Carrie L. Esopenko

Carrie L. Esopenko, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Neurology , Adjunct - Physical Therapy & Athletic Training

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. She is also a Part-Time Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She holds an adjunct faculty appointment at the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Rutgers – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. 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 women with exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV), military sexual trauma (MST), and blast-related injury. She leads the Enhancing NeuroImaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis (ENIGMA) Intimate Partner Violence Working Group, and co-leads ENIGMA Global Knowledge Exchange Network. Dr. Esopenko’s work has been supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Department of Defense. In 2024 she was awarded the National Neurotrauma Society’s Rosalind Franklin award, recognizing her impactful scientific contributions to neurotrauma research and work improving advocacy and education for intimate partner violence-related brain injury.

Education History

Undergraduate University of Calgary
 BS
Doctoral Training University of Saskatchewan
 PhD
Fellowship Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest
 Postdoctoral Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Gimbar M, Samavat H, Hamilton KP, Ziegler J, Wardenaar F, Esopenko C, Byham-Gray (2025). Predictors of Third-Party Tested Nutritional Supplementation Use Among DI and DIII Student-Athletes at A Northeast University. Journal of dietary supplements, 1-19.
  2. D'Alonzo BA, Schneider AL, Barnett IJ, Master CL, Hamilton RH, Wiebe DJ, Ivy League-Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study Investigator (2024). Concurrent symptom domains and associations with recovery timelines among collegiate athletes with sport-related concussion. British journal of sports medicine,
  3. D'Alonzo BA, Barnett IJ, Master CL, Hamilton RH, Wiebe DJ, Schneider ALC, Ivy League-Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study Investigator (2024). Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Sex of the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool Symptom Inventory. Clinical journal of sport medicine,
  4. Jain D, Esopenko C, Dorman K, Gurrapu S, Marshall A (2024). Experience of Intimate Partner Violence-Related Head Trauma and Its Association With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Symptoms Among Community Dwelling Women and Men. Journal of interpersonal violence, 8862605241301789.
  5. Jain D, Caccese JB, Boltz AJ, Buckley T, Cameron KL, Chrisman SPD, Clugston JR, Eckner JT, Ermer E, Scott FG, Harcum S, Hunt TN, Jannace KC, Kelly LA, Lempke LB, McDevitt J, Memmini A, Mozel A, Putukian M, Robb JB, Susmarski AJ, Syrydiuk RA, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, McCrea MA, Pasquina PF, Master CL, Esopenko (2024). Factors Associated With Return to Activity After Concussion Among Female Service Academy Members: Findings From the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium. Military medicine,
  6. D'Alonzo BA, Schneider ALC, Barnett IJ, Master CL, Bretzin AC, Wiebe DJ, Ivy League-Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study Investigator (2024). Associations of Sex and Sport Contact-Level with Recovery Timelines Among Collegiate Athletes with Sport-Related Concussion. Sports medicine - open, 10(1), 86.
  7. Smulligan KL, Carry P, Smith AC, Esopenko C, Baugh CM, Wilson JC, Howell D (2024). Cervical spine proprioception and vestibular/oculomotor function: An observational study comparing young adults with and without a concussion history. Physical therapy in sport, 69, 33-39.
  8. Kelly LA, Caccese JB, Jain D, Master CL, Lempke L, Memmini AK, Buckley TA, Clugston JR, Mozel A, Eckner JT, Susmarski A, Ermer E, Cameron KL, Chrisman S, Pasquina P, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, McCrea M, Esopenko C, CARE Consortium Investigator (2024). Sex Differences Across Concussion Characteristics in US Service Academy Cadets: A CARE Consortium Study. Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 54(11), 2955-2964.
