Conduct research to sustain and enhance performance (physical and cognitive) and minimize medical problems associated with military operations at environmental extremes (heat, cold & high terrestrial altitude). In addition, research supports military materiel developers of clothing, equipment, food and pharmaceuticals.

Research Areas

Heat Stress

• Acquired Thermal Tolerance
• Heat Acclimatization
• Fluid & Electrolyte Requirements
• Human Performance
• Exposure Guidelines
• Heat Strain of Clothing & Equipment
• Microclimate Cooling
• Predict & Prevent Heat Casualties
  

Cold Stress

• Cold Acclimatization.
• Thermoregulatory Fatigue
  
• Exposure Guidelines
  
• Nutritional Supplements
  
• Dexterity
  
• Clothing Insulation
  
• Microclimate Heating
  
• Predict & Prevent Cold Injuries
  

High Altitude

• Altitude Acclimatization
• Hypoxic Preconditioning
• Human Performance
• Exposure Guidelines
• Nutritional Supplements for High-Altitude Operations
• Predict & Prevent Mountain Sickness.
  

Pathophysiology

• Heat Injury/Stroke
• Hypothermia
• Cellular Protection
• Molecular Biomarkers
• Signaling Pathways
• Gene Expression

Department of the Army
USARIEM
United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

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