FALLS CHURCH, VA. -- The US Army Medical Command takes Brain Health seriously. So much so, that it hosted the third brain health workshop at the Office of the Army Surgeon General (OTSG) located at Defense Health Headquarters (DHHQ) March 19 - 20.
This brain health workshop followed up on and expanded upon work that began in the previous two brain health workshops, and capitalized on work begun at the April 2014 Army Brain Health Consortium, also held at OTSG.
According to Col. Benjamin Solomon, Brain Health Program Manager, Office of the Army Surgeon General (OTSG), "We are delighted by the amount of collaboration and energy by all those who participated. With each meeting, we are one step closer to discovering the best ways to train, educate and optimize the overall brain health of our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines. I am truly honored to be part of this forward thinking group of medical professionals."
Twenty-six neuroscience clinicians, researchers and practitioners, most of whom participated in the April 2014 Brain Health Consortium, were present. Cutting edge ideas and research in academic and military-sponsored settings, as well as investigations into very promising, well-researched work recently brought forward from Stanford University and The University of Texas at Dallas, were shared and integrated into draft programs.
Represented at the Brain Health Workshop were members from; US Army Public Health Command (PHC), Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC), Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICOE), Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), Reserve Components, TRADOC's Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC) and Army Combined Arms Center (ACAC), the Army Research Office and non-DoD civilians from academia and industry.
The anticipated products from the workshop will include: (1.) A Cognitive Dominance white paper integrating Brain Health, Performance Triad, Cognitive Dominance, and Human Dimension together; (2.) An entire Brain Health Program action plan that includes research, education, training, strategic messaging, innovations needed, cognitive enhancement, and implementation and; (3.) A cognitive enhancement training program that now includes measureable training requirements for choosing computer-based brain trainers.
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