Meet Our Team

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The members of CIRP span diverse disciplines and varied expertise. We apply our skills to focus areas of research and also collaborate within and across CIRP’s partner programs. To view staff members by their areas of focus, program affiliations, or roles at CIRP, please use the right-hand navigation menu to filter your search.

Leadership Core

Kristy B. Arbogast, PhD

Scientific Director, Minds Matter Concussion Program Research Director

Leadership Council

Valentina Graci, PhD

Research Scientist III, CIRP Leadership Council

Elizabeth Walshe, PhD

Research Scientist II, CIRP Leadership Council

Faculty and Research Scientists

Kristy B. Arbogast, PhD

Scientific Director, Minds Matter Concussion Program Research Director

Valentina Graci, PhD

Research Scientist III, CIRP Leadership Council

Jalaj Maheshwari, MSE

Research Staff Scientist II

Declan Patton, PhD

Senior Research Scientist

Thomas Seacrist, MBE

Director of Training & Research Scientist

Elizabeth Walshe, PhD

Research Scientist II, CIRP Leadership Council

Communications and Outreach Team

Lindsey Mitros

Associate Director of Communications

Business Administration Team

Megan Fisher Thiel, MPH

Clinical Research Associate

Patricia Ann Harris, BS

Office Manager

Ashley Jones, AS, BS

Program Coordinator II

Affiliate Research Scientists Non CHOP & Penn

Julie A. Mansfield, PhD

Affiliate Research Scientist

Emma Sartin, PhD, MPH, CPST

Assistant Professor, The University of Alabama at Birmingham