Overview of Military Medical Research and Development

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Force Health Protection Readiness
Overview of Military Medical Research and
Development Dr. Terry M. Rauch Defense Health
Program Medical Research Development
Office October 29, 2009
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Military Medical Research Development
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• Provides transformational medical capabilities
• Rapid, joint, self-managed scalable response
• Integrated early warning health protection
  systems
• Optimized human performance casualty care
  transport capabilities

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JFHP Elements of Future Needs
Presidential Secretarial Direction
The Department of Defense Budget will Continue
the steady growth in medical research and
development by requesting 400 million more than
last year. White House Press Release, April 9,
2009
Today, I am announcing the key decisions I will
recommend to the president with respect to the
fiscal year 2010 defense budget. Continue the
steady growth in medical research and development
by requesting 400 million more than last
year.Defense Budget Recommendation Statement
(Arlington, VA) As Prepared for Delivery by
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Arlington,
VA, Monday, April 06, 2009 Beyond the recent
one-time increase by the Congress for this
specific purpose, I request the development of a
tailored plan to provide RD investments that
advance state of the art solutions for world
class medical care with an emphasis on Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder, Traumatic Brain
Injury, Prosthetics, Restoration of Sight
Eye-Care, other conditions directly relevant to
the injuries our soldiers are currently receiving
on the battlefield. Robert M. Gates, Secretary
of Defense, 26 June, 2008
World Class Medical Care Enabled by World Class
Research
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Diagnosis Treatment of Brain Injury

• Mechanisms of Traumatic Brain Injury
• Diagnosis Treatment
• Clinical Management

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Polytrauma and Blast Injury

• Hemorrhage Control
• Maintain Tissue Viability
• Diagnosis and Life Support
• Maxillofacial Injury
• Evacuation Applications
• Evacuation Practices
• Forward Surgical Applications
• Blast Injury Models and Performance Standards for
  Protection Systems
• Scar Contracture
• Diagnosis, Treatment, Mitigation, Restoration,
  and Rehabilitation of Ocular/Visual System Injury
• Rapid Screening of Fresh Whole Blood
• Wound Infection Prevention and Management
• Antimicrobial Countermeasures

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Operational Health and Performance

• Fundamental Mechanisms of Training and
  Operational Injury
• Physiological Interactions of Nutrition and
  Dietary Supplements
• Fundamental Mechanisms of Performance Sustainment
  in Extreme Environments (Heat, Cold, and
  Altitude)
• Post-Deployment Health Risks

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Rehabilitation

• Neuromusculoskeletal Injuries
• Chronic Pain Management
• Regenerative Medicine
• Restoration and Rehabilitation of Sensory System
  Traumatic Injury (Vision, Hearing, and Balance)

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Psychological Health and Well-Being for Military
Personnel and Families

• Suicide Prevention
• Diagnosis and Treatment of PTSD
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Deployment-Related
  Psychological Health Problems
• Psychological Resilience
• Military Family and Community Health and
  Resilience

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Training Systems and Information Technology
Applications

• Advance basic understanding of the use of
  modeling and simulation technology in health care
  provider training, and in detection and treatment
  of psychological health disorders, focusing on
  patient interaction with virtual avatars.
• Risk reduction and product transition efforts for
  medical information technology applications.
• Prototyping, risk reduction, validation, and
  product transition for medical training systems
  technologies.

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Military Medical Research and Development
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