Jennifer Belding, PhD
As a social psychologist with a focus on attitudes and persuasion, motivation and goal pursuit, and complex data analysis, I have enjoyed leading studies on blast injury, traumatic brain injury, mental health, and resilience in military environments for the past decade. I particularly enjoy thinking of how to build scientific theories that leverage diverse scientific methodologies (e.g., literature reviews, prospective longitudinal studies, qualitative methods, epidemiological studies) to answer complex questions with no easy answers that are essential to help preserve and protect the health and well-being of our military personnel and their families.
| Belding, J.N., Englert, R.M., Fitzmaurice, S., Jackson, J.R., Koenig, H.G., Hunter, M.A., Thomsen, C.J., & Olaghere da Silva, U. (2021). Potential health and performance effects of high-level and low-level blast: A scoping review of two decades of research. Frontiers in Neurology (Neurotrauma), 12, 1-14. Doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.628782. |
| Belding, J.N., Egnoto, M., Englert, R.M., Fitzmaurice, S., & Thomsen, C.J. (2021). Getting on the same page: Consolidating terminology to facilitate cross-disciplinary health-related blast research. Frontiers in Neurology (Neurotrauma), 12, 1-11. Doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.695496. |
| Belding, J.N., Castaneda, S.F., Jacobson, I.G., LeardMann, C.A., Porter, B., Powell, T.M., Kolaja, C.A., Seelig, A.D., Matsuno, R.K., Carey, F.R., Rivera, A.C., Trone, D.W., Sheppard, B., Walstrom, J., Boyko, E.J., & Rull, R.P. (2022). The Millennium Cohort Study: The First 20 Years of Research Dedicated to Understanding the Long-Term Health of US Service Members and Veterans. Annals of Epidemiology, 67, 61-72. Doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2021.12.002. |
| Belding, J.N., Englert, R.M., Bonkowski, J., & Thomsen, C.J. (2021). Occupational risk of low-level blast exposure and TBI-related medical diagnoses: A population-based epidemiological investigation (2005-2015). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 1-15. Doi: 10.3390/ijerph182412925. |
| Belding, J.N., Fitzmaurice, S., Englert, R.M., Koenig, H.G., Thomsen, C.J., & Olaghere da Silva, U. (2020). Self-reported concussion symptomology during deployment: Differences as a function of injury mechanism and low-level blast exposure. Journal of Neurotrauma, 37, 2219-2226. Doi: 10.1089/neu.2020.6997. |
| Belding, J.N., Bonkowski, J., & Englert, R.M. (2024). Occupational risk for low-level blast and adverse military career outcomes: An examination of administrative and medical separations from Service (2005-2015). Frontiers in Neurology, 15(1389757), 1-13. Doi: 10.3899/fneur.2024.1389757. |
| Martindale, S. L., Rowland, J. A., Belding, J. N., Amuan, M. E., Kennedy, E., Nguyen, H., Brenner, L. A., Stewart, I. J., Cifu, D. X., & Pugh, M. J. (2026). Military Occupational Blast Exposure (MOBE): Definition, Operationalization, and Validation of a Reproducible Risk Classification Metric. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, in press. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000001200 |
| Belding, J.N., Kolaja, C.A., Rull, R.P., & Trone, D.W. (2023). Single and repeated high-level blast, low-level blast, and new-onset self-reported health conditions in the U.S. Millennium Cohort Study: An exploratory investigation. Frontiers in Neurology 14:1110717. Doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1110717 |
Institution Affiliations
HJF Research Psychologist in support of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC)