An advanced imaging technique has revealed that some U.S. military personnel with mild blast-related traumatic brain injuries have abnormalities in the brain that have not been seen with other types of imaging.
Researchers have described a new respiratory disease in soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Hopkins students salute nurses serving abroad in the U.S. armed forces with care packages for National Nurses' Week.
War-based video games can sometimes create misleading perceptions of war for military recruits which could conflict with current military training.
American University, ranked by Princeton Review as the most politically active campus in the nation, has professors available to provide expertise and commentary on President Barack Obama’s announcement of Osama Bin Laden’s death.
Student reaction from American University.
“This is the beginning of a new day. The importance of the individual voice has been heightened,” says Wake Forest University social media expert and professor of communication Ananda Mitra. It began when Sohaib Athar in Pakistan unwittingly live-tweeted the Bin Laden raid hours prior to the news breaking on social networking sites.
Florida State University’s nationally regarded experts in terrorism, trauma, communications and economics are ready to answer media questions and provide analysis of the historical, political, cultural and economic ramifications of the death of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden.
Military service members who screened positive for mental health disorders before deployment, or who were injured during deployment, were more likely to develop post-deployment posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms than their colleagues without these risk factors, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
University of Maryland experts in terrorism, international security, politics, and more, can discuss the ramifications of the death of Osama Bin Laden - including the grim body count from his attacks, the areas of greatest vulnerability in the future, how the U.S. has improved connecting the dots, and the risks of summary assassination.
Dr. Adam Lankford, assistant professor of criminal justice, is a noted expert on terrorism and terrorists.
Vincent A. Ferraro, a specialist in international relations and American foreign policy at Mount Holyoke College, is available to comment on what Osama Bin Laden’s death means for the future of U.S. relations with both Pakistan and Afghanistan, as well as the impact that Bin Laden’s death will have on the war on terror.
Faculty experts and scholars from the University at Buffalo are available to comment on the political, cultural, international and economic impact of Osama bin Laden’s death.
Cornell University experts available to comment on Osama bin Laden’s death.
Dr. John C. McManus, a military historian and the author of “Grunts,” a book about the importance of ground forces in recent U.S. military history, is available to discuss the role highly trained “boots on the ground” played in Sunday’s killing of Osama Bin Laden.
An authority on terrorism and nationalism at the University of Indianapolis says the death of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is worth celebrating, but it should not distract the United States from the ideological struggle it still faces in the Islamic world. Douglas Woodwell, Ph.D., is available for interviews.
Stronger and tougher body armor to shield the chest, abdomen and back may be just what soldiers fighting in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars need to better protect their brains from mild injuries tied to so-called “shell shock,” results of a Johns Hopkins study in mice suggest.
Two Kansas State researchers are collecting and analyzing information on the financial situation of deploying soldiers and their families. It will be the largest publicly collected sample by a university regarding financial matters of U.S. Army soldiers.
Soldiers and contractors stationed in Iraq not only face enemy gunfire and the threat of roadside bombs, but every day they breathe air polluted with dust particles carrying lead and other contaminants as much as 10 times above desirable level cited in U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
The inaugural Second Lt. Afghan Language Program, offered by the Indiana National Guard and Indiana U., was intense and an encouraging sign of the potential for highly specialized training for military and other personnel serving overseas.
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