M mode and B mode ultrasound scanning, analysis of neuro-imaging data, gene microarray data and UNIX system administration.
Dr Moore trained at Imperial College (London), New York Hospital and the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Maryland). He is currently Deputy Director for Research, Defense and Veterans Brain Injury, headquartered at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC, Interim Co-Director of the DVBIC/DCoE – Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) Laboratory of Traumatic Brain Injury, TBI Scientific Advisor to the Defense Centers of Excellence and BG Loree K Sutton, and Visiting Scientist at the Institute of Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN) at MIT.
Expertise
| Neurology |
Bio-Informatics |
Traumatic Brain Injury |
| Genomics |
MRI |
Computational Biology |
| Fluid Dynamics |
Image Processing |
Blast Physics |
Discipline
| Neurosciences |
Cerebral ischemia |
| Neurosciences |
Trauma/Nervous System |
| Radiology |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Spectroscopy |
| Fluid Mechanics |
Fluid Mechanics/Hemodynamics |
| Computer Science |
Modeling and Simulation Studies |
| Genetics |
Genomics |
| Information Technology |
Bio-informatics |
| Computer Science |
Image Processing |
Karen A Schwab, PhD
Chief of Epidemiology & Statistics
Karen Schwab is Chief of Epidemiology and Statistics for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center. Prior to this position she served as a medical statistician for DVBIC, and as a research analyst for the Social Security Administration.
Dr Schwab has authored and co-authored numerous publications. Several recent publications include: “Screening for Traumatic Brain Injury in Troops Returning from Deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq: Initial Investigation of the usefulness of a Short Screening Tool for Traumatic Brain Injury,” (Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 2007); “Rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury in active duty military personnel and veterans: DVBIC randomized clinical trial of two rehabilitation approaches,” (Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2008); “Reference data from the Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics for use in Traumatic Brain Injury in an active duty military sample, “(Military Medicine, 2008), and “How satisfied are soldiers with their ballistic helmets: A comparison of soldiers’ opinions about the Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH) and the Personal Armor system for Ground Troops (PASGT) helmet,” (Military Medicine, 2006).
Dr Schwab has provided consultations to numerous Federal Government agencies (including CDC, DVA, Colorado Injury Control Research Center, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, National Institute of Disability Rehabilitation Research) as well as non-governmental entities. She serves on several scientific committees and Data Safety and Monitory Boards.
She received her BA from the University of Michigan, and her MA and PhD in Sociology with a concentration in Research Methods from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.