Recent Works & Citations

Ahlers, L., Gorgens, K., Lehto, M. & Dettmer, J. (2024). Six-month post-release outcomes for inmates with traumatic brain injury in supported community programming. Brain Injury, DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2024.2309269

Chao, D., Pontius, M., Gallagher, J., Marchi, C., & Gorgens, K. (Invited). Computerized versus Traditional Paper-and-Pencil Cognitive Screening: Insights from a Criminal Justice-Involved Sample with Traumatic Brain Injury. Brain Injury Professional.

Chassman, S., Bacon, B., Chaparro Rucobo, S., Sasser, G., Calhoun, K., Goodwin, E., Gorgens, K. & Brisson, D. (2023) The Impact of COVID-19 on Access to Resources among Individuals Experiencing Homelessness and Traumatic Brain Injury. Trauma Care 2023, 3, 24-36. https://doi.org/10.3390/traumacare3010004

Chassman, S., Calhoun, K., Bacon, B., Chaparro Rucobo, S., Goodwin, E., Gorgens, K., & Brisson, D. (2022). Correlates of Acquiring a Traumatic Brain Injury Before Experiencing Homelessness: An Exploratory Study. Social Sciences, 11, p. 376.

Chassman, S., Sasser, G., Chaparro Rucobo, S., Calhoun, K., Barman-Adhikari, A., Bacon, B., Gorgens, K., et al. (2023). Substance Use and Housing Stability among Individuals Experiencing Homelessness and a Traumatic Brain Injury: The Role of Social Support. Psychoactives, 2(2), 144–161.

Glover, N., Gorgens, K., Meyer, L., Dettmer, J. & Lehto, M. (2018). Sensitivity and Specificity of the Ohio State University Traumatic Brain Injury Identification Method (OSU-TBI-ID) to Neuropsychological Impairment. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 46(6).

Goetzl, E.J., Elahi, F.M., Mustapic, M., Kapogiannis, D., Pryhoda, M., Gilmore, A., Gorgens, K.A., Davidson, B., Granholm-Bentley, A.C., & Ledreaux, A. (2019). Traumatic Brain Injury Increases Plasma Astrocyte-Derived Exosome Levels of Neurotoxic Complement Proteins. The FASEB Journal, Dec 25:DOI:10.1096/fj.201902842R.

Goetzl, E.J., Elahi, F.M., Mustapic, M., Kapogiannis, D., Pryhoda, M., Gilmore, A., Gorgens, K.A., Davidson, B., Granholm-Bentley, A.C., & Ledreaux, A. (2019). Altered levels of plasma neuron-derived exosomes and their cargo proteins characterize acute and chronic mild traumatic brain injury. The FASEB Journal. Jan 3:fj201802319R.

Goodwin, E. B., Abouezzeddine, T., Chin, E. G., & Gorgens, K. (2025). Traumatic brain injury among unhoused individuals: Potential vulnerabilities and adverse consequences. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness. https://doi.org/10.1080/10530789.2025.2580032

Gorgens, K., Mingils, S., Pontius, M., Gallagher, J., & Park, R. (2024). Behavioral Health is Brain Health: An Examination of the Contribution of Various Psychosocial Vulnerabilities to Cognitive Impairment among Men with Brain Injury in the Criminal Legal System. Journal of Men’s Health, 20 (6), p.42-50. 10.22514/jomh.2024.089

Gorgens, K., Mingils, S., Pontius, M., Knauer, R., Dettmer, J., & Meyer, L. (Invited). In Peril: An Examination of the Intersections Between Violence-Related TBI, Gender, and Mental Health Outcomes in the Criminal Justice System. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.

Gorgens, K., Meyer, L., Dettmer, J., Standeven, M., Marchi, C., Goodwin, E., & Lyman, H. (2021). Traumatic Brain Injury in Community Corrections: Prevalence, Comorbidities, and Long-Term Outcomes. Criminal Justice and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548211010316.

Gorgens, K., Nagele, D., Dettmer, J. & Hooper, S. (2017). The Under-identification of Brain Injuries and the Relationship with Juvenile (and Eventually Adult) Criminal Justice Involvement. Brain Injury Professional, 14(3), p. 24-26.

