HOMELAND DEFENSE

& Security Digest

12 APRIL 2022

HDIAC collects and publishes articles related to our technical focus areas on the web to share with the DoD community.

FEATURED ARTICLE

Climate Investments Tied to Mission Objectives, DoD Official Says

“Climate change is reshaping the geostrategic operational and tactical environment, with significant implications for U.S. national security and defense,” said Joe Bryan, a Department of Defense official. Bryan, DoD Chief Sustainability Officer and Senior Climate Advisor to the Defense Secretary; Melissa Dalton, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs; and Richard Kidd,…

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Featured Notable Technical Inquiry

Long-Lasting Antimicrobial and Antiviral Surface Coatings

  The Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) was asked to determine if commercial or government off-the-shelf, long-lasting antiviral surface coatings exist.  DSIAC researchers compiled relevant information as of April 2020 and reached out to subject matter experts from U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) laboratories working on related efforts.  Multiple commercial and government antimicrobial or antiviral surface coatings and DoD-funded research projects with the potential…

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UPCOMING WEBINAR

Nanotechnology in Combat Casualty Care: State of the Art and Emerging Trends

For over two decades, the government has invested heavily in nanotechnology research, and the broad applicability of advances in the field holds great promise to improve combat casualty care (CCC). Because of this broad scope, however, no single source exists that comprehensively assesses the current and potential applications of nanotechnology to military health service support,…

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UPCOMING EVENTS

13th Annual SOF & Irregular Warfare Symposium

The 13th Annual SOF and Irregular Warfare Symposium will focus on the dynamic challenges of modern unconventional warfare. As state and nonstate actors continue to evolve their strategies, this year’s event will gather senior leaders…

Eastern Defense Summit 2024

The Eastern Defense Summit, formerly known as the annual CDCA Defense Summit, brings more than 2,000 government, military, academia, and industry leaders together to better understand and address today’s challenges and threats within our defense…

Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Conference

The AFCEA Atlanta Chapter presents the next Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. AFCEA provides the a meeting place for government, academia, and industry working in all disciplines in industry, service, government,…

The 19th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition

The IEEE conference series on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition is an international forum for research in image and video-based face, gesture, and body movement recognition. It is cosponsored by the IEEE Biometrics Council and…

Voice From the Community

Rodney Coldren
Dr. Rodney Coldren

Physician, Board Certified in Preventive Medicine/Public Health

Rodney Coldren is a physician board certified in Preventive Medicine/Public Health. Some of his key assignments have been as the Chief of Disease Epidemiology at the U.S. Army Public Health Center and the Public Health Emergency Officer for Army Europe/Africa. In the Army Medical Corps, he served in the United States, Korea, Kenya, Thailand, Iraq, and Germany and retired as a Colonel in June 2021. He has worked in emerging infectious disease surveillance and response as well as infectious disease epidemiology. Dr. Coldren is also an Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

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