Military Medicine and Medical Research as a Source of Inspiration and Innovation to Solve National Security and Health Challenges in the 21st Century
The history of military medicine and research is rife with examples of novel treatments and new approaches to heal and cure soldiers and others impacted by war’s devastation. In the 21st century, new threats, like climate change, are combined with traditional threats, like geopolitical conflict, to...
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| author | Nanak Dhillon Nayeon Jeon Umut Gurkan Anirban Sen Gupta Robert Bonomo Lawrence Drummy Mei Zhang Mark Chance |
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The history of military medicine and research is rife with examples of novel treatments and new approaches to heal and cure soldiers and others impacted by war’s devastation. In the 21st century, new threats, like climate change, are combined with traditional threats, like geopolitical conflict, to create novel challenges for our strategic interests. Extreme and inaccessible environments provide heightened risks for warfighter exposure to dangerous bacteria, viruses, and fungi, as well as exposure to toxic substances and extremes of temperature, pressure, or both providing threats to performance and eroding resilience. Back home, caring for our veterans is also a healthcare priority, and the diseases of veterans increasingly overlap with the health needs of an aging society. These trends of climate change, politics, and demographics suggest performance evaluation and resilience planning and response are critical to assuring both warfighter performance and societal health. The Cleveland ecosystem, comprising several hospitals, a leading University, and one of the nation’s larger Veteran’s Health Administration systems, is ideal for incubating and understanding the response to these challenges. In this review, we explore the interconnections of collaborations between Defense agencies, particularly Air Force and Army and academic medical center-based investigators to drive responses to the national health security challenges facing the United States and the world.
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| spelling | doaj.art-574447c894f84718869dfb9ef6b767392023-09-09T12:36:25ZengCase Western Reserve UniversityPathogens and Immunity2469-29642023-09-018110.20411/pai.v8i1.596Military Medicine and Medical Research as a Source of Inspiration and Innovation to Solve National Security and Health Challenges in the 21st CenturyNanak Dhillon0Nayeon Jeon1Umut Gurkan2Anirban Sen Gupta3Robert Bonomo4Lawrence Drummy5Mei Zhang6Mark Chance7Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University; Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OhioDepartment of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University; Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OhioDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OhioDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Case School of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OhioCenter for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University; Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; VAMC Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Epidemiology (Case VA CARES); Departments of Medicine, Pharmacology, Molecular Biology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OhioMaterials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Dayton, OhioDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Case School of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OhioDepartment of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University; Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University; Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Case School of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio The history of military medicine and research is rife with examples of novel treatments and new approaches to heal and cure soldiers and others impacted by war’s devastation. In the 21st century, new threats, like climate change, are combined with traditional threats, like geopolitical conflict, to create novel challenges for our strategic interests. Extreme and inaccessible environments provide heightened risks for warfighter exposure to dangerous bacteria, viruses, and fungi, as well as exposure to toxic substances and extremes of temperature, pressure, or both providing threats to performance and eroding resilience. Back home, caring for our veterans is also a healthcare priority, and the diseases of veterans increasingly overlap with the health needs of an aging society. These trends of climate change, politics, and demographics suggest performance evaluation and resilience planning and response are critical to assuring both warfighter performance and societal health. The Cleveland ecosystem, comprising several hospitals, a leading University, and one of the nation’s larger Veteran’s Health Administration systems, is ideal for incubating and understanding the response to these challenges. In this review, we explore the interconnections of collaborations between Defense agencies, particularly Air Force and Army and academic medical center-based investigators to drive responses to the national health security challenges facing the United States and the world. https://www.paijournal.com/index.php/paijournal/article/view/596Health researchfatigue and stresssensorshuman performance and resilience |
| spellingShingle | Nanak Dhillon Nayeon Jeon Umut Gurkan Anirban Sen Gupta Robert Bonomo Lawrence Drummy Mei Zhang Mark Chance Military Medicine and Medical Research as a Source of Inspiration and Innovation to Solve National Security and Health Challenges in the 21st Century Pathogens and Immunity Health research fatigue and stress sensors human performance and resilience |
| title | Military Medicine and Medical Research as a Source of Inspiration and Innovation to Solve National Security and Health Challenges in the 21st Century |
| title_full | Military Medicine and Medical Research as a Source of Inspiration and Innovation to Solve National Security and Health Challenges in the 21st Century |
| title_fullStr | Military Medicine and Medical Research as a Source of Inspiration and Innovation to Solve National Security and Health Challenges in the 21st Century |
| title_full_unstemmed | Military Medicine and Medical Research as a Source of Inspiration and Innovation to Solve National Security and Health Challenges in the 21st Century |
| title_short | Military Medicine and Medical Research as a Source of Inspiration and Innovation to Solve National Security and Health Challenges in the 21st Century |
| title_sort | military medicine and medical research as a source of inspiration and innovation to solve national security and health challenges in the 21st century |
| topic | Health research fatigue and stress sensors human performance and resilience |
| url | https://www.paijournal.com/index.php/paijournal/article/view/596 |
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