  9. Kennedy E, Liebel SW, Lindsey HM, Vadlamani S, Lei PW, Adamson MM, Alda M, Alonso-Lana S, Anderson TJ, Arango C, Asarnow RF, Avram M, Ayesa-Arriola R, Babikian T, Banaj N, Bird LJ, Borgwardt S, Brodtmann A, Brosch K, Caeyenberghs K, Calhoun VD, Chiaravalloti ND, Cifu DX, Crespo-Facorro B, Dalrymple-Alford JC, Dams-O'Connor K, Dannlowski U, Darby D, Davenport N, DeLuca J, Diaz-Caneja CM, Disner SG, Dobryakova E, Ehrlich S, Esopenko C, Ferrarelli F, Frank LE, Franz CE, Fuentes-Claramonte P, Genova H, Giza CC, Goltermann J, Grotegerd D, Gruber M, Gutierrez-Zotes A, Ha M, Haavik J, Hinkin C, Hoskinson KR, Hubl D, Irimia A, Jansen A, Kaess M, Kang X, Kenney K, Ke'ková B, Khlif MS, Kim M, Kindler J, Kircher T, Kní¿ková K, Kolskår KK, Krch D, Kremen WS, Kuhn T, Kumari V, Kwon J, Langella R, Laskowitz S, Lee J, Lengenfelder J, Liou-Johnson V, Lippa SM, Løvstad M, Lundervold AJ, Marotta C, Marquardt CA, Mattos P, Mayeli A, McDonald CR, Meinert S, Melzer TR, Merchán-Naranjo J, Michel C, Morey RA, Mwangi B, Myall DJ, Nenadi¿ I, Newsome MR, Nunes A, O'Brien T, Oertel V, Ollinger J, Olsen A, Ortiz García de la Foz V, Ozmen M, Pardoe H, Parent M, Piras F, Piras F, Pomarol-Clotet E, Repple J, Richard G, Rodriguez J, Rodriguez M, Rootes-Murdy K, Rowland J, Ryan NP, Salvador R, Sanders AM, Schmidt A, Soares JC, Spalleta G, ¿paniel F, Sponheim SR, Stasenko A, Stein F, Straube B, Thames A, Thomas-Odenthal F, Thomopoulos SI, Tone EB, Torres I, Troyanskaya M, Turner JA, Ulrichsen KM, Umpierrez G, Vecchio D, Vilella E, Vivash L, Walker WC, Werden E, Westlye LT, Wild K, Wroblewski A, Wu MJ, Wylie GR, Yatham LN, Zunta-Soares GB, Thompson PM, Pugh MJ, Tate DF, Hillary FG, Wilde EA, Dennis E (2024). Verbal Learning and Memory Deficits across Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Insights from an ENIGMA Mega Analysis. Brain sciences, 14(7),
  10. Albrecht JS, Greenshields JT, Smart S, Law IH, Rink LR, Daniels CJ, Rajpal S, Chung EH, Jeudy J, Kovacs R, Womack J, Esopenko C, Bosha P, Terrin M, Rosenthal G (2024). Results From the Big Ten COVID-19 Cardiac Registry: Impact of SARS-COV-2 on Myocardial Involvement. Clinical journal of sport medicine,
  11. Rojczyk P, Heller C, Seitz-Holland J, Kaufmann E, Sydnor VJ, Berger L, Pankatz L, Rathi Y, Bouix S, Pasternak O, Salat D, Hinds SR, Esopenko C, Fortier CB, Milberg WP, Shenton ME, Koerte I (2024). Intimate partner violence perpetration among veterans: associations with neuropsychiatric symptoms and limbic microstructure. Frontiers in neurology, 15, 1360424.
  12. Johnson PK, Fino PC, Wilde EA, Hovenden ES, Russell HA, Velez C, Pelo R, Morris AJ, Kreter N, Read EN, Keleher F, Esopenko C, Lindsey HM, Newsome MR, Thayn D, McCabe C, Mullen CM, Davidson LE, Liebel SW, Carr L, Tate D (2024). The Effect of Intranasal Plus Transcranial Photobiomodulation on Neuromuscular Control in Individuals with Repetitive Head Acceleration Events. Photobiomodulation, photomedicine, and laser surgery, 42(6), 404-413.
  13. de Souza NL, Lindsey HM, Dorman K, Dennis EL, Kennedy E, Menefee DS, Parrott JS, Jia Y, Pugh MJV, Walker WC, Tate DF, Cifu DX, Bailie JM, Davenport ND, Martindale SL, O'Neil M, Rowland JA, Scheibel RS, Sponheim SR, Troyanskaya M, Wilde EA, Esopenko (2024). Neuropsychological Profiles of Deployment-Related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A LIMBIC-CENC Study. Neurology, 102(12), e209417.
