USU LEAD Faculty and Staff

Profile

Neil E. Grunberg, Ph.D., is Professor of Military & Emergency Medicine (MEM), Medical & Clinical Psychology (MPS), and Neuroscience (NES) in the Uniformed Services University (USU) School of Medicine (SOM); Professor in the Graduate School of Nursing (GSN); Director of Research and Development in the USU Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) program; and Director of Faculty Development for MEM. He is a medical and social psychologist who has been on faculty at USU since 1979.  His role in LEAD is to ensure that the LEAD program and sessions are based upon sound evidence and scholarship and to oversee original research relevant to leadership education and training.

Dr. Grunberg earned baccalaureate degrees in Medical Microbiology and Psychology from Stanford University (1975); earned M.A. (1977), M.Phil. (1979), and Ph.D. (1980) degrees in Physiological and Social Psychology from Columbia University; and received doctoral training in Pharmacology at Columbia University’s College of Physicians & Surgeons under a National Research Service Award (NRSA, 1976-79). Dr. Grunberg helps train physicians, psychologists, and nurses to serve in the Armed Forces or Public Health Service, and scientists for research positions. He has published >180 papers addressing behavioral medicine, stress, and leadership. Dr. Grunberg has received awards from the U.S. Surgeon General, CDC, FDA, American Psychological Association, NIH, Society of Behavioral Medicine, and USU. He has served as President of the USU Faculty Senate and has chaired USU committees including: Strategic Planning; Manpower; Health, Safety, and Wellness; Appointment, Promotions, and Tenure. Outside USU, he has chaired Working Groups for the MacArthur Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In 2015, Dr. Grunberg was selected as a Presidential Leadership Scholar (PLS).

Research and Teaching

Dr. Grunberg and his research group study leadership, stress (psychological and physical, including mTBI and PTSD), and appetitive behaviors (including nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, and food consumption).

SOM Education and Training: Introduction to leadership; Effective communication; Communicating difficult information; Team building; Stress, performance, and leadership; Leadership in medical field practicum; Sports psychology.

Graduate Student Teaching:  Appetitive & Addictive Behaviors, Advanced Topics and Techniques in Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Advanced topics in Social Psychology; Interprofessional research.

Mentoring: Dr. Grunberg has supervised 33 doctoral dissertations in Medical Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Neuroscience, and has served on many master and doctoral degree committees. He currently is training three Clinical Psychology Ph.D. students and two GSN Ph.D. students. In addition, he mentors faculty members in MEM in his role as MEM Director of Faculty Development.

Selected Recent Publications

Yarnell, A.M, Shaughness, M.C., Barry, E.S., Ahlers, S.T., McCarron, R.M., Grunberg, N.E. (2013). Blast traumatic brain injury in the rat using a blast overpressure model. Current Protocols in Neuroscience. Chapter 9, Unit 9.41.

Deuster, P.A., Grunberg, N.E., & O'Connor, F.G. (2014). Human performance optimization: An integrated approach for Special Operations. Journal of Special Operations Medicine, 14, Edition 2, 2-7.

Hamilton, K.R., Elliott, B.M., Berger, S.S., & Grunberg, N.E. (2014). Environmental enrichment attenuates nicotine behavioral sensitization in male and female rats. Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, 22(4), 356.

Sharma, A., Chandran, R., Barry, E.S., Bhomia, M., Hutchison, M.A., Balakathiresan, N.S., Grunberg, N.E., & Maheshwari, R.K. (2014). Identification of serum microRNA signatures for diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury in a closed head injury model. PLoS One. 9(11): e112019.

O'Connor, F.G., Grunberg, N.E., Kellermann, A.L., & Schoomaker, E. (2015). Leadership education and development at the Uniformed Services University. Military Medicine, 180(4S), 147-152.

Turtzo, L.C., Budde, M.D., Dean, D.D., Gold, E.M., Lewis, B.K., Janes, L., Lescher, J., Coppola, T., Yarnell, A., Grunberg, N.E., & Frank, J.A. (2015). Failure of intravenous or intracardiac delivery of mesenchymal stromal cells to improve outcomes after focal traumatic brain injury in the female rat. PLoS One. 10(5): e0126551.

Nindl, B.C., Jaffin, D.P., Dretsch, M.N., Cheuvront, S.N., Wesensten, N.J., Kent, M.L., Grunberg, N.E., Pierce, J.R., Barry, E.S., Scott, J.M., & Young, A.J. (2015). Human performance optimization metrics: Consensus findings, gaps, and recommendations for future research. The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, 29, S221-S245.

Yarnell, A.M., Barry, E.S., Mountney, A., Shear, D., Tortella, F., & Grunberg, N.E. (2016). The revised neurobehavioral severity scale (NSS-R) for rodents. Current Protocols in Neuroscience.

Callahan, C., & Grunberg, N.E. (in press). “Military medical leadership,” in E.B. Schoomaker and D.C. Smith (Eds.), Fundamentals of Military Medical Practice. Washington, DC: Borden Institute. 

Yarnell, A.M., Dullea, C., & Grunberg, N.E. (in press). “Military communication,” in E.B. Schoomaker and D.C. Smith (Eds.), Fundamentals of Military Medical Practice. Washington, DC: Borden Institute. 

Yarnell, A.M., Barry, E.S., & Grunberg, N.E. (in press). “Psychological well-being,” in E.B. Schoomaker and D.C. Smith (Eds.), Fundamentals of Military Medical Practice. Washington, DC: Borden Institute.

