Courtney L. Robertson, MD, presented her lecture “Sex Differences in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Translational Overview” as our 21st Annual Distinguished Alumna Lecturer on Jan. 31. Courtney is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is the Director of the Pediatric Neurocritical Care Program in the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center PICU. Her preclinical research evaluates neuroprotective strategies in pediatric TBI, with a specific focus on mitochondrial dysfunction. She has served as the site PI for several multi-center clinical trials in pediatric TBI and was co-PI of the GCS Neuro-COVID study. Dr. Robertson completed her undergraduate training (Texas A&M) and medical school (UTMB) in Texas, followed by pediatric residency at University of North Carolina. Her pediatric critical care fellowship training was at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, where she was also a research fellow at the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research. She is a founding member and past Chair of the Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group. She served as the National Neurotrauma Society President (2021-22) and was Program Chair for the NNS Symposium in 2023.