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Karen Schwab is affiliated with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with specific attention to emergency medicine, neurology, epidemiology, psychiatry and mental health, as well as surgery. Schwab's work spans various intersecting topics that include traumatic brain injury (TBI) and neurovascular disturbances, cardiac arrest and resuscitation, migraine and headache studies, trauma and emergency care, cardiovascular syncope and autonomic disorders, and pain management with aspects of the placebo effect.

Among the recent scholarly contributions, Schwab has authored and coauthored studies such as:

  • Posttraumatic vs nontraumatic headaches (2020, Neurology)
  • Estimates of Long-Term Disability Among US Service Members With Traumatic Brain Injuries (2020, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation)
  • Plasma calcitonin gene-related peptide and nerve growth factor as headache and pain biomarkers in recently deployed soldiers with and without a recent concussion (2023, Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain)
  • Headache complexity (number of symptom features) differentiates post-traumatic from non-traumatic headaches (2020, Cephalalgia)
  • Secondary thalamic injury (2020, Neurology)

These publications focus significantly on the differentiation and biomarkers of headache conditions in relation to trauma, alongside broader considerations of long-term disability and pathophysiological mechanisms in brain injury research.

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated on multiple publications with Schwab include:

  • I Scher
  • Lisa A. Brenner
  • Wesley R. Cole
  • Heidi Terrio
  • Alan G. Finkel

Schwab's research has been published in several prominent peer-reviewed journals, with repeated contributions to:

  • Neurology
  • Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
  • Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain
  • Cephalalgia
  • Military Medicine

Overall, Schwab's scientific output reflects a concentrated engagement in the study of traumatic brain injuries, associated neurological symptoms, and clinical rehabilitation outcomes, with a methodological approach grounded in epidemiological and clinical research frameworks. Their work contributes to understanding complex post-traumatic conditions affecting military and civilian populations alike.

Best Publications

  • Position Statement: Definition of Traumatic Brain Injury

    David K. Menon;Karen Schwab;David W. Wright;Andrew I. R. Maas

  • The natural history of symptomatic arteriovenous malformations of the brain: a 24-year follow-up assessment.

    Stephen L. Ondra;Henry Troupp;Eugene D. George;Karen Schwab

  • Frontal lobe injuries, violence, and aggression: A report of the Vietnam Head Injury Study

    Jordan Grafman;Karen Schwab;D. Warden;A. Pridgen

  • Traumatic brain injury screening: preliminary findings in a US Army Brigade Combat Team.

    Heidi Terrio;Lisa A. Brenner;Brian J. Ivins;John M. Cho

  • Screening for traumatic brain injury in troops returning from deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq: initial investigation of the usefulness of a short screening tool for traumatic brain injury.

    Karen A. Schwab;Brian Ivins;Gayle Cramer;Wayne Johnson

  • Cognitive Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Trial

    Andres M. Salazar;Deborah L. Warden;Karen Schwab;Jack Spector

  • Traumatic Brain Injury, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Postconcussive Symptom Reporting Among Troops Returning From Iraq

    Lisa A. Brenner;Brian J. Ivins;Karen Schwab;Deborah Warden

  • Common Data Elements for Traumatic Brain Injury: Recommendations From the Interagency Working Group on Demographics and Clinical Assessment

    Andrew I. R. Maas;Cynthia L. Harrison-Felix;David Menon;P. David Adelson

  • Traumatic brain injury in the United States: an epidemiologic overview

    Carl R. Summers;Brian Ivins;Karen A. Schwab

  • Rehabilitation of Traumatic Brain Injury in Active Duty Military Personnel and Veterans: Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Rehabilitation Approaches

    Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Karen Schwab;Karen Schwab;William C. Walker;William C. Walker;Jennifer A. Fraser

  • Update on the Epidemiology of Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

    Jameson D. Voss;Joseph Connolly;Karen A. Schwab;Ann I. Scher

  • Standardizing data collection in traumatic brain injury.

    Andrew I.R. Maas;Cynthia L. Harrison-Felix;David Menon;P. David Adelson

  • Long-term treatment of malignant gliomas with intramuscularly administered polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid stabilized with polylysine and carboxymethylcellulose: an open pilot study.

    Andres M. Salazar;Hilton B. Levy;Steven Ondra;Meir Kende

  • Test–Retest Reliability of Four Computerized Neurocognitive Assessment Tools in an Active Duty Military Population

    Wesley R. Cole;Jacques P. Arrieux;Karen Schwab;Brian J. Ivins

  • Overlap of Mild TBI and Mental Health Conditions in Returning OIF/OEF Service Members and Veterans

    Henry L Lew;Rodney D Vanderploeg;David F Moore;Karen Schwab

  • The Brief Traumatic Brain Injury Screen (btbis): Investigating the Validity of a Self-report Instrument for Detecting Traumatic Brain Injury (tbi) in Troops Returning from Deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq

    Karen A. Schwab;Gayle Baker;Brian J. Ivins;Melissa Sluss-tiller

  • Residual impairments and work status 15 years after penetrating head injury: Report from the Vietnam Head Injury Study

    Karen Schwab;Karen Schwab;Jordan Grafman;Andres M. Salazar;Joan Kraft

  • The Structure of Postconcussive Symptoms in 3 US Military Samples

    Leslie J. Caplan;Brian Ivins;John H. Poole;Rodney D. Vanderploeg

  • Epidemiology and prognosis of mild traumatic brain injury in returning soldiers: A cohort study

    Karen Schwab;Heidi P. Terrio;Lisa A. Brenner;Renee M. Pazdan

  • Outcome after traumatic brain injury in the U.S. military medical system.

    A. K. Ommaya;Andres M. Salazar;A. L. Dannenberg;A. B. Chervinsky

  • A national survey of neurosurgical care for penetrating head injury.

    Howard H. Kaufman;Karen Schwab;Andres M. Salazar

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisa A. Brenner
Lisa A. Brenner University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Rodney D. Vanderploeg
Rodney D. Vanderploeg University of South Florida
Jordan Grafman
Jordan Grafman Northwestern University
Glenn Curtiss
Glenn Curtiss University of South Florida
Mieke Verfaellie
Mieke Verfaellie Boston University
Grant L. Iverson
Grant L. Iverson Harvard University
Rael T. Lange
Rael T. Lange Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Louis M. French
Louis M. French United States Army Research Laboratory
Leah Friedman
Leah Friedman Stanford University
Terence M. Keane
Terence M. Keane Boston University

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