  14. Tate DF, Wade BSC, Velez CS, Bigler ED, Davenport ND, Dennis EL, Esopenko C, Hinds SR, Kean J, Kennedy E, Kenney K, Mayer AR, Newsome MR, Philippi CL, Pugh MJ, Scheibel RS, Taylor BA, Troyanskaya M, Werner JK, York GE, Walker W, Wilde E (2024). Persistent MRI Findings Unique to Blast and Repetitive Mild TBI: Analysis of the CENC/LIMBIC Cohort Injury Characteristics. Military medicine, 189(9-10), e1938-e1946.
  15. Jain D, Porfido T, de Souza NL, Brown AM, Caccese JB, Czykier A, Dennis EL, Tosto-Mancuso J, Wilde EA, Esopenko (2024). Neural Mechanisms Associated With Postural Control in Collegiate Soccer and Non-Soccer Athletes. Journal of neurologic physical therapy, 48(3), 151-158.
  16. Newsome MR, Martindale SL, Davenport N, Dennis EL, Diaz M, Esopenko C, Hodges C, Jackson GR, Liu Q, Kenney K, Mayer AR, Rowland JA, Scheibel RS, Steinberg JL, Taylor BA, Tate DF, Werner JK, Walker WC, Wilde E (2023). Subcortical functional connectivity and its association with walking performance following deployment related mild TBI. Frontiers in neurology, 14, 1276437.
  17. Roby PR, Mozel AE, Arbogast KB, Buckley T, Caccese JB, Chrisman SPD, Clugston JR, Eckner JT, Esopenko C, Hunt T, Kelly LA, McDevitt J, Perkins SM, Putukian M, Susmarski A, Broglio SP, Pasquina PF, McAllister TW, McCrea M, Master CL, CARE Consortium Investigator (2024). Postinjury Outcomes After Non-Sport-Related Concussion: A CARE Consortium Study. Journal of athletic training, 59(3), 289-296.
  18. Caccese JB, Master CL, Buckley TA, Chrisman SPD, Clugston JR, Eckner JT, Ermer E, Harcum S, Hunt TN, Jain D, Kelly LA, Langford TD, Lempke LB, McDevitt J, Memmini AK, Mozel AE, Perkins SM, Putukian M, Roby PR, Susmarski A, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, McCrea M, Pasquina PF, Esopenko C, CARE Consortium Investigator (2024). Sex Differences in Recovery Trajectories of Assessments for Sport-Related Concussion Among NCAA Athletes: A CARE Consortium Study. Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 54(6), 1707-1721.
  19. Keleher F, Lindsey HM, Kerestes R, Amiri H, Asarnow RF, Babikian T, Bartnik-Olson B, Bigler ED, Caeyenberghs K, Esopenko C, Ewing-Cobbs L, Giza CC, Goodrich-Hunsaker NJ, Hodges CB, Hoskinson KR, Irimia A, Königs M, Max JE, Newsome MR, Olsen A, Ryan NP, Schmidt AT, Stein DJ, Suskauer SJ, Ware AL, Wheeler AL, Zielinski BA, Thompson PM, Harding IH, Tate DF, Wilde EA, Dennis E (2023). Multimodal Analysis of Secondary Cerebellar Alterations After Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. JAMA network open, 6(11), e2343410.
  20. Lempke LB, Ermer E, Boltz AJ, Caccese J, Buckley TA, Cameron KL, Chrisman SPD, D'Lauro C, Eckner JT, Esopenko C, Hunt TN, Jain D, Kelly LA, Memmini AK, Mozel AE, Putukian M, Susmarski A, Pasquina PF, McCrea MA, McAllister TW, Broglio SP, Master C (2024). Initial Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Characteristics and Recovery Patterns Among Females Across the United States Military Service Academies: A Report from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium. Annals of biomedical engineering, 52(10), 2756-2767.
  21. Lempke LB, Caccese JB, Syrydiuk RA, Buckley TA, Chrisman SPD, Clugston JR, Eckner JT, Ermer E, Esopenko C, Jain D, Kelly LA, Memmini AK, Mozel AE, Putukian M, Susmarski A, Pasquina PF, McCrea MA, McAllister TW, Broglio SP, Master CL, CARE Consortium Investigator (2024). Female Collegiate Athletes' Concussion Characteristics and Recovery Patterns: A Report from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium. Annals of biomedical engineering, 52(10), 2741-2755.
