Lieutenant Colonel Adam Willis

Lt. Col. Adam Willis is a program manager in DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office. His research interests include biomechanics of brain injury, neuroergonomics of operational tasks, and critical care medicine.

Lt Col Willis most recently served as the Medical Director of Joint Integrated Clinical Medicine within the Office of the Chief Scientist, 59th Medical Wing. He practiced clinically as a staff neurologist and neurointensivist at the Department of Defense’s only Level 1 trauma center, Brooke Army Medical Center. Lt Col Willis is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Uniformed Services University, where also holds an appointment in the Department of Radiology. He is also an adjunct assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. In 2022, Lt Col Willis participated in the DARPA Service Chiefs Fellows Program on behalf of the US Air Force. He is a trained flight surgeon and holds the Special Experience Identifier as a physician member of the Critical Care Advanced Transport Team.

Lt Col Willis earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from the University of Notre Dame, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in theoretical and applied mechanics degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He completed his neurological residency at San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium and a fellowship in neurocritical care at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He is also a graduate of the Clinician Scientist Investigator Network at Joint Base San Antonio.