220317-GR120-1232 BOSTON (Mar. 17, 2022) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith, right, speaks with Dr. Brian Edlow, the ReBlast principal investigator with Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, center right, Dr. Yelena Bodian, the ReBlast co-investigator, center left, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Gregory A. Smith, Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) senior enlisted leader, left, during the USSOCOM podcast, “SOFCAST”, as part of an orientation on the pilot study of the long-term effects of repetitive, low-level blast exposure (RLLBE) of Special Operati


220317-GR120-1232 BOSTON (Mar. 17, 2022) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith, right, speaks with Dr. Brian Edlow, the ReBlast principal investigator with Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, center right, Dr. Yelena Bodian, the ReBlast co-investigator, center left, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Gregory A. Smith, Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) senior enlisted leader, left, during the USSOCOM podcast, “SOFCAST”, as part of an orientation on the pilot study of the long-term effects of repetitive, low-level blast exposure (RLLBE) of Special Operations Forces service members, named ReBlast, at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging. Special Operations Command is leading DOD efforts to determine the effects career-long repetitive blast exposure has on brain health and function. USSOCOM initiated the pilot study, in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University and a multi-institutional team of experts in traumatic brain injