Carrie Esopenko, PhD

(She/her)

Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Traumatic Brain and Concussion Center, Department of Neurology University of Utah

Dr. Carrie Esopenko is an Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion Center in the Department of Neurology at the University of Utah. Her research focuses on understanding the effects of neurotrauma and mental health conditions across populations, identifying methods for improving brain injury prevention, and developing patient-specific and community-based intervention strategies for trauma-exposed populations. She is specifically interested in addressing the chronic and long-term effects of brain injury and repetitive head impacts on cognitive, neural, and psychological health in individuals with exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV), military sexual trauma (MST), and blast-related injury. She leads the ENIGMA Intimate Partner Violence Working Group, and co-leads ENIGMA Global Knowledge Exchange Network.