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2023
News:
- Treatment for combat-related PTSD advances with method shown to be fast, effective (external link)
UT Health, January 10, 2023
2022
Research Highlights:
News:
- Stem Cell Study Reveals How Neurons From PTSD Patients React to Stress (external link)
Mount Sinai, November 14, 2022 -
Department of Defense Defense Medical Research and Development Program Anticipated Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22)
August 31, 2022 - Personalizing treatment for severe limb injuries (external link)
Mizzou, January 28, 2022
2021
Research Highlights:
- Wingman-Connect Program: An Impactful Collaboration between Academia and the Air Force
- Creating Clinical Solutions from Basic Research: A CDMRP Bone Story
2020
Research Highlights:
- Evaluating Sex Differences as a Predictor of Risk for Opioid Use Disorder
- Decreasing Aggression in Veterans with PTSD
- Using Virtual Reality as a Training Tool to Enhance the Proficiency of Behavioral Health Providers
- Targeted Strategies to Accelerate Evidence-Based Psychotherapies Implementation in Military Settings
- Finding Love Again After PTSD: Intensive Group Couple Therapy for PTSD
- Advances in Understanding Suicidal Ideation and Behavior
- What’s in Your Uniform? An Investigation of Permethrin-Treated Army Combat Clothing
- THE PAP SMEAR CHALLENGE: COMPARING CLINICAL PERFORMANCE OF A NOVEL “MOLECULAR PAP” BASED ON NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING TO TRADITIONAL CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING
News:
- Portable MRI Device Brings Imaging to the Battlefield and Bedside (external link)
USA MRDC, November 13, 2020 - Study shows light therapy is safe and may benefit patients with TBI (external link)
Massachusetts General Hospital, October 1 , 2020 - With xTechBOLT Competition, USAMRDC Seeks to 'Unlock the Brain' (external link)
USA MRDC, September 22 , 2020 - DOD Suicide Prevention Research Strategy (external link)
MRDC, September 14 , 2020 - Biomarkers identified in collegiate athletes that could help predict time needed to recover from concussion (external link)
National Institutes of Health, August 31 , 2020 - New research to help injured troops using technology (external link)
South Carolina ETV, August 28 , 2020 - New CENC Data Added to FITBIR Encourages More Research, Collaboration (external link)
U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC), July 22 , 2020 - Calpain-2 as a therapeutic target in repeated concussion–induced neuropathy and behavioral impairment (external link)
Science Advances, July 20, 2020 - Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium (CENC) data shared via the FITBIR Informatics System (external link)
FITBIR, July 3, 2020 - Portable system demonstrates capability to save hearing downrange (external link)
Health.mil, June 2, 2020 - Cell-Free DNA Concentration Associated with Injury Severity and Survival in ICU Animal Study using CIRCULOGENE’s Proprietary Liquid Biopsy Technology (external link)
Businesswire, April 28, 2020 - Printed Electronics Open Way for Electrified Tattoos and Personalized Biosensors (external link)
Duke - Pratt School Of Engineering, January 8, 2020
2019
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19)
June 7, 2019 - Defense Health Program US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) Accelerating Innovation in Military Medicine (AIMM) Anticipated Funding Opportunity for Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19)
May 1, 2019
Research Highlights:
- Effectiveness and Patient Acceptability of Stellate Ganglion Block for Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms among Active Duty Military Members
- Designing Predictive Models for Musculoskeletal Injury and Injury Reoccurrence After Returning to Full Duty Following an Injury
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) Combined with Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Shows Promise for Reducing Symptoms of Combat-Related PTSD in Veterans
- Human Neural Stem Cells, a New Approach to Restorative Therapy for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
- Researchers Develop Operationally Specific Auditory Tests to Assess Fit-for-Duty Hearing Performance in Service Members
- Military Suicide Research Consortium Hosts Dissemination Science Institute to Address the Need for Effective Health Communication Strategies
- Optimized Liposomal Dexamethasone Therapy Improves Functional Outcome of Post-Traumatic Skeletal Muscle and Neuromuscular Junction
- CN-105, a Prophylactic Neuroprotectant Against Traumatic Brain Injury
- Novel Prosurvival Strategies Enhance Prolonged Field Care
News:
- New research shows nerve injections are effective for treating PTSD symptoms (external link)
Military Times, December 10, 2019 - Surgeons Perform First Bioengineered Blood Vessel Transplant in Military Patient (external link)
DVIDS, May 28, 2019
2018
Press Releases:
- Defense Health Program Department of Defense Defense Medical Research and Development Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) August 21, 2018
- Department of Defense Defense Medical Research and Development Program Accelerating Innovation in Military Medicine (AIMM) Award Anticipated Funding Opportunity for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18)
June 29, 2018
Research Highlights:
- 2018 San Antonio Combat PTSD Conference Draws Record Attendance, Delivers a Powerful Program
