BASIC OPERATIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE

Abstract

The Basic Operational Medical Science Program Element is budgeted in the Basic Research Activity because it will explore and develop basic research in medical-related information and technology leading to fundamental discoveries, tools, and applications critical to solving DoD challenges. Programs in this project address the Department's identified medical gaps in taking care of the warfighter such as blast-induced traumatic brain injury. Efforts will draw upon the information, computational modeling and physical sciences to discover properties of biological systems that cross multiple scales of biological architecture and function, from the molecular and genetic level through cellular, tissue, organ, and whole organism levels. This project will establish a fundamental understanding of brain function, short-term memory and the mechanism(s) of injury induced by exposure to blast. Basic research that aims at new methods and medical devices includes the ability to perform in-theater, continuous analysis of a warfighter's health as a preventative measure to mitigate widespread disease and development of biomaterials that allow long-term interfaces with neural tissue, electronics that provide sound attenuation and processes to remove harmful bacteria and their toxins in blood to prevent sepsis.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2012
Source ID
0601117E_1_0400_PB_2012
Change Summary Explanation
FY 2012: Increase reflects establishment of a new PE for basic medical sciences.
Service Agency Name
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bacteria
  • Bacterial Infections
  • Brain
  • Brain Injuries
  • Budgets
  • Elements
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Magnetic Resonance
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Materials
  • Mathematical Models
  • Synthetic Biology
  • Systems Biology
  • Therapy

Readers

  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
  • Gulf War Illness and Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Veterans.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Microelectronics

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