Gorgens, K., Pontius, M., Marchi, C., & DePrince, A. (In Press). Neuropsychological Considerations of Intimate Partner Violence. In A. Alexander & S. Musson (Eds.), Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence. Springer.

Grossberg, A., Betcher, B. M., Gorgens, K., & Ledreux, A. (2021). Curiosity-Based Interventions Increase Everyday Functioning Score but not serum BDNF levels in a Cohort of Healthy Older Adults. Frontiers in Aging, Interventions in Aging.

Haarbauer-Krupa, J., Daugherty, J., Nagele, D., Dettmer, J., Gorgens, K., Lyman, H., Ashley, C., Medina, A., Tomita, I., & Lambert, L. (2025). History of childhood traumatic brain injury and potential risk factors for future incarceration. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 106(4), e12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2025.01.031

Ledreux, A., Pryhoda, M., Gorgens, K., Shelburne, K., Linseman, D., Duval, N., Fleming, H., Koza, L., Campbell, J., Wolff, A., Kelly, J., Margittai, M., Davidson, & Granholm, A.C. (2020). Assessment of Long-Term Effects of Sports-Related Concussions: Biological Mechanisms and Exosomal Biomarkers. Frontiers in Neuroscience.

Marchi, C., Pontius, M., Brown, A., & Gorgens K. (Invited). The Lasting Impact of Childhood and Adulthood Violence: Differences in Cognitive Vulnerabilities Among Justice-Involved Adults with Brain Injury. Brain Injury Professional.

Martin, S. I., Bennett, A. S., Elliott, L., & Gorgens, K. A. (2024). Overdose Risk and Brain Injury (Traumatic Brain Injury/Acquired Brain Injury), A Commentary. Substance Use & Misuse. https://doi-org.du.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/10826084.2024.2359722

Martin, S., Pontius, M., & Gorgens, K. (Invited). Opioids. In A. Reimers & H. Ljung(Eds.), Drug-Induced Cognitive Impairment and Its Clinical Assessment. Springer.

Mason, S., Davidson, B., Meyer, L., Lehto, M., Granholm, L., Ledreux., A. & Gorgens, K. (2020). A retrospective cohort study of the temporal stability of ImPACTamong NCAA Division I collegiate athletes: A multi-method analysis. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.

McMahon, J., Pontius, M., & Gorgens, K. (Invited). Adding Insight to Injury: Piloting Brain Injury Screening Programs in Forensic Competency Populations. Brain Injury Professional.

McMahon, J., Pontius, M., & Gorgens, K. (Invited). From Screening to Skill-Building: Exploring the Feasibility of Cognitive Remediation Therapy in a Competency Restoration Setting. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.

Mingils, S., Vandeyacht, E., Gorgens, K., & Granholm, A.C. (2025). Sex differences in effects of concussion history on Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics (ANAM) performance in athletes. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.

Osherow, E., Mingils, S., & Gorgens, K. (2025). The Effect of Youth Concussion History on Preseason Reaction Time Performance on a Computerized Neuropsychological Test Battery. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.

Pryhoda, M., Shelburne, K., Gorgens, K., Ledreux, A., Granholm, A., & Davidson, B. (2020). Center of pressure velocity shows impairments in NCAA Division I athletes six months post-concussion during standing balance. Journal of Sport Sciences.

Stefhon, E., Pontius, M., Gallagher, J., Stephenson, N., & Gorgens, K. (Invited). Traumatic Brain Injury as a Barrier to Competency Restoration: Outcomes Among Defendants with Psychosis, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Co-Occurring Presentations.Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.

Turecka Brown, S., Pontius, M., Gallagher, J., Gorgens, K., Signoracci, G., & Lehto, M. (2026). Modifiable Barriers to Assessment and Rehabilitation in Justice-Involved Individuals with Self-Reported TBI: The Role of Subjective Sleepiness and Mood. Brain Sciences, 16(5), 520. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci16050520

Wall, K. C., Gorgens, K., Dettmer, J., Davis, T. M., & Gafford, J. (2018). Violence related traumatic brain injury in justice-involved women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 45(10), p.1588-1605.