Military & VeteransDr. Perl shares his optimism for better research and new findings in the future.
Those of us who are working in the Department
of Defense are very satisfied by the extent of commitment of the Department of Defense
to this problem. They recognize the importance of it. They recognize that we need answers, we need
to provide those who’ve gone to the battlefield and served their country and been injured
in this way, we need to provide them with answers. We need to better able to deal with the problems
that they’re having. We’re not there yet. But there’s a significant group of very
talented scientists working on this problem and thinking about it every day. This is a very complex problem, we’re just
beginning to get some grasp in terms of its underlying biology. And this is going to take time.
Posted on BrainLine December 13, 2017.
About the author: Daniel P. Perl, MD
Dr. Perl is a Professor of Pathology at USUHS and Director of the CNRM's Brain Tissue Repository, where he has established a state-of-the-art neuropathology laboratory dedicated to research on the acute and long-term effects of traumatic brain injury among military personnel.
(Photo: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Allison Lotz/Released)