Team

Bruce Damon

Bruce Damon

Job title Co-principal investigator


Bruce is the co-director of the Carle Illinois Advanced Imaging Center and director of Clinical Imaging Research for the Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute at Carle Health. He earned his B.S. at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst; M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine.

Bruce’s research interests involve the use of in vivo imaging and spectroscopy methods, such as MRI, ultrasound, and near-infrared optical spectroscopy to better understand human physiology and pathophysiology.


Tracey Wszalek

Tracey Wszalek

Job title Co-principal investigator


Tracey is the co-director of the Carle Illinois Advanced Imaging Center and director of the Biomedical Imaging Center at the Beckman Institute of Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She earned her B.S. in psychology from the University of Texas at Austin and her Ph.D.  in neuroscience from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Her research interests are in the correlation between neuropsychological assessments and neuro-imaging studies and in supporting the translation of technology for the improvement of human health.

Paul Arnold

Paul Arnold

Job title Co-investigator


Paul is a neurosurgeon at Carle Health and a clinical investigator at Carle's Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute. He is a member of the Champaign Urbana Population Study advisory committee. He earned his M.D. at the University of Illinois Chicago.

Diane Beck

Diane Beck

Job title Co-investigator


Diane is a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is a member of the Champaign Urbana Population Study advisory committee. She earned her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley.

Brad Sutton

Brad Sutton

Job title Co-investigator


Brad is a professor of bioengineering and technical director of the Biomedical Imaging Center at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is a member of the Champaign Urbana Population Study advisory committee. He earned his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Michigan.

Mark D. Whiting

Mark D. Whiting

Job title Co-investigator


Mark is a clinical investigator at Carle's Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute. He is a member of the Champaign Urbana Population Study advisory committee. He earned his Ph.D. at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Bansari Upadhyay

Bansari Upadhyay

Job title Research coordinator


Bansari's role in the Champaign Urbana Population Study is to enroll and coordinate all of our volunteer participants’ activities. She administers the study's non-MRI measures. She earned a B. S. in psychology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.