“Climate change is reshaping the geostrategic operational and tactical environment, with significant implications for U.S. national security and defense,” said Joe Bryan, a Department of Defense official. Bryan, DoD Chief Sustainability Officer and Senior Climate Advisor to the Defense Secretary; Melissa Dalton, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs; and Richard Kidd,…
The Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) was asked to determine if commercial or government off-the-shelf, long-lasting antiviral surface coatings exist. DSIAC researchers compiled relevant information as of April 2020 and reached out to subject matter experts from U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) laboratories working on related efforts. Multiple commercial and government antimicrobial or antiviral surface coatings and DoD-funded research projects with the potential…
Learn MoreHDIAC hosts live online technical presentations featuring a DoD research and engineering topic within our technical focus areas.
Hosted by: Thomas Buss
April 27, 2022 12:00 pmHosted by: Gregory Nichols
April 13, 2022 12:00 pm
For over two decades, the government has invested heavily in nanotechnology research, and the broad applicability of advances in the field holds great promise to improve combat casualty care (CCC). Because of this broad scope, however, no single source exists that comprehensively assesses the current and potential applications of nanotechnology to military health service support,…
The 2024 Joint Air Survivability Summit will highlight key threats posed to aerial platforms from adversaries and the innovative technologies or strategies, which may be used to counter them. At this forum, senior-level speakers will…
Previously two separate events, the 2024 Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Drone and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Symposium is the first time both communities are connected to discuss safety and emerging technologies for our shared skies….
THIS IS AN IN-PERSON, COLLABORATIVE EVENT. In 2022, there were over 100 million displaced persons globally, a number that only continues to grow. Because one region’s instability bleeds into its surrounding areas, it is all…
The National Homeland Security Conference brings together professionals in homeland security, law enforcement, fire, and emergency management. They include officials in federal agencies, nonprofit agencies, business owners, universities, and decision-makers to contribute or learn about…
The International Detonation Symposium started in 1951 and was originally a Navy-sponsored discussion of about 17 papers. In subsequent years, it has been sponsored by U.S. Department of Defense and Energy labs and has grown…
Physician, Board Certified in Preventive Medicine/Public Health
Rodney Coldren is a physician board certified in Preventive Medicine/Public Health. Some of his key assignments have been as the Chief of Disease Epidemiology at the U.S. Army Public Health Center and the Public Health Emergency Officer for Army Europe/Africa. In the Army Medical Corps, he served in the United States, Korea, Kenya, Thailand, Iraq, and Germany and retired as a Colonel in June 2021. He has worked in emerging infectious disease surveillance and response as well as infectious disease epidemiology. Dr. Coldren is also an Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
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