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The Department of Medicine supports basic and clinical research across all internal medicine subspecialties. Ongoing research topics include:
- sudden cardiac arrest and arrhythmias
- hemorrhagic shock
- obesity
- opioid complications
- pain management in trauma/large-scale combat operations (ketamine)
- vaccine development for VEE, tuberculosis, influenza, and MRSA
- prevention of skin/soft tissue infections in troops
- management of post-traumatic stress disorder and impact of blast injury
- hemophilia and other blood clotting perturbations
- traumatic brain injury
- mastocytosis
- sickle cell disease
- treatments for viral diseases (such as HIV and SARS-CoV-2)
- wastewater surveillance for infectious pathogens
- per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
- environmental toxin impact on health/cancer risk in active duty personnel
- risk factors for rheumatologic disorders
- patient safety
Currently, extramural funding for research includes RO1 and R21 grants from the National Institutes of Health, three Center for Military Precision Health grants, Department of Defense and foundation funding, as well as industrial programs.
Our research faculty include:
- Karl Alcover, Ph.D.
- Naomi Aronson, MD
- Nathan Boggs, MD
- David Burmeister, Ph.D.
- Jess Edison, MD
- Alaric Franzos, MD
- Mark Haigney, MD
- Michael Klein, Ph.D.
- Jason Lavender, Ph.D.
- Marzena Pazgier, Ph.D., M.S.
- Kathleen Pratt, MD
- Jennifer Rusiecki, Ph.D.
- Michael Roy, MD
- Col Ian Stewart, MD
- LTC Erin Tompkins, MD, MHA, MPH
- Patrick Young, MD
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