Dr. Mark Logue details his research connecting PTSD and TBI with Alzheimer’s and dementia genetic risk in Veterans.
The Million Veteran Program looks to study military exposures specific to different eras of military service.
Should brain injury caused by a blast wave from an explosion be considered distinct from a TBI caused by a physical impact?
Virtual care means Veterans with TBI have access to specialized polytrauma and TBI clinical services no matter where they live.
On the newest episode of the Vets First Podcast, Dr. Levi Sowers and Brandon Rea host Dr. Steve Fliesler, who studies the visual impact of primary blast injuries on service members.
Discover how nonprofit, Leashes of Valor pairs post-9/11 Veterans with service dogs from shelters, aiding recovery from PTSD, TBI, and other military traumas.
Ambassador Athletes are Veterans or active-duty military who compete in pro or amateur sports to help support their mental health. Currently, there are about 25 Ambassador Athletes, most of whom have been diagnosed with some form of PTSD. They may also be experiencing depression, anxiety, and drug and alcohol addiction.
In Season 3 of the Vets First Podcast, we talk about Veteran's vision loss. We interview experts for in-depth insights.
Facility dog Dante used in therapy to improve patients’ gait, balance, range of motion, strength, coordination, cognition and participation.
Navy Veteran suffered post-traumatic headaches, severe TBI and anxiety. She found relief at VA’s Polytrauma System of Care in Virginia.
The initiative is called the Interagency Resource Coordinating Center for Preclinical TBI Research (IRCC). It will focus on making the most of federal investments in pre-clinical TBI, with scientists working together to identify the preclinical models that best represent TBI in humans and sharing data in more uniform ways.
Dr. Sarah Martindale, a research scientist at the W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury, North Carolina, and a member of VA’s Mid-Atlantic MIRECC (Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center), led the study. Dr. Jared Rowland, Dr. Anna Ord, and Lakeysha Rule, all of whom are also affiliated with the Salisbury VA and the Mid-Atlantic MIRECC, co-authored the paper.