Adit Ginde, MD

Dr. Ginde is professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Emergency Medicine and director of clinical research for the Department of Anesthesiology at the CU School of Medicine. He is also an executive committee member of the CU Anschutz Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield (COMBAT) Research, director of the CCTSI's Trial Innovation Network, and principal investigator of the Airway, Trauma, Lung Injury and Sepsis (ATLAS) Research Program.

Dr. Ginde is a practicing emergency physician who specializes in acute and critical care clinical trials funded by the DoD, NIH, CDC, PCORI, and foundation and industry partners. He is an internationally renowned expert in infection/sepsis, trauma and respiratory failure, and he has extensive experience leading multicenter acute care trials in the United States and around the world. With over 350 publications in top medical journals, Dr. Ginde's work includes regular contributions to New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association and Lancet.

Brig Gen Kathleen Flarity, DNP, PhD (USAF)

Dr. Flarity is executive director of the CU Anschutz Marcus Institute for Brain Health and the co-founder/deputy director of the Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield (COMBAT) Research, where she also founded the COMBAT Research Scholar Program. As an associate professor of emergency medicine with the CU School of Medicine, she is an experienced researcher, nurse practitioner, and emergency and critical care flight nurse. 

Dr. Flarity has over 41 years of military service that includes multiple deployments and commands, most recently serving as the mobilization assistant to the Command Surgeon, Air Mobility Command (Scott AFB, IL). Dr. Flarity is an expert in treatments and research related to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI) and resiliency for our nation’s heroes. She has provided her resiliency intervention “Passion in Practice”, which is grounded in positive psychology, neuroscience, cognitive psychology and human performance science, to over 30,000 service members and civilians.

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Jeffrey R. Hebert, PhD, PT

As a nationally recognized researcher and clinician, Dr. Hebert investigates human performance and brain function in patients with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury, with a focus on military operators and veterans. He is an associate professor in the CU School of Medicine’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Neurology. He is also the director of the Physical Performance Laboratory and director of research at the Marcus Institute for Brain Health, as well as an investigator with the Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield (COMBAT) Research on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. 

Over his three decades of clinical experience and over 15 years leading research investigations, he has advanced important scientific discoveries within the field of neurorehabilitation and central multisensory management, specifically related to assessing and optimizing brain health and human performance.

Ian H. Stanley, PhD

Dr. Stanley is a nationally recognized leader in military psychological health and suicide prevention. He is an associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the CU School of Medicine, where he also serves as the psychological health lead for the Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield (COMBAT) Research and as the director of the Translational Research to Understand Suicide and Trauma (TRUST) Lab. 

Dr. Stanley oversees a multimillion-dollar research portfolio predominately funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. He has authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications in leading scientific journals, with his work featured in national and international media outlets. He is an Associate Editor at Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy and is on the Editorial Board of Psychological Services. Dr. Stanley also serves on the Scientific Advisory Committee for USAA’s Face the Fight, a coalition to prevent veteran suicide. His work has impacted policy at the state and federal level, leading to more efficient and effective psychological health solutions for our nation’s warfighters and their families.