National Military Medical Cen- ter in Bethesda, Md., to examine mild, moderate, and severe TBI. “The study is enrolling patients [through the continuum of sever- ity] and taking a look at things like brain imaging, biomarkers, and neuropsychological testing and examining their impact over time on servicemembers and veterans,” Hinds reports.
Focusing on the long term DVBIC’s multiyear study is not the only ongoing research into TBI. The VA study that recruited Hopper is one of 12 funded by a $62.2 million federal grant to oversee a national consortium of researchers charged with inves- tigating the eff ects of TBI among servicemembers and veterans. According to Chair and Herman J. Flax, M.D. Professor Dr. David Cifu, principal investigator in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at VCU, re- searchers hope to learn more about the long-term eff ects of mild TBI, including its patho- physiology and the long-suspected association between repeated con- cussions and neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a debilitating condition common among boxers, football players, and others who experience frequent concussions. The good news, says Cifu, is
most patients with mild TBI do well with treatment. “Up to 95 percent of people with this condition will have a complete resolution at one year with the right kind of care,” he reports. “Eighty-fi ve percent will be well in three to six months.”
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— Don Vaughan is a freelance writer from North Carolina. His last article for Military Offi cer was “The Mail Must Go Through,” February 2016.
110 MILITARY OFFICER MARCH 2016
moaacalendar
Log on to the MOAA Web Base at
www.moaa.org/careerlectures to find out when a MOAA Transition Center representative is coming to your area. Double-check time and location before attending.
March
California, Beale AFB, base theater, Marketing Yourself for a Second Career (MYSC), March 15, 9 a.m., Capt. Patricia Cole, USN (Ret), Transition Center (TC)
California, Travis AFB, bldg. 181, 6th Air Refueling Squadron auditorium, MYSC, March 16, 9 a.m., Capt. Patricia Cole, USN (Ret), TC
District of Columbia, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, bldg. 13, executive transition assistance program (ETAP), March 21, 10 a.m., Col. Terri Coles, USA (Ret), TC
Maryland, Naval Support Activity Bethesda, bldg. 17, ETAP, March 7, 8 a.m., Capt. Patricia Cole, USN (Ret), TC
Maryland, Annapolis, U.S. Naval Acad- emy, fleet and family center, ETAP, March 14, 8 a.m., Capt. Patricia Cole, USN (Ret), TC
Missouri, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri Council of Chapters, March 5, Col. Barry Wright, USA (Ret), Council and Chapter Affairs
Oregon, Eugene, Emerald Empire Chapter, March 23, speaker TBD
Oregon, Eugene, Oregon Council of Chapters, March 24, speaker TBD
Virginia, Fort Belvoir, Barden Center, MYSC, March 1, 9 a.m., Col. John Sims, USA (Ret), TC
Virginia, Fort Belvoir, Barden Center, room 105, finance class, March 2, 9 a.m., Lt. Col. Shane Ostrom, USAF (Ret), TC
Virginia, MCB Quantico, Religious and Family Service Annex, MYSC, March 2, 9 a.m., Col. Terri Coles, USA (Ret), TC
Virginia, Fort Belvoir, Barden Center, theater, Post-9/11 GI Bill seminar, March 15, 9 a.m., Capt. Paul Frost, USN (Ret), TC
Virginia, Fort Belvoir, Barden Center, room 105, Evaluating Employee Benefits, March 16, 10 a.m., Capt. Paul Frost, USN (Ret), TC
Virginia, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, bldg. 21, classroom 104, ETAP, March 21, 9 a.m., Capt. Patricia Cole, USN (Ret), TC
Virginia, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, bldg. 29, classroom 104, finance class, March 22, 10 a.m., Lt. Col. Shane Ostrom, USAF (Ret), TC
Virginia, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Education Center, bldg. 417, room 108, MYSC, March 29, 1 p.m., Col. John Sims, USA (Ret), TC
April
Illinois, Scott AFB, airman and family readiness center, MYSC, April 11, 1 p.m., Capt. Patricia Cole, USN (Ret), TC
Kansas, Fort Leavenworth, Resiliency Center, classroom 125, MYSC, April 15, 8:30 a.m., Capt. Patricia Cole, USN (Ret), TC
Maryland, Bethesda, Walter Reed Na- tional Military Medical Center, bldg. 62, ETAP, April 4, 8 a.m., Col. John Sims, USA (Ret), TC
Missouri, Fort Leonard Wood, Thur- man Hall, bldg. 2431, room 3035, MYSC, April 12, 8:30 a.m., Capt. Patricia Cole, USN (Ret), TC
Missouri, Whiteman AFB, family sup- port center, bldg. 527, MYSC, April 14, 8 a.m., Capt. Patricia Cole, USN (Ret), TC
North Carolina, Kitty Hawk, First Flight Military Officers Association, April 1, Cmdr. René Campos, USN (Ret), Govern- ment Relations
North Carolina, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina Council of Chapters, April 2, Cmdr. René Campos, USN (Ret), Govern- ment Relations
MOAA meetings
Council Presidents’ Seminar and Storming the Hill, Alexandria, Va., April 12-14
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