Samin Panahi, PhD is a Health Science Specialist at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Salt Lake City and a Research Scientist at the University of Utah. Her training is in Medical Sociology with a focus on Population Health Sciences and completed her postdoctoral training in Medical Informatics at the IDEAS Center of Innovation (COIN) and VA Salt Lake City. Samin's work focuses on epidemiology, employing multimodal approaches and mixed-method research to investigate complex health outcomes. She is committed to improving the well-being and quality of care for veterans with epilepsy and traumatic brain injury (TBI) by studying the long-term impacts of military service on their health and quality of life.