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21 9 B.A. 1e (Molecular Biology) c
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50 Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2006.
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50 Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2008.
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19f Jed A. Hartings, Laura B. Ngwenya, Jennifer Goldthwait, Danielle Sandsmark, Ediberto Amorim De Cerqueira Filho, Britta Lindquist, Jens P. Dreier, Brandon Foreman: Feasibility Trial of Spreading Depolarization Monitoring to Guide Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Initial Results. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting 2026.
1cd Trevor McCutcheon, Justin Desprebiteres, Amber Erich, Kate Deppen, Stefanie Darnley, Danielle Sandsmark, Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, Vidyulata Kamath, Jeffrey Ware, Andrea L.C. Schneider, Alexa Walter: Subjective and Objective Findings of Anosmia are Discordant and Persist for 6 months in Hospitalized Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting 2026.
3a Nuala J. Meyer f Rogan Magee 11 John P. Reilly d Ali Kamal 13 James C. Jackson 10 E Wesley Ely 11 Jillian Rhoads 13 Matthew Shotwell 12 Samuel M. Brown 14 Carolyn S. Calfee 14 Michael O. Harhay e Robert Hyzy c Marc Moss 13 Lorraine B. Ware 11 Wesley H. Self 13 Michelle N. Gong 11 Dale M. Neeham 13 Sarah J. Beesley 12 Mihir R. Atreya 18 Kathleen A. Stringer f Pratik Sinha 13 Angela J. Rogers 18 Joseph A. Hippensteel 18 Danielle K. Sandsmark 115 : Plasma tau and neurofilament light chain, markers of neuronal injury, associate with delirium duration, survival, and subjective cognitive complaints in the ARDS, Pneumonia, and Sepsis Consortium. American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting 2026.
36 Weppner JL 9 Gray J 9 Kuehl D d Sandsmark D c Mirshahi N 11 Diaz-Arrastia R d Rascovsky K b Peacock F 5b Van Meter TE: Differentiating Traumatic Brain Injury from Dementia in Older Adults 66 Using BrainCheck: An Emergency Department Feasibility Study. Diagnostics 2026.
33 Moyer M 14 Maloney-Wilensky E 9 Tsang Y b Boivin CC 9 Kumar S b Coghlan L 6 Wu A a Mendez J a Hinkle J a Murphy H ee Sandsmark DK: The characterization of patient with external ventricular drains who participated in a nurse-initiated early mobilization program in the neurological intensive care unit. J Neurosci Nurse 2026.
35 Thomas R e Sandsmark DK c1 et al: Associations of VEGF-A Levels with Traumatic Brain Injury Severity and Outcomes: A Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury Study (TRACK-TBI) Study 32 Neurotrauma Reports 2026.
40 De Boer, Christopher 15 Sandsmark, Danielle 90 Pascual, Jose: Bedside neurologic monitoring Principles of Adult Surgical Critical Care. Springer Nature, 2025.
3c Yamashita, Luana 11 Manning, Sara 11 Kolson, Dennis 15 Sandsmark, Danielle 10 Desai, Neel M 12 Manning, Abigail 13 Pileggi, Caitlin c4 Schindler, Matthew : Clinical Phenotyping of Long COVID Patients Evaluated in a Specialized Neuro-COVID Clinic. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology 2025.
34 Magee, R 9 Shen, J c Walter, AE 10 Schneider, ALC c Puccio, AM b Lynch, CE 12 Diaz-Arrastia, R bd Sandsmark, DK: MiRNAs detected in whole blood following traumatic brain injury are associated with recovery 6 months after injury Neurotrauma Reports 2025.
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37 Flanigan, M 9 Zhou, J a4 Sandsmark, DK: Traumatic Brain Injury. The Practice of Neurocritical Care Benjamin Tan, MD (eds.). Neurocritical Care Society 2026.19f Jed A. Hartings, Laura B. Ngwenya, Jennifer Goldthwait, Danielle Sandsmark, Ediberto Amorim De Cerqueira Filho, Britta Lindquist, Jens P. Dreier, Brandon Foreman: Feasibility Trial of Spreading Depolarization Monitoring to Guide Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Initial Results. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting 2026.
1cd Trevor McCutcheon, Justin Desprebiteres, Amber Erich, Kate Deppen, Stefanie Darnley, Danielle Sandsmark, Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, Vidyulata Kamath, Jeffrey Ware, Andrea L.C. Schneider, Alexa Walter: Subjective and Objective Findings of Anosmia are Discordant and Persist for 6 months in Hospitalized Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting 2026.
3a Nuala J. Meyer f Rogan Magee 11 John P. Reilly d Ali Kamal 13 James C. Jackson 10 E Wesley Ely 11 Jillian Rhoads 13 Matthew Shotwell 12 Samuel M. Brown 14 Carolyn S. Calfee 14 Michael O. Harhay e Robert Hyzy c Marc Moss 13 Lorraine B. Ware 11 Wesley H. Self 13 Michelle N. Gong 11 Dale M. Neeham 13 Sarah J. Beesley 12 Mihir R. Atreya 18 Kathleen A. Stringer f Pratik Sinha 13 Angela J. Rogers 18 Joseph A. Hippensteel 18 Danielle K. Sandsmark 115 : Plasma tau and neurofilament light chain, markers of neuronal injury, associate with delirium duration, survival, and subjective cognitive complaints in the ARDS, Pneumonia, and Sepsis Consortium. American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting 2026.
36 Weppner JL 9 Gray J 9 Kuehl D d Sandsmark D c Mirshahi N 11 Diaz-Arrastia R d Rascovsky K b Peacock F 5b Van Meter TE: Differentiating Traumatic Brain Injury from Dementia in Older Adults 66 Using BrainCheck: An Emergency Department Feasibility Study. Diagnostics 2026.
33 Moyer M 14 Maloney-Wilensky E 9 Tsang Y b Boivin CC 9 Kumar S b Coghlan L 6 Wu A a Mendez J a Hinkle J a Murphy H ee Sandsmark DK: The characterization of patient with external ventricular drains who participated in a nurse-initiated early mobilization program in the neurological intensive care unit. J Neurosci Nurse 2026.
35 Thomas R e Sandsmark DK c1 et al: Associations of VEGF-A Levels with Traumatic Brain Injury Severity and Outcomes: A Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury Study (TRACK-TBI) Study 32 Neurotrauma Reports 2026.
40 De Boer, Christopher 15 Sandsmark, Danielle 90 Pascual, Jose: Bedside neurologic monitoring Principles of Adult Surgical Critical Care. Springer Nature, 2025.
3c Yamashita, Luana 11 Manning, Sara 11 Kolson, Dennis 15 Sandsmark, Danielle 10 Desai, Neel M 12 Manning, Abigail 13 Pileggi, Caitlin c4 Schindler, Matthew : Clinical Phenotyping of Long COVID Patients Evaluated in a Specialized Neuro-COVID Clinic. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology 2025.
34 Magee, R 9 Shen, J c Walter, AE 10 Schneider, ALC c Puccio, AM b Lynch, CE 12 Diaz-Arrastia, R bd Sandsmark, DK: MiRNAs detected in whole blood following traumatic brain injury are associated with recovery 6 months after injury Neurotrauma Reports 2025.
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