Current Lab Members
Yelena G. Bodien, PhD
Director | Principal Investigator
Eli Engstrom, BSN, RN
Project Manager
Cayce Strength, BSN, RN
Project Manager
Amanda Gann, BS
Lead Outcomes Coordinator
Roza Bayrak, PhD
Imaging Scientist
Rylan Wolkonowski, BS
Clinical Research Coordinator
Rameela Raman, PhD
Biostatistics
Amy Kiehl, MA, LPC-MHSP
Outcomes Lead
Taylor Hudson, MD
T-32 Research Fellow, Surgery
Kelly Rogers, PhD
Database Manager
Heather White, MBA, CIP
Regulatory Oversight
Caroline Birdow, MS
Biostatistics
Drake Sullivan
Research Assistant
Sambodh Sinha
Undergraduate Student
Abhinav Amuluru
Undergraduate Student
Evanya Mathur
Undergraduate Student
Past Lab Members
Rachel Kramer, BSN, RN
Research Coordinator
Mason Harding
Imaging Research Coordinator
Alex Osterhout
Research Coordinator
Tyler Murphy, MD
T-32 Research Fellow, Surgery
 LIBRA is a community of brain injury survivors and families who work with us to create research that is relevant to the lived experience of brain injury. LIBRA members have contributed to our study designs, study material wording,  and outcome measure item development. In 2026, LIBRA members served as patient and caregiver representatives at the NIH-NINDS symposium on covert consciousness. Â
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Join the CEDAR Lab
We are currently recruiting Research Coordinators to work on a wide range of federal, foundation, and industry-sponsored projects, and we are always happy to discuss other potential research opportunities in the lab.
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