DOD Blast Summit Brings Together Public Health, Safety Experts to Address Blast Overpressure Concerns [Image 1 of 2]

U.S. Public Health Service Cmdr. Todd Cesar, with the Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence, briefs attendees of the fourth annual Department of Defense Blast Summit, held at the River’s Edge Community Center at Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads-Portsmouth Annex, Virginia, July 16-18. The summit, hosted by Defense Health Agency-Public Health, provided a platform to discuss some of the latest DOD and service research and approaches focused on understanding the full lifecycle of service member exposure to blast overpressure, or BOP, and injury. (Defense Health Agency-Public Health photo by Doug Holl)
DOD Blast Summit Brings Together Public Health, Safety Experts to Address Blast Overpressure Concerns [Image 1 of 2]

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DOD Blast Summit Brings Together Public Health, Safety Experts to Address Blast Overpressure Concerns [Image 2 of 2]

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