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Navy Seal Foundation Interview with Dr. Ross Zafonte
Dr. Ross D. Zafonte testified to congress in February of 2024 about treatment of blast TBI in special operators. Here's an interview from March of 2025 where he discusses a variety of TBI topics with Chris Irwin, a retired SEAL and the Navy Seal Foundation’s Communications Director. The discussion of blast TBI starts at 34:30 of the way through.
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In the News: Blast Exposure from Indoor Target Shooting
Civilian firearms fired at indoor ranges may expose a shooter's brain to damaging blast waves. This New York Times article by Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Dave Philipps and Jeremy White shows blast overpressures recorded at an indoor range and raises questions about their safety. Target Shooting Could Be Causing Brain Injuries. We Measured the Danger. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Dave Philipps and Jeremy White Cinematography by Zach Caldwell and Jonah Markowitz Nov. 3, 2025 Discussions in
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PANTHER at PASS 2025
Researchers from Team Wendy attended PASS 2025 in Bruges, Belgium to present their work on testing military helmets under rotation see coverage in Police Magazine Paper Title: A Novel Helmet Testing Apparatus for Assessing Rotational Head Kinematics and Its Applications in Military Helmet Design Authors: Shuting Kou, Jaden Romero, Aravind Sundaramurthy, Ryan Doris, Ron Szalkowski https://doi.org/10.52202/081621-0046 https://www.proceedings.com/081621-0046.html
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Science Supporting the Q-Collar is Blasted in BMJ Investigative Essay
doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r2028 The FDA’s February 2021 authorisation of the Q-Collar was a huge boost to company growth. A careful reading of regulatory documents, however, reveals that FDA scientists were well aware that the evidence base hadn’t demonstrated clinical effectiveness—but they approved it anyway.
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