Senior Leadership

Vik Bebarta, MD; Colonel, USAF 
Founding Director; Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine

Kathleen Flarity, DNP, PhD; Brigadier General, USAF
Co-Founder and Deputy Director; Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Anne Ritter, DrPH, MPH
Senior Director; Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Anne Libby, PhD
Director of Education & Engagement; Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Department of Emergency Medicine

Scientific Leads & COMBAT Center Faculty

Erin Anderson, RN
Clinical Research Scientific Lead;
Research Manager, ATLAS Research Program

Jonathan Boyd, PhD
Threat Exposure and Medical Countermeasures Lead; Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Jessica Cardenas, PhD
Trauma and Coagulation Lead; Associate Professor, Department of Surgery

Tara Hendry-Hofer, MSN, RN
Preclinical Research Lead; Research Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Paco Herson, PhD
Neuroscience Scientific Lead; Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Laura “Lala” Kaizer, MPH
Biostatistician, COMBAT Medicine Research Center;
Senior Research Scientist, Center for Innovative Design and Analysis

Sean Keenan, MD, COL, USA Retired
Assistant Director of Prehospital, Trauma, and Operational Strategy

Sarah Schmiege, PhD
Biostatistician, COMBAT Medicine Research Center;
Research Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Informatics

Col (Ret) Stacy Shackelford, MD (USAF)
Adjoint Research Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Ian Stanley, PhD
Psychological Health Lead; Associate Professor, Research, Department of Emergency Medicine

Staff

Alyssa Maxfeldt, MBA
Business and Operations Manager

Karen Gronau
 Research Program Manager

Jenn Green
Communications Program Manager

Sue Danielson
Business and Operations Specialist

Callum Eager
Research Services Professional

Tori Flarity, MSIB
Communications & Project Coordinator

Jaime Jenkins
Post Award Specialist

Justina Mosley
Research Services Professional