Force Health Protection, Advanced Diagnostics/Therapeutics Research & Development (Budgeted) (Air Force)
Abstract
This project area seeks to deliver an improved Force Health Protection capability across the full spectrum of operations. Under Force Health Protection, sub-project areas include: Directed Energy and Occupational and Environmental Health. Research in the Directed Energy sub-project area seeks to develop technologies to "detect to warn" and "detect to protect" AF operators such that they can take appropriate actions to prevent or minimize exposure leading to adverse health effects. Research in the Occupational and Environmental Health sub-project area involves the assessment and implementation of innovative new technologies that not only give Air Force Medical Service personnel battlefield situational awareness of Occupational and Environmental Health Hazards, but which also enables effective surveillance, detection and mitigation. Other areas of interest include infectious disease and food and water surveillance. Under Advanced Diagnostics/Therapeutics Research and Development, sub-project areas include Personalized Medicine/Genomic Medicine and the Simple Situational Awareness Widget. The Personalized Medicine/Genomic Medicine sub-project area supports the development of systems advancing the delivery of ‘Omic-informed personalized medicine and emphasizes targeted prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. The field of ‘Omic medicine includes genomics, epigenetics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and gene-environment interaction. The delivery of pro-active, evidence-based, personalized medicine will improve health in warfighters and beneficiaries by providing care that is specific to the situation and patient, to include preventing disease or injury, early and accurate diagnosis, and selection of appropriate and effective treatment. Personalized medicine will reduce morbidity, mortality, mission impact of illness/injury, and healthcare costs while increasing health and wellness of the AF population and efficiency of the healthcare system. This supports systems development in multiple focus areas.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2014
- Source ID
- 646ae9cad83a2f182f1d5109199caaf9