Traumatic brain injuries can be debilitating and sometimes culminate in permanent disability. While many people who experience a TBI are simply the victims of an unlucky accident, certain careers carry an outsize risk for brain injuries.
Many of these risky jobs are in the military, and that’s why the United States Department of Defense has invested millions of dollars into university-based research aimed at preventing, detecting and treating TBIs. Much of that work is performed by an interdisciplinary group of engineers and scientists involved in PANTHER. The multi-institution collaboration led out of the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering is developing better methods for diagnosing TBIs, as well as advanced materials that promise to make military helmets better at preventing injury. These advanced materials are also improving helmets used by others, from law enforcement to athletes.
Read the full story here: https://news.wisc.edu/uw-fostering-closer-research-ties-with-federal-defense-cybersecurity-agencies/