- Open house event celebrates the partnership between STRONG STAR and CRDAMC, a key collaboration in furthering the treatment of PTSD
- Toward a Gold Standard for Suicide Risk Assessment for Military Personnel
- Texting: A Brief Intervention to Prevent Suicidal Ideation and Behavior
- Development and Evaluation of Veteran Supportive Supervisor Training (VSST): Improving Transition for Veterans in the Workplace
- Novel Antimicrobial Peptides as Topical Anti-Infectives Against Combat-Related Bacterial and Fungal Wound Infections
- A Novel, Broad Spectrum Anti-Infective that Provides Novel Regenerative Properties in Skin
- Improvement and Extension of Auditory Hazard Models
News:
- UA Researchers Study how to Regrow Long Bone Segments Using 3D Printing (external link)
EurekAlert! Science News, November 30, 2018 - Researchers discover key gene in cells associated with hearing loss (external link)
EurekAlert! Science News, November 29, 2018 - Microgel powder fights infection and helps wounds heal (external link)
EurekAlert! Science News, November 20, 2018 - New online training helps veterans reintegrate into workforce (external link)
OHSU, November 19, 2018 - Building Katie's New Face (external link) National Geographic, August 23, 2018
- MSRC Awards Announcement 2018 (external link)
August 7, 2018
2017
Press Releases:
- Defense Medical Research and Development Program Anticipated Funding Opportunity
November 14, 2017 - Federal Agencies Partner for Military and Veteran Pain Management Research
October 6, 2017 - Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (PH/TBI) Research Program Anticipated Funding Opportunities
Feburary 10, 2017
Research Highlights:
- Development of Novel Kinocidin-Based Anti-Infective Therapeutics
- Remote Anger and Stress Management (M-SAT)
- Adapting SmartPhones for Ocular Diagnosis
- Closed Loop Total Intravenous Anesthesia (TIVA): The Battlefield Anesthetic of the Future
- Understanding the Protective Effects of Cellular Prion Protein (PrPC) and Cell Death Protease Inhibition for Treating TBI
News:
- Tourniquet Master Training/A tourniquet technology training system to aid Warfighters treating battlefield injuries (external link)
Charles River Analytics , August 7, 2017 - Cleveland Clinic Performs Third Face Transplant (external link)
Cleveland Clinic, July 21, 2017 -
BrainScope Launches the Ahead 300 for Objective Assessment of Mild Head Injury, Including Concussion (external link)
BrainScope, January 11, 2017
2016
Research Highlights:
- Military Suicide Research Consortium: Recent Accomplishments from Cutting-Edge Studies
- Smart Oxygen Monitors to Diagnose and Treat Cardiopulmonary Injuries
- Identification and Validation of Novel Therapeutic Targets for Traumatic Brain Injury
- Army Medicine Opens the Door for Vision Prosthetic Prototypes
- Novel Detection of Traumatic Brain Injuries
- Characterization of a Model of Blast-induced Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
News:
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VCU School of Medicine physician edits Brain Injury journal on concussion research (external link)
VCU School of Medicine, November 16, 2016 -
BrainScope Announces FDA Clearance of the First Handheld Medical Device for Assessment of the Full Spectrum of Traumatic Brain Injury (external link)
BrainScope, September 30, 2016 -
The perfect vaccine (external link)
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, September 12, 2016
2015
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Defense Medical Research and Development Program Joint Program Committee 2 (JPC-2) Upcoming Funding Opportunities November 10, 2015
- Department of Defense Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2015 April 30, 2015
- Department of Defense Defense Medical Research and Development Program (DMRDP) Joint Program Committee 1 (JPC-1) Medical Simulation and Information Sciences Research Program (MSIS) Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2015 January 9, 2015
Research Highlights:
- Ruggedized Odyssey Ankle (ROA)
- Military Suicide Research Consortium Advances the Field with Recent Accomplishments
- Impacts of Whole Body Vibration and Conditioning with D-4F
- Medical Simulation-Based Training System for Rapid Trauma Skills Training
- Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Military Populations
News:
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Genome sequences of A. baumannii isolates from US military
Genome Web, August 21, 2015 -
Computerized vital signs analysis may help prevent trauma patients from bleeding to death (external link)
Massachusetts General Hospital, May 18, 2015
2014
Research Highlights:
- Visual Information Restoration and Rehabilitation via Sensory Substitution Technology
- Identifying Predictors of Abnormal Bone Growth (Heterotopic Ossification) for Improved Patient-Specific Care
2012
Press Releases:
- Omega-3 Supplements Eyed as Reducing Suicide Risk Among Veterans September 26, 2012
Research Highlights:
- Adjuvant Heart Rate Variability Biointerventions for Combat-Related PTSD
- Prosthetic Knee-Ankle-Foot System With Biomechatronic Sensing, Control, and Power Generation
- Reconstruction of Facial Cartilage Frameworks Using Electromechanical Reshaping
2011
Press Releases:
- Department of Defense Defense Health Program (DHP) Fiscal Year 2012 Military Infectious Diseases Funding Opportunity May 17, 2011
- Defense Medical Research and Development Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2012 April 6, 2011
Research Highlights:
Last updated Tuesday, January 10, 2023