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Funding Agency:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
On-going Research Projects:
This research will develop a portable biosensor to detect nerve agent exposure.
This research will determine the effectiveness of the Air Force Suicide Prevention Program (AFSPP).
This project will develop an intervention for returning military personnel and their families, especially their partners.
This project will attempt to identify gene charateristics that may change an individual's risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
This project will begin to analyze information from the VA National Registry on veteran ALS patients.
This research will study an intervention to encourage returning soldiers with behavioral health disorders to obtain treatment.
This research will test the ability of an Internet based intervention to reduce PTSD symptoms in soldiers returning from combat.
This research will test the capabilities of DESTRESS-PC, a self-management program for individuals with PTSD.
Completed Research Projects:
This project investigated whether the USAF Suicide Prevention Program reduced the number of suicides over time.
This study planned to identify biochemical substances from spinal fluid specific to ALS to aid in the identification, diagnosis, and potentially lead to future treatments for affected individuals.
This project tested the blood and urine of a group of soliders to look for signs of possible environmental exposures.
This project compared brain images and functions of deployed and non-deployed Gulf War era veterans.
This study reviewed and compared the definitions for unexplained multi-symptom illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia to Gulf War veterans' unexplained illnesses.
This study looked at cancer patterns in Gulf War veterans and then compared those to Gulf War era veterans who did not deploy to the Persian Gulf.
This study evaluated disease reports of a Pennsylvania Air National Guard unit.
This project reviewed self-reported symptoms of Gulf War veterans through a telephone survey.
This project developed and evaluated a web-based learning tool (Health-e VOICE) for health care providers to use to communicate with veterans about deployment-related health concerns.
This study looked at the combined exposure of permethrin and sunlight.
This study surveyed Gulf War veterans and active duty service members to determine their knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about deployment-related hazards and illnesses, in order to develop and test health risk communication approaches and materials.
This project evaluated the written emotional disclosure (ED) intervention in veterans with chronic multi-symptom illness (CMI).
This project investigated the natural course of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
This project studied the various affects on children with a deployed parent.
This animal study looked at how mice responsed to low level exposures to pesticides.
This study looked at birth defects and health problems among children of Gulf War veterans from two units of the Mississippi National Guard.
Reports & Publications
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