Christopher C. Giza, M.D. 

Professor and Director

Christopher Giza graduated from Dartmouth CollegeDartmouth College, received his M.D. from West Virginia University and completed his internship at The University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Giza then trained in Adult and Pediatric Neurology at University of California Los Angeles. He then worked on the Yosemite Search and Rescue team before joining the UCLA Brain Injury Research Center. Dr. Giza traveled to Afghanistan in 2011 as a civilian advisor to the Department of Defense . Dr. Giza co-Chaired the American Academy of Neurology’s committee that developed an evidence-based Practice Guideline for Managemen of Sports Concussions from 2009-2013. He currently serves on advisory committees for TBI/concussion with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NCAA, MLS and USSF, and has been a clinical consultant for the NFL, NHL. He is currently Professor of Pediatric Neurology and Neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine and Mattel Children ’s Hospital and director of the UCLA Steve Tisch BrainSPORT program .

Yan Cai, Senior Technician. 

With two decades of experince in conducting pre-clinical studies, Ms. Yan Cai has played a significant role in advancing the state of the art in the field of Traumatic Brain Injury the David Geffen School of Medicine .