Gulf War Illness Research Program

Abstract

DOD-funded GWI research began in 1994 with the establishment of a Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Research Program (GWVIRP) to study the health effects of service members deployed in the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War. From FY94 to FY05, the GWVIRP was managed by the USAMRMC Military Operational Medicine Research Program (MOMRP). Research pertaining to GWI also was funded intermittently through the CDMRPs Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP), which supports military health-related research. The MOMRP shared management responsibility for the GWVIRP with the CDMRP in FY06 with separate $5 million appropriations. Although the GWVIRP did not receive funding in FY07, a $10 million appropriation renewed the program in FY08, renamed the Gulf War Illness Research Program (GWIRP), to be managed fully by the CDMRP. The GWIRP has continued in FY09 and FY10 with an $8 million appropriation each year. The program is directed to support peer reviewed research of treatments for the complex of symptoms that comprise GWI, identification of objective markers (biomarkers) for the disease, and understanding the pathobiology underlying GWI.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA536074

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research and Development Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Markers
  • Biomedical Research
  • Blood Proteins
  • Brain Injuries
  • Clinical Trials
  • Consortiums
  • Consumers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Health Surveys
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Pain
  • Persian Gulf Syndrome
  • Personnel Management
  • Proteins
  • Scientists

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  • Gulf War Illness and Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Veterans.
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