Brain Injury, the Invisible Injury 

Peggy Reisher, MSW and 
Matthew Garlinghouse, PhD 

PowerPoint Slides: Brain Injury The Invisible Injury

How Trauma Affects the Brain  

PowerPoint Slides: How Trauma Affects the Brain

Peggy Reisher, MSW has worked in the field of brain injury for over 25 years.  She helped establish the Brain Injury Alliance of Nebraska (BIA-NE) in 2009 and became the executive director in July 2013. BIA-NE’s mission is to create a better future for all Nebraskans through brain injury prevention, education, advocacy, and support. Prior to working for the Brain Injury Alliance of Nebraska, she spent 14 years on the traumatic brain injury unit at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, Neb. 

Reisher has a bachelor's degree in social work from UNK and a master’s degree in social work from UNO.  Reisher is currently the president-elect of the United States Brain Injury Alliance and on the Munroe Meyer Institute Board of Directors.

Matthew A. Garlinghouse completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of North Dakota.  He completed his APA approved internship and fellowship in Neuropsychology and Neuroimaging at Dartmouth Medical School (now Geisel School of Medicine).  

He is an assistant professor of Neurological Sciences at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.  He works as a full-time Clinical Neuropsychologist evaluating patients with epilepsy, CNS cancer and brain injury.  His research projects involve the assessment of survivors of intimate partner violence for brain injury.