  22. Esopenko C, de Souza N, Wilde EA, Dams-O'Connor K, Teng E, Menefee D (2023). Characterizing the Influence of Exposure to Military Sexual Trauma and Intimate Partner Violence on Mental Health Outcomes among Female Veterans. Journal of interpersonal violence, 38(13-14), 8476-8499.
  23. Caccese JB, Bryk KN, Porfido T, Bretzin AC, Peek K, Kaminski TW, Kontos AP, Chrisman SPD, Putukian M, Buckley TA, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, McCrea MA, Pasquina PF, Esopenko C, CARE Consortium Investigator (2023). Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes in Male and Female NCAA Soccer Athletes across Multiple Years: A CARE Consortium Study. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 55(3), 409-417.
  24. Dennis EL, Newsome MR, Lindsey HM, Adamson M, Austin TA, Disner SG, Eapen BC, Esopenko C, Franz CE, Geuze E, Haswell C, Hinds SR 2nd, Hodges CB, Irimia A, Kenney K, Koerte IK, Kremen WS, Levin HS, Morey RA, Ollinger J, Rowland JA, Scheibel RS, Shenton ME, Sullivan DR, Talbert LD, Thomopoulos SI, Troyanskaya M, Walker WC, Wang X, Ware AL, Werner JK, Williams W, Thompson PM, Tate DF, Wilde E (2023). Altered lateralization of the cingulum in deployment-related traumatic brain injury: An ENIGMA military-relevant brain injury study. Human brain mapping, 44(5), 1888-1900.
  25. Hamilton KP, Ziegler J, Samavat H, Wardenaar F, Esopenko C, Womack J, Krystofiak J, Byham-Gray (2023). Nutritional Supplement Use and Athletic Characteristics among a Sample of NCAA Division I and Division III Student-Athletes. Journal of dietary supplements, 20(6), 911-925.
  26. de Souza NL, Esopenko C, Jia Y, Parrott JS, Merkley TL, Dennis EL, Hillary FG, Velez C, Cooper DB, Kennedy JE, Lewis JD, York GE, Menefee DS, McCauley SR, Bowles AO, Wilde EA, Tate D (2023). Discriminating Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Using Latent Neuroimaging and Neuropsychological Profiles in Active-Duty Military Service Members. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation, 38(4), E254-E266.
  27. D'Alonzo BA, Bretzin AC, Wiebe DJ, Ivy League'Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study Investigator (2022). The Role of Reported Affective Symptoms and Anxiety in Recovery Trajectories After Sport-Related Concussion. The American journal of sports medicine, 50(8), 2258-2270.
  28. Wiebe DJ, Bretzin AC, D'Alonzo BA, and the Ivy League'Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study Investigator (2022). Progression through return-to-sport and return-to-academics guidelines for concussion management and recovery in collegiate student athletes: findings from the Ivy League-Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study. British journal of sports medicine, 56(14), 801-811.
  29. Porfido T, Caccese J, Gutt J, Wentworth C, Peek K, Bretzin AC, Esopenko (2022). A standardized method for quantifying and characterizing repetitive head impacts in soccer matches using video footage. Science & medicine in football, 6(3), 331-339.
  30. Esopenko C, de Souza NL, Jia Y, Parrott JS, Merkley TL, Dennis EL, Hillary FG, Velez C, Cooper DB, Kennedy J, Lewis J, York G, Menefee DS, McCauley SR, Bowles AO, Wilde EA, Tate D (2022). Latent Neuropsychological Profiles to Discriminate Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Active-Duty Service Members. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation, 37(6), E438-E448.
  31. Saalfield J, Piersol KL, Monaco R, Womack J, Weismiller SA, Esopenko C, Todaro SM, Conway FN, Brostrand K, Buckman J (2022). Comparison of Concurrent and Same-Day Balance Measurement Approaches in a Large Sample of Uninjured Collegiate Athletes. International journal of sports physical therapy, 17(2), 228-236.
  32. Saalfield J, Piersol KL, Esopenko C, Bates ME, Weismiller SA, Brostrand K, Todaro SM, Conway FN, Wilde EA, Buckman J (2024). Digital neuropsychological test performance in a large sample of uninjured collegiate athletes. Applied neuropsychology. Adult, 31(2), 155-161.
