WHAT: University of Nebraska at Kearney Science Café
HOSTED BY: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society
TITLE: “Developing Medical Countermeasures for the Warfighter”
TOPIC: The development of medical countermeasures for the warfighter is often not significantly different than that for the civilian population. Gunshot wounds and traumatic brain injury are examples of areas where medical research is common to both sectors. However, operational environments such as chemical, biological and nuclear battlefields are unique to the warfighter and where NSRI is tasked to provide expertise in developing medical countermeasures. This talk will address those unique environments and present current and proposed research to address some of the most difficult medical issues facing the warfighter today.
PRESENTER: Terry Thiem is the director of medical countermeasures at the National Strategic Research Institute at the University of Nebraska, the Department of Defense-designated University Affiliated Research Center sponsored by U.S. Strategic Command. He supports strategic planning and oversees all research intended to develop therapeutics and pre-exposure prophylactics to counter chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) threat sequelae for the Department of Defense and other federal customers. He is responsible for identifying research opportunities, securing funding, proposal writing and submission, organizing research teams, monitoring research progress and reviewing and approving products and reports.
Thiem earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry and geo-studies from Wayne State College, master’s degree in business administration from Wheeling University and doctorate degree in chemistry from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He retired from the U.S. Air Force in May 2019 after nearly 29 years of military service.
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
DATE: Thursday, Sept. 19
PLACE: Ponderosa Room, Nebraskan Student Union
CONTACT: Katherine Moen, UNK associate psychology professor, 308.865.8236, moenk@unk.edu
