Michael Grovola, Ph.D., is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and the Center for Neurotrauma, Neurodegeneration, and Restoration at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center. His research focuses on neuropathological and transcriptomic changes after traumatic brain injury (TBI), aiming to characterize mild TBI out to chronic timepoints and identify potential therapeutic targets. His research utilizes a rotational-acceleration induced TBI model in swine, which replicates the injury biomechanics of human TBI. His academic interests include the neuroinflammatory response and the role of microglia, the innate immune cells of the central nervous system, after TBI.