What data sets exist for information relating to battlefield blast injuries?
What data sets exist for information relating to battlefield blast injuries?
Medical
Any facet of medical research relating to homeland defense and security, public health/global health, or military operations.
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What is the state of the science for multisensory cueing (visual, haptic, audio) for military aircraft?
What is the state of the science for multisensory cueing (visual, haptic, audio) for military aircraft?
Memory Effect Mitigation of an Incinerator’s Pollution Abatement System
How can the "memory effect" of an incinerator's pollution abatement system be removed after it becomes contaminated with dioxins and furans?
Articles
Fermilab Seeks to Broaden Industry Adoption of Electron Accelerators
Although it often goes unnoticed, Americans rely on specific industries to carry out important, life-saving tasks such as sterilizing medical equipment. These processes require powerful sources of irradiation, and in some cases, radioactive materials are…
Argonne Team Delivers a 100x Speedup of Genetic Data Analysis From the Million Veteran Program
For the past three years, Ravi Madduri, a senior computer scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Argonne National Laboratory, and his team have been working on ways to speed up analysis of genetic…
Organ-on-a-Chip: 3-D Printed Tissue Allows Researchers to Study Effects of Toxic Vapors
Human exposure to chemicals like ammonia and chlorine can be extremely dangerous, especially when they are in a gaseous form. Port and factory workers are at the greatest risk because of the possibility of incidents…
Webinars
Basic Science and Applications Intersecting Aerosol, Plasma, and Powder Technologies
Fundamental investigations about the behavior of aerosols can provide insights into underlying physics useful for defense applications. There is a need for methods to rapidly scale-up existing recipes for materials using plasmas. Current research is…
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…
Events
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…
Military Health System Conference
The Military Health System (MHS) Conference is a four-day annual conference sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. Conference attendees are comprised of government, military, and industry healthcare professionals….