Army Research Looks at New PTSD Treatment
By Rob McIlvaine

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, 20 June 2012) While there are no simple cures for post-traumatic stress disorder, a leading military researcher said progress is being made with a new treatment method and a number of recent studies. COL Carl Castro, Director of the Military Operational Medicine Research Program, has been funding studies into post-traumatic stress disorder, known as PTSD, over the past five years, and he said the results are beginning to come in.

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USARIEM Researcher Will Receive Top White House Award for Scientific Excellence

Dr. Maria Urso, a researcher from the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine at Natick Soldier Systems Center, in Natick, Mass. will receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award at the Baird Auditorium at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History on July 31, 2012

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WRAIR Neurotrauma Office in New Agreement to Address PTSD

FORT DETRICK, MD. (5 July 2012) Post-traumatic stress disorder is a common anxiety disorder that can stem from any traumatic event experienced by an individual. While there are medications currently approved by the FDA to treat it, they are not sufficiently effective in treating combat-related post-traumatic stress commonly seen in service members and veterans. MAJ Gary Wynn, research psychiatrist with the Neurotrauma and Psychological Health Project Management Office, describes a new interagency agreement with the Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program to address the issue.

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MOMRP FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

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Welcome

The Military Operational Medicine Research Program (MOMRP), United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), manages an extensive portfolio of research aimed at developing effective countermeasures against stressors to maximize health, performance and well-being throughout the Deployment Cycle. The broad program is organized into four program areas: Injury Prevention and Reduction, Psychological Health and Resilience, Physiological Health, and Environmental Health and Protection. Each area represents efforts to develop guidelines and criteria to predict, prevent and mitigate physical and psychological injury and contribute to the shared responsibility of enabling our Armed Forces and providing them with the best care possible.

The MOMRP conducts collaborative research with university and commercial laboratories and other federal agencies oriented toward solving critical problems facing the Army today and in the future. Service- and platform-specific issues are addressed through close coordination with Navy and Air Force counterparts to prevent duplication of effort. The MOMRP uses an independent, external scientific peer review process to ensure high quality and validity of its research, peer review of milestone accomplishments and to prepare these findings for publication in the open scientific literature.

The MOMRP is centered on cutting-edge scientific research and bringing science to the Soldier on the battlefield in a relevant, timely manner. The MOMRP depends on a phenomenal cadre of dedicated scientists and engineers who continuously and tirelessly work to protect the Nation’s most valuable asset – the Warrior.

Science to Soldier is our focus