Yarnell, A.M., & Grunberg, N.E. (in press). “Developing ‘Allostatic leaders’: A Psychobiosocial Perspective,” in M. Clark & C.W. Gruber (Eds.), Leader Development Deconstructed, Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

Grunberg, N.E., Barry, E.S., Kleber, H., McManigle, J.E., Schoomaker, E.B., (in press). “Seven steps to establish a leader and leadership education and development (LEAD) program,” in M. Clark & C.W. Gruber (Eds.), Leader Development Deconstructed, Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

Professional Activities

Selected Professional Activities: Dr. Grunberg is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, and Society for Behavioral Medicine. He is a founding member of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, and a member of the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for Neuroscience, Sigma Xi, and the Academy of Medicine of Washington, D.C. He has been an editor for Addiction, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Nicotine and Tobacco Research, and US Surgeon Generals' Reports. He serves as a scientific consultant to the Maryland Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Resource Center, the Maryland Smoking Cessation Quitline (MD Quit), and the Maryland State Mental Health and Substance Abuse treatment programs. He is a member of the Society of Behavioral Medicine's Wisdom Council, the editorial board of Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, and a contributing reviewer to F1000 (an electronic biomedical research journal source).

Selected Awards

American Psychological Association's Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology (1989)

Centers for Disease Control Awards (1988, 1990), US Surgeon General's Medallion (1990)

USU Outstanding Biomedical Graduate Educator Award (1999, 2008)

US FDA Research Award (2005), Society of Behavioral Medicine Distinguished Scientist Award (2006)

USU Center for Health Disparities Building Partnerships for Better Health Award (2006)

USU Carol J. Johns Award to enhance USU programs, faculty, and reputation (2007)

USU Cinda Helke Award for Graduate Student Advocacy (2008)

United States Presidential Leadership Scholar (2015)

USU awards for Medical Student Teaching, Research Mentoring, Distinguished Service, and Outstanding Performance. 

Hannah G. Kleber, BA is USU LEAD Education Specialist. She has worked in education for four years at the high school level culminating in Assistant Dean. Her role in LEAD is to assist in curriculum development and teaching design, synchronize team members' efforts across multiple professional schools and sites and to explore new and innovative ways to deliver content to students.

Ms. Kleber is a graduate of University of Massachusetts Amherst with a BA in psychology and a minor is sociology (2011). She worked in a boarding school in Connecticut as the Athletic and Program Development Coordinator for two years before becoming Assistant Dean. She also taught religion and wellness classes, coached and was a faculty advisor for leadership groups. She has an interest in “distance learning” projects and is looking to expand the library of LEAD to include “flipped classrooms” to better teach the current generation of technology-driven students.

John E. McManigle MD, FACP Col (Ret) USAF, MC is USU LEAD Director of Curriculum. In this role, Dr. McManigle provides oversight of the curriculum to assure consistency with overall School of Medicine, Graduate School of Nursing and Post-Graduate Dental College expectations and curricular goals and objectives. In addition, he brings his experience as a retired Air Force Medical Corps officer to bring service- relevant examples and expectations to classroom discussions.

Dr. John McManigle is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University, and Jefferson Medical College. He entered the United States Air Force Medical Corps in 1980 and completed Internal Medicine training at USAF Medical Center Keesler. Dr. McManigle was selected to serve as Chief of Residents and then assigned to RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom. At RAF Lakenheath, he served as a Staff Internist; Director, Cardiopulmonary Services; Chief, Allergy Immunization Clinic; and Primary Member of the Air Transportable Hospital.  Dr. McManigle then pursued further specialty training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.  Dr. McManigle later served as Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Malcolm Grow Medical Center, Andrews Air Force Base, MD. Dr. McManigle has served a variety of roles at USU, to include faculty member, course director, Assistant Dean of Clinical Sciences, Deputy Dean, and Acting Dean. In addition, he has served on numerous high level committees including Admissions, Executive Curriculum, Student Promotion, Graduate Education, Middle States, and LCME Executive Committees. 

Eric Schoomaker, MD, PhD, Lieutenant General, U.S.Army (RET) serves as the Director of the Uniformed Service University of the Health Sciences (USU) LEAD program. After four years as the U.S. Army’s top medical officer, Lieutenant General Eric B. Schoomaker, M.D., Ph.D. retired in 2012 from his role as the 42^nd U.S. Army Surgeon General and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Medical Command. This followed 32 years of active service in uniform and 41 years as a commissioned Army officer. Doctor Schoomaker is exploring the central importance of leadership education and training for health professionals in both individual career development for different health professions—uniformed and civilian—and in an interprofessional, team-based setting.

Lieutenant General (RET) Schoomaker was sworn in as Army Surgeon General after commanding Walter Reed Army Medical Center & North Atlantic Regional Medical Command in Washington, D.C. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan in 1970 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant as a Distinguished Military Graduate. He received his medical degree from the University of Michigan in 1975 and a Ph.D. in human genetics in 1979.  He completed an internal medicine internship and residency at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina from 1976-78, followed by a fellowship in hematology at Duke in 1979. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in both internal medicine and hematology.

While in uniform, he held many assignments, including Chief & Program Director, Department of Medicine and Director of Primary Care, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis (Tacoma), Wash.; Commander of the Evans Army Community Hospital in Fort Carson (Colorado Springs), Colo.; Commander, 30th Medical Brigade & Fifth Corps Surgeon in Heidelberg, Germany; Chief of the Army Medical Corps; Commander of the Southeast Regional Medical Command/Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Ft. Gordon (Augusta), GA; and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Medical Research & Materiel Command & Fort Detrick (Frederick), MD. Doctor Schoomaker is the recipient of numerous military awards, including those from France and Germany, the 2012 Dr. Nathan Davis Awards from the American Medical Association for outstanding government service, the Philipp M. Lippe, MD Award from the American Academy of Pain Medicine for contributions to the social and political aspect of pain medicine, and an Honorary Doctor of Science from Wake Forest University.