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
DHS S&T Announces Award to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for Counter-Fentanyl Efforts
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) is further strengthening its counter-fentanyl partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) with a three-year, $2.8 million…
USARIEM Is Updating Guidance on Cold-Weather Injuries
FORT DETRICK, Md. — As geopolitical competition in the Arctic region continues to accelerate, senior leaders need to be confident that the Warfighters under their command will be able to operate at peak effectiveness for…
CDMRP Funds Innovative Research to Better Understand and Treat Brain Injuries
Over 500,000 service members experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI) between 2000 and 2023, and more than 185,000 veterans receiving care in the Veterans Affairs healthcare system have at least one TBI diagnosis. According to…
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
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…
2025 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 health care…
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…