  33. de Souza NL, Buckman JF, Dennis EL, Parrott JS, Velez C, Wilde EA, Tate DF, Esopenko (2021). Association between white matter organization and cognitive performance in athletes with a history of sport-related concussion. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 43(7), 704-715.
  34. Daniels CJ, Rajpal S, Greenshields JT, Rosenthal GL, Chung EH, Terrin M, Jeudy J, Mattson SE, Law IH, Borchers J, Kovacs R, Kovan J, Rifat SF, Albrecht J, Bento AI, Albers L, Bernhardt D, Day C, Hecht S, Hipskind A, Mjaanes J, Olson D, Rooks YL, Somers EC, Tong MS, Wisinski J, Womack J, Esopenko C, Kratochvil CJ, Rink LD, Big Ten COVID-19 Cardiac Registry Investigator (2021). Prevalence of Clinical and Subclinical Myocarditis in Competitive Athletes With Recent SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Results From the Big Ten COVID-19 Cardiac Registry. JAMA cardiology, 6(9), 1078-1087.
  35. Porfido T, de Souza NL, Brown AM, Buckman JF, Fanning BD Jr, Parrott JS, Esopenko (2021). The relation between neck strength and psychological distress: preliminary evidence from collegiate soccer athletes. Concussion (London, England), 6(2), CNC91.
  36. de Souza NL, Esopenko C, Conway FN, Todaro SM, Buckman J (2021). Patterns of health behaviors affecting mental health in collegiate athletes. Journal of American college health, 69(5), 495-502.
  37. Peek K, McKay M, Fu A, Meyer T, Oxenham V, Esopenko C, Caccese J, Andersen (2021). The effect of ball characteristics on head acceleration during purposeful heading in male and female youth football players. Science & medicine in football, 5(3), 195-203.
  38. Bretzin AC, Esopenko C, D'Alonzo BA, Wiebe D (2022). Clinical Recovery Timelines After Sport-Related Concussion in Men's and Women's Collegiate Sports. Journal of athletic training, 57(7), 678-687.
  39. Weismiller SA, Monaco R, Womack J, Alderman B, Esopenko C, Conway FN, Brostrand K, Brown A, de Souza NL, Buckman J (2021). Individual Baseline Balance Assessments in a Large Sample of Incoming NCAA Division I Athletes Using a Force Plate System. International journal of sports physical therapy, 16(1), 126-133.
  40. Cheng J, Santiago KA, Abutalib Z, Temme KE, Hulme A, Goolsby MA, Esopenko CL, Casey E (2021). Menstrual Irregularity, Hormonal Contraceptive Use, and Bone Stress Injuries in Collegiate Female Athletes in the United States. PM & R, 13(11), 1207-1215.
  41. de Souza NL, Dennis EL, Brown AM, Singh S, Wilde EA, Buckman JF, Esopenko (2020). Relation between Isometric Neck Strength and White Matter Organization in Collegiate Athletes. Neurotrauma reports, 1(1), 232-240.
  42. de Souza NL, Parker R, Gonzalez CS, Ryan JD, Esopenko (2020). Effect of age at time of injury on long-term changes in intrinsic functional connectivity in traumatic brain injury. Brain injury, 34(12), 1646-1654.
  43. Esopenko C, Coury JR, Pieroth EM, Noble JM, Trofa DP, Bottiglieri T (2020). The Psychological Burden of Retirement from Sport. Current sports medicine reports, 19(10), 430-437.
  44. Esopenko C, de Souza N, Conway F, Todaro SM, Brostrand K, Womack J, Monaco R, Buckman J (2020). Bigger Necks Are Not Enough: An Examination of Neck Circumference in Incoming College Athletes. The journal of primary prevention, 41(5), 421-429.
