Barclay Morrison III, PhD. is professor of Biomedical Engineering, director of the Neurotrauma and Repair Laboratory, and serves as Vice Dean of Undergraduate Programs for the Engineering School at Columbia University. His research focues on the biomechanics of traumatic brain injury (TBI) at the tissue level to better prevent brain injuries, and on the cellular pathways responsible for post-traumatic cell dysfunction in the search for novel therapies. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts, serves as a council member and President of the International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury, is a board member of Football Research Inc., and is an associate editor for the Journal of Neurotrauma and Brain Multiphysics.
He received his BS in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University, his PhD in bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and continued his academic training as a post-doctoral fellow in the Clinical Neurosciences department at Southampton University, UK before joining the faculty of Columbia University in 2003.
Dr. Morrison is a past recipient of the Rickard Skalak Best Paper Award given by the American Society for Mechanical Engineers for a publication in the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering and the John Paul Stapp Award for the best paper in the Stapp Car Crash Journal. His laboratory studies brain injuries from common occurrences like motor vehicle accidents, falls, and sports-related concussions to reduce their socioeconomic toll by developing better safety systems to prevent injuries and understanding the pathobiology to better treat brain injuries.