Improving Cognitive Performance of Warfighters
How can technological advancements improve Warfighters' cognition in the future?
Medical
Any facet of medical research relating to homeland defense and security, public health/global health, or military operations.
Recent Inquiries
Bioinspired Textiles for Cold Environments
What novel bioinspired textiles are being researched and developed for cold environment operations?
Nefarious Uses of Biological/Biochemical Additive Manufacturing (AM)
What efforts are underway by the U.S. Department of Defense/other government agencies to identify and mitigate nefarious uses of bioprinting to create, modify, or enhance biological threats/weapons?
Articles
Breaking Boundaries in Biomedicine: Advanced Photon Source Enables Protein Design
From growth hormones to cancer drugs, small molecules play a crucial role in our health. Monitoring them is essential to keeping us healthy; it enables physicians to calculate dosages and patients to monitor their medical…
The Bionics for Veterans (BIOVET) Advanced Surgical Training: A Bridge Between Nations
Military and civilian medical professionals from across Europe and the United States gathered for a pioneering surgical and rehabilitative training event in Rome recently, focused on advancing limb restoration techniques for wounded warriors. As part…
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…
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….