  45. Thompson PM, Jahanshad N, Ching CRK, Salminen LE, Thomopoulos SI, Bright J, Baune BT, Bertolín S, Bralten J, Bruin WB, Bülow R, Chen J, Chye Y, Dannlowski U, de Kovel CGF, Donohoe G, Eyler LT, Faraone SV, Favre P, Filippi CA, Frodl T, Garijo D, Gil Y, Grabe HJ, Grasby KL, Hajek T, Han LKM, Hatton SN, Hilbert K, Ho TC, Holleran L, Homuth G, Hosten N, Houenou J, Ivanov I, Jia T, Kelly S, Klein M, Kwon JS, Laansma MA, Leerssen J, Lueken U, Nunes A, Neill JO, Opel N, Piras F, Piras F, Postema MC, Pozzi E, Shatokhina N, Soriano-Mas C, Spalletta G, Sun D, Teumer A, Tilot AK, Tozzi L, van der Merwe C, Van Someren EJW, van Wingen GA, Völzke H, Walton E, Wang L, Winkler AM, Wittfeld K, Wright MJ, Yun JY, Zhang G, Zhang-James Y, Adhikari BM, Agartz I, Aghajani M, Aleman A, Althoff RR, Altmann A, Andreassen OA, Baron DA, Bartnik-Olson BL, Marie Bas-Hoogendam J, Baskin-Sommers AR, Bearden CE, Berner LA, Boedhoe PSW, Brouwer RM, Buitelaar JK, Caeyenberghs K, Cecil CAM, Cohen RA, Cole JH, Conrod PJ, De Brito SA, de Zwarte SMC, Dennis EL, Desrivieres S, Dima D, Ehrlich S, Esopenko C, Fairchild G, Fisher SE, Fouche JP, Francks C, Frangou S, Franke B, Garavan HP, Glahn DC, Groenewold NA, Gurholt TP, Gutman BA, Hahn T, Harding IH, Hernaus D, Hibar DP, Hillary FG, Hoogman M, Hulshoff Pol HE, Jalbrzikowski M, Karkashadze GA, Klapwijk ET, Knickmeyer RC, Kochunov P, Koerte IK, Kong XZ, Liew SL, Lin AP, Logue MW, Luders E, Macciardi F, Mackey S, Mayer AR, McDonald CR, McMahon AB, Medland SE, Modinos G, Morey RA, Mueller SC, Mukherjee P, Namazova-Baranova L, Nir TM, Olsen A, Paschou P, Pine DS, Pizzagalli F, Rentería ME, Rohrer JD, Sämann PG, Schmaal L, Schumann G, Shiroishi MS, Sisodiya SM, Smit DJA, Sønderby IE, Stein DJ, Stein JL, Tahmasian M, Tate DF, Turner JA, van den Heuvel OA, van der Wee NJA, van der Werf YD, van Erp TGM, van Haren NEM, van Rooij D, van Velzen LS, Veer IM, Veltman DJ, Villalon-Reina JE, Walter H, Whelan CD, Wilde EA, Zarei M, Zelman V, ENIGMA Consortiu (2020). ENIGMA and global neuroscience: A decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries. Translational psychiatry, 10(1), 100.
  46. Taghdiri F, Multani N, Tarazi A, Naeimi SA, Khodadadi M, Esopenko C, Green R, Colella B, Wennberg R, Mikulis D, Davis KD, Goswami R, Tator C, Levine B, Tartaglia M (2019). Elevated cerebrospinal fluid total tau in former professional athletes with multiple concussions. Neurology, 92(23), e2717-e2726.
  47. Esopenko C, Levine (2017). Autobiographical memory and structural brain changes in chronic phase TBI. Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior, 89, 1-10.
  48. Esopenko C, Chow TW, Tartaglia MC, Bacopulos A, Kumar P, Binns MA, Kennedy JL, Müller DJ, Levine (2017). Cognitive and psychosocial function in retired professional hockey players. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 88(6), 512-519.
  49. Esopenko C, Gould L, Cummine J, Sarty GE, Kuhlmann N, Borowsky (2012). A neuroanatomical examination of embodied cognition: semantic generation to action-related stimuli. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 6, 84.
  50. Esopenko C, Crossley M, Haugrud N, Borowsky (2011). Naming and semantic processing of action-related stimuli following right versus left hemispherectomy. Epilepsy & behavior, 22(2), 261-71.
  51. Farthing JP, Krentz JR, Magnus CR, Barss TS, Lanovaz JL, Cummine J, Esopenko C, Sarty GE, Borowsky (2011). Changes in functional magnetic resonance imaging cortical activation with cross education to an immobilized limb. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 43(8), 1394-405.
