Brain Injury

By Jordan Hearod, PhD, MPH On February 14th, 2020

NPR: 109 U.S. Troops Suffered Brain Injuries In Iran Strike, Pentagon Says

BILL CHAPPELL Debris and rubble are seen at the site where an Iranian missile struck Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq’s Anbar province in January. The U.S. has repeatedly raised its injury report from the strike; it now says 109 personnel suffered brain injuries. The Defense Department says 45 more U.S. service members have been…

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By Jordan Hearod, PhD, MPH On February 10th, 2020

UVA: Researcher Uses Computer Models to Get Inside Heads of TBI Victims

For the full article, see: https://news.virginia.edu/content/researcher-uses-computer-models-get-inside-heads-tbi-victims By Fariss Samarrai, [email protected] Photos by Dan Addison, [email protected]   Mechanical and biomedical engineer Matthew Panzer is leading computational brain modeling projects at UVA’s Center for Applied Biomechanics. Each year about 3 million Americans suffer from traumatic brain injury – concussions and severe brain damage resulting from sporting activities, car crashes, falls, work-related…

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