Brenda Bartnik-Olson, PhD Assistant Professor, Radiology School of Medicine Assistant Professor, Basic Sciences School of Medicine

Research & Grantsmanship 

  Funded Research Project (PI)

• National Medical Technology TestBed  Role: Principal Investigator. Project title: “Non-Invasive Clinical Imaging of Cerebral Metabolism Following Traumatic Brain Injury Using 13C Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy” ( 2/2009 - 3/2011 )

• Loma Linda University School of Medicine Research Seed Fund  Role: Principal Investigator. Project title: “Non-Invasive Clinical Imaging of Cerebral Metabolism Following Traumatic Brain Injury Using 13C Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy”. Role: Principal Investigator ( 2/2009 - 3/2011 )

  Funded Research Project (CI)

• 1P01 NS058489-01A2 .  NIH/NINDS. Role: Consultant. Project title: “TBI-Induced Cerebral Metabolic Depression and Recovery”. Principal Investigator: David Hovda, PhD, Brain Injury Research Center, UCLA. ( 4/2009 - 4/2012 )

• Age-Dependent Ketone Metabolism After Brain Injury. Role: Co-Investigator. Principal Investigator, M. Prins, Ph.D., BRIC, UCLA ( 7/2005 - 6/2008 )

• Iron Metabolism Alterations in Alzheimer''s Disease. Role: Co-investigator. Principal Investigator: W. Kirsch ( 7/2006 - 5/2007 )

  Grant Proposals--Approved

• Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc. Research Award Role: Principal investigator. Project title: “ASTROGLIAL CONTRIBUTION TO ENERGY METABOLISM FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY”. ( 4/2008 - 4/2010 )