Behavioral and Mental Health Issues Unique to the National Guard
Is there any research on the behavioral and mental health issues unique to National Guard forces?
Medical
Any facet of medical research relating to homeland defense and security, public health/global health, or military operations.
Recent Inquiries
Therapeutic Uses of Brainwave Entrainment (BWE) via Low Audio Frequency Stimulation
Can you provide a bibliography of recent research for therapeutic research of BWE via low audio frequency stimulation ranging from delta to gamma?
Head-Supported Mass Injury Prevention
What U.S. Department of Defense organizations are researching and/or developing mitigation techniques to prevent injuries from head-supported mass?
Articles
DARPA Invites Proposals for AI Biotechnology Pitch Days Dec. 5-6
DARPA funds the research and development of technologies with the potential for transformational impact, central to delivering on the agency’s mission to create and prevent strategic surprise for national security. The agency’s Biological Technologies Office…
Researcher Uses Historical Data to Identify Trends in Pilot Injuries
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – The protective equipment currently provided to Army rotary-wing aircraft crews is effective at protecting against injuries caused by enemy ordnance, though unprotected arms and legs remain the most vulnerable to injury, according…
Brain Injury Devices in Focus During Fort Liberty Soldier Touchpoint
FORT LIBERTY, N.C. — Team members with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity joined dozens of U.S. Army medics at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, to assess the progress of several traumatic brain injury (TBI)…
Webinars
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…
Don’t Forget to Inform the Public: Why Messaging Matters
Throughout the course of various crises, communication from government agencies and key stakeholders is critical. Unfortunately, this communication has been upended many times in a variety of ways. To alleviate public fear, some organizations have…
Human Movement and Rhythmical Reasoning: An Unconventional Approach to Researching Resilience
This presentation discusses findings from our ethnographic study titled “The Impact of Catastrophic Injury Exposure on Resilience in Special Operations Surgical Teams (SOST)” to explore our new definition of unconventional resilience. Our bottom-up approach to…
Events
The 2024 Law Enforcement Theme Week
The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) will host the 2024 Law Enforcement Theme Week training during the week of November 17 – 23, 2024 (17th and 23rd are travel days) on the CDP campus in…
Public Health in a Migrant Crisis Tabletop Exercise
THIS IS AN IN-PERSON, COLLABORATIVE EVENT. Please note, registration for this event has closed. In 2022, there were over 100 million displaced persons globally, a number that only continues to grow. Because one region’s…
National Homeland Security Conference 2024
The National Homeland Security Conference brings together professionals in homeland security, law enforcement, fire, and emergency management. They include officials in federal agencies, nonprofit agencies, business owners, universities, and decision-makers to contribute or learn about…