Rendering Riot Control Agents (RCAs) as Materiel Designated as Safe (MDAS)
What processes exist for rendering RCAs as MDAS?
Medical
Any facet of medical research relating to homeland defense and security, public health/global health, or military operations.
Recent Inquiries
Degenerative Disc Disease in Military Paratroopers
Is there any research on the effects or correlations of airborne parachute operations and long-term degenerative disc disease of military paratroopers?
Improving Cognitive Performance of Warfighters
How can technological advancements improve Warfighters' cognition in the future?
Articles
New MRI Approach Maps Brain Metabolism, Revealing Disease Signatures
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new technology that uses clinical MRI machines to image metabolic activity in the brain could give researchers and clinicians unique insight into brain function and disease, researchers at the University of…
New NIST Method Precisely Measures Radioactivity in Tiny Samples
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new and faster method for detecting and measuring the radioactivity of minuscule amounts of radioactive material. The innovative technique, known as cryogenic…
LLNL and Purdue University Accelerate Discovery of Medical Countermeasures for Emerging Chemical Threats
In a major advance for chemical defense and public safety, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL’s) Forensic Science Center (FSC) and Purdue University have developed and demonstrated a high-throughput, automated mass spectrometry platform. Their…
Webinars
Tactical Grief-Processing: The Cornerstone of Unconventional Resilience
This presentation will explore the central hypothesis of an ethnographic study examining how U.S. Air Force Special Operations Surgical Teams (SOSTs) build and sustain resilience against catastrophic injury exposure. Moving beyond conventional trauma-based resilience frameworks,…
Traumatic Brain Injury: Current Landscape and Emerging Research
The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. New research continually emerges, increasing the understanding of the brain. With each new breakthrough, more questions arise. The research has major impacts on members…
Autonomous Platforms for Casualty Evacuation: State of the Art and Future Directions
The United States faces the return of large-scale combat operations against peer and near-peer competitors—an environment not seen in over 70 years. This creates multiple challenges like managing overwhelming numbers of casualties and providing medical…
Events
2025 Advanced Functional Fabrics Summit
This event gathers Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) members and the greater ecosystem from across the United States each year at the Advanced Functional Fabric Summit. Attendees will learn about new advanced fiber and…
2025 Public Health in a Displaced Persons Camp
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED AT THIS TIME. UPDATE: DUE TO RECENT CHANGES, THIS TRAINING HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A VIRTUAL EVENT. With this change of venue, a number of virtual breakout rooms and one “plenary”…
2025 AMSUS Annual Meeting
AMSUS, The Society of Federal Health Professionals, serves as a communication platform for the advancement of health professionals in all federal health agencies, as well as other nations. Key speakers include: Dr. Shereef Elnahal, Under…