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Modern conflicts have taken warfighters around the globe, placing them in diverse climates that range from oppressive heat and humidity to subfreezing temperatures. To prepare military personnel for any environmental conditions they may encounter in future battlespaces, the Environmental Physiology team studies the physiological effects of harsh environmental temperatures and develop evidence-based solutions to manage heat and cold stress while protecting the health and readiness of our warfighters.
Research conducted by our Environmental Physiology team keeps our warfighters healthy and mission ready by increasing knowledge of individual thermoregulatory capacity, conducting heat tolerance testing to assess recovery from heat injury and return-to-duty status, identifying safe heat exposure limits to decrease heat injuries, evaluating physiological and cognitive responses to extreme cold weather, and mitigating hypothermia by validating rewarming strategies.
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