  52. Borowsky R, Esopenko C, Cummine J, Sarty G (2007). Neural representations of visual words and objects: a functional MRI study on the modularity of reading and object processing. Brain topography, 20(2), 89-96.
  53. Deutscher E, Dennis E, Burnett J, Firman-Sadler L, Cobden AL, Pink M, Keleher F, Read E, McCabe C, Lyons J, Hillary FG, Wilde EA, Esopenko C, Dobryakova E, Irimia A, Radwan AM, Imms P, Clemente A, Beech P, Mohebbi M, Burmester A, Domínguez D JF, Jahanshad N, Thomopoulos SI, Thompson PM, Caeyenberghs (2025). ENIGMA's advanced guide for parcellation error identification (EAGLE-I): An implementation in the context of brain lesions. MethodsX, 15, 103482.
  54. Lempke LB, Walton SR, Esopenko C, de Souza NL, Wilde EA, Bretzin AC, Mills A, Cifu DX, Walker WC, Oldham J (2025). Psychological Health of Female Service Members and Veterans Associated With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury History: A LIMBIC-CENC Study. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation,
  55. Keleher F, Esopenko C, Lindsey HM, Newsome MR, Johnson PK, Jain D, Hovenden ES, Thayn D, McCabe C, Russell HA, Welsh RC, Mullen CM, Velez C, Read EN, Larson MJ, Davidson LE, Liebel SW, Tate DF, Carr LS, Wilde E (2025). Improvements in Resting-State Functional Connectivity of the Cerebellum after Transcranial Photobiomodulation in Adults with a History of Repetitive Head Acceleration Events. Photobiomodulation, photomedicine, and laser surgery, 43(10), 475-489.
  56. Liebel SW, Johnson PK, Lindsey HM, Larson MJ, Esopenko C, Hovenden ES, Russell HA, Velez C, Mullen CM, Carr LS, Wilde EA, Tate D (2025). A Proof-of-Concept Study Investigating the Effects of Transcranial Plus Intranasal Photobiomodulation on Cognitive Function after Repetitive Head Acceleration Events. Photobiomodulation, photomedicine, and laser surgery, 43(9), 400-410.
  57. Kennedy E, Vadlamani S, Lindsey HM, Peterson KS, Dams O'Connor K, Agarwal R, Amiri HH, Andersen RK, Babikian T, Baron DA, Bigler ED, Caeyenberghs K, Delano-Wood L, Disner SG, Dobryakova E, Eapen BC, Edelstein RM, Esopenko C, Genova HM, Geuze E, Goodrich-Hunsaker NJ, Grafman J, Håberg AK, Hodges CB, Hoskinson KR, Hovenden ES, Irimia A, Jahanshad N, Jha RM, Keleher F, Kenney K, Koerte IK, Liebel SW, Livny A, Løvstad M, Martindale SL, Max JE, Mayer AR, Meier TB, Menefee DS, Mohamed AZ, Mondello S, Monti MM, Morey RA, Newcombe V, Newsome MR, Olsen A, Pastorek NJ, Pugh MJ, Razi A, Resch JE, Rowland JA, Russell K, Ryan NP, Scheibel RS, Schmidt AT, Spitz G, Stephens JA, Tal A, Talbert LD, Tartaglia MC, Taylor BA, Thomopoulos SI, Troyanskaya M, Valera EM, van der Horn HJ, Van Horn JD, Verma R, Wade BSC, Walker WC, Ware AL, Werner JK Jr, Yeates KO, Zafonte RD, Zeineh MM, Zielinski B, Thompson PM, Hillary FG, Tate DF, Wilde EA, Dennis E (2025). Linking Symptom Inventories Using Semantic Textual Similarity. Journal of neurotrauma, 42(11-12), 1008-1020.
  58. Esopenko C, Jain D, Hicks AJ, Carter E, Carlsson E, Cwiek A, Dorman K, Méndez-Fernández AP, Read EN, Rebuck E, Rojczyk P, Velez C, Koerte IK, Lin AP, Tate DF, Hillary FG, Wilde EA, Marshall A (2025). Characterizing Intimate Partner Violence-Related Head Trauma in Community-Recruited Women. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation,
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