Brandon graduated with his Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree from Mount Saint Joseph University in 2020. He has worked in inpatient rehabilitation for Encompass Health for thirteen years, eight as a Rehab Technician and five as a Physical Therapist. He recently took the American Physical Therapist Association Geriatric Clinical Specialist exam and awaiting results. He specializes in treating patients with neurologic conditions focusing on high intensity gait training, functional electric stimulation, and error augmentation.

Dr. Karina Christopher has been a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist for nearly 20 years. She is an Associate Professor at Berea College. She has taught a variety of topics in higher education like human nutrition, medical nutrition therapy, food science, and sports nutrition. Along with her work in higher education, Dr. Christopher provides free sports nutrition counseling to athletes in her community. Her work with athletes includes medical nutrition therapy, sports performance, and healthy body weight. Throughout all her professional experience she has aimed to use food to prevent, cure, and manage diseases or conditions. In her free time, she enjoys trying new recipes that she can share with clients.

Amu De Silva, PT, DPT, NCS, GCS, CEEAA, is an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati, where she teaches neurologic physical therapy, motor control, and anatomy in the Physical Therapy and Health Sciences programs. She earned her MS in Kinesiology from Miami University (2009) and her DPT from Shenandoah University (2014). Currently, she is a doctoral candidate in Ecological Psychology at the University of Cincinnati, with a research focus on cognition, action, and perception. Her work explores interpersonal motor coordination, perception-action dynamics, and motor performance in individuals with and without movement-related disabilities. As a board-certified specialist in both neurologic and geriatric physical therapy, Dr. De Silva has advanced training in neurorehabilitation and a deep passion for improving rehabilitation outcomes for individuals with movement disorders. She is particularly interested in integrating ecological psychology with neurorehabilitation to develop patient-centered, evidence-based interventions that enhance motor function, recovery, and quality of life. Her research bridges theory and clinical practice, emphasizing how perception and action shape movement coordination and functional independence in people with disabilities.

Janice Osborne Dowdy, MS/CCC-SLP, CBIS, is a speech-language pathologist at Neurorestorative in Ashland, Kentucky. Janice is a Certified Brain Injury Specialist, through the Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists. She is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University and East Tennessee State University. Janice has been practicing SLP for 24 years. She has worked in acute care, long term acute care, skilled nursing, post-acute rehabilitation, and acute rehabilitation in inpatient, outpatient, and day treatment programs both as a staff therapist, and in various management roles. Janice also worked as a Clinical Specialist for Vital Stim Therapy, traveling the USA providing education and consulting services in the management and treatment of dysphagia utilizing the modality of electrical stimulation (NMES). Janice has presented a variety of in-person and virtual presentations on topics within the field of rehabilitation.

Suzanne graduated from Eastern Kentucky University in 1993 with a BS in Occupational Therapy. She began working for the Frazier Rehab Institute in Louisville, KY in July 1993. She worked at Frazier Rehab's Inpatient hospital and then worked as a Traveling OT from 1996-1998. Suzanne returned to Frazier Rehab, this time to the Community Based Rehab Program in an Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (ORF) in July 1998. Suzanne became a Certified Driving Rehab Specialist (CDRS) in 2000 and has been working full-time doing Driver Rehab evaluations and training. Frazier uses both a driving simulator and in car driving program to prepare their TBI clients for driving. The driving program is a low-tech program that works hand in hand with the Center for Advanced Neuro Rehab (CAN) and the Certified Brain Injury Specialist (CBIS) at Frazier Rehab with the goal of returning to functional independence after injury.

David Glazer, MD is board certified in Brain Injury Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is currently the acting Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center. Prior to this, he served as the Medical Director of the Central Virginia VA Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center where he cared for active-duty service members and veterans injured while deployed and stateside. He also curated the Brain Injury Answers Podcast. He received his MD from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN. Following Meharry, Dr. Glazer completed an internal medicine internship at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. He then completed his Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center (UAB). Following UAB, he went on to complete a Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship at the JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in Edison, New Jersey.

Casey Humphrey is an occupational therapist of over 15 years, who is a Certified Brain Injury Specialist and Certified Driving Rehabilitation Specialist. She is currently the Interim Department Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at Eastern Kentucy University. Casey is the current President of the Kentucky Occupational Therapy Association and is on the Executive Board of the Brain Injury Alliance of Northern Kentucky.

Renee has been practicing PT since 1986; since that time, she co-founded four nonprofits to promote health & wellness through adaptive exercise, sport, and recreation.

Heather has worked in the field of Speech Language Pathology for over 20 years specializing in neuro-rehabilitation. She has worked for Encompass Rehabilitation Hospital of NKY since 2006. She joined the efforts of BIANK as a member of the Outreach Committee approximately 2 years ago, and is now a board member of BIANK, as well as the Chairperson for the Outreach Committee. She is a Certified Brain Injury Specialist and served as the Brain Injury Team Champion at Encompass for 2 years.

Jenni graduated with her Master’s of Occupational Therapy in 2008 from Saint Louis University. She worked in Inpatient Rehab from 2008-2024, specializing in Neuro-rehabilitation and an emphasis on working with individuals who have experienced a Stroke or Brain Injury. She has been a Certified Brain Injury Specialist since 2016. In June 2024, Jenni began working at St. Elizabeth Outpatient Therapy a Neuro Outpatient Occupational Therapist.