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In the News: Brain Injury Concerns in TOPGUN Aviators
Top-Gun Navy Pilots Fly at the Extremes. Their Brains May Suffer article by Dave Philipps on New York Times website For years, the Navy...
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PANTHER Talk: Dr. Dan Perl on Blast Brain Pathology
PANTHER extends thanks to Dr. Perl for giving an outstanding PANTHER talk in December 2024 on Human Studies of Military TBI and Other...
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Resource: DoD Blast Overpressure Reference and Information Guide
Known as the (D-BOP RIG), this is a great reference created with data collected by the USUHS CONQUER program. Note: PANTHER did not...
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Recommended Video: 2023 CTE Talk by Ann McKee
In 2023 Dr. Ann McKee gave a talk at Viterbo University in Wisconsin The Inconvenient Truth about CTE If you are a mild-TBI researcher...
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New ONR Funding Awarded
define the connection between pulsed microwave exposure and injury to define biophysical safety limits
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In the News: Chronic TBI in Navy's Speedboat Crews
The following article by Dave Philipps of the New York Times shows tragic deterioration in the lives of the Navy's Special Boat Teams...
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Advanced Blast Simulator (ABS) Commissioned at Iowa State
CARES Lab at Iowa State University Coordinator: Dr. Sarah A. Bentil  Advanced Blast Simulator (ABS) Commissioned at Iowa State...
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PANTHER at MHSRS 2024
PANTHER researchers presented 5 posters and gave 1 talk at the 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium
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Cortical Spheroids for the study of sustained compression brain injury
This article highlights the work of Brown University Profs Diane Hoffman-Kim and Haneesh Kesari - a fruitful PANTHER collaboration. Under...
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Panther Workshop 2024
The PANTHER team gathered in Madison, WI in September for the annual workshop We enjoyed warm weather as we ate lunch outside on the...
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Prof. Theva on Wisconsin Public Radio: Concussion Prevention
Wisconsin researchers weigh in on concussion prevention innovations in sports Wisconsin Public Radio's Wisconsin Today interviewed...
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PANTHER Workshop Poster Awards 2024
Congratulations! First place - Rafael D. González-Cruz Second Place - Carissa Roper Third Place - Kevin Eckstein
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First Hospital Use of TBI Blood Test: i-STAT TBI
https://www.drugtargetreview.com/news/152300/revolutionary-blood-test-identifies-patients-with-brain-injuries/ The blood test looks for...
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Pressure Sensor Initial Testing
The Andrews’ Lab had the opportunity to test their newly designed pressure sensors within Sarah Bentil’s shock tube at Iowa State...
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Publication: Can the foam in combat helmets wear out over time?
A new collaborative study was recently published in the the Journal of Applied Polymer Science to show how factors that affect the...
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In the News: Marine Mammal Brain Injuries
Science published an article outlining some possible connections between human blast-brain injuries and the theories of what may cause...
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In the News: Blast Exposure and Suicide
On July 23, 2024 the OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE released its Report on Incidence of Military Suicides by Military Job Code...
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PANTHER Postdoc Joins John Carroll University
Congratulations to Benjamin Grossman-Ponemon, PhD who recently joined the faculty of the Physics department at John Carroll University...
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Tangled Finite Element Method
A game-changing solution to a knotty problem in computational engineering https://engineering.wisc.edu/news/a-game-changing-solution-to-a...
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In the News: TBI, PTSD and MDMA
An expert panel recently voted NOT to endorse the use of MDMA for the treatment of PTSD. Much of the news coverage surrounding this...
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