We are delighted to announce that PANTHER 6 has been funded for $10M to research directed energy, blast and blunt traumatic brain injury prediction and prevention. This award adds 4 new PIs to the PANTHER team – Congratulations! At the University of Wisconsin:
Two engineers explain the physics of invisible cell death https://theconversation.com/low-level-blasts-from-heavy-weapons-can-cause-traumatic-brain-injury-2-engineers-explain-the-physics-of-invisible-cell-death-220267
PANTHER aims to quantitatively and deterministically link the physics of a head insult to the resulting biological injury response. Read the full article here
Congratulations! Read the press release here Within PANTHER, Prof. Henak is conducting experiments to understand the properties of the interfaces between the skull and the brain.
We are delighted to announce that PANTHER 7 has been funded for $5M to research helmet innovations that could lead to preventing mTBI in warfighters from ballistic impacts. This award is spearheaded by industry partner Team Wendy, now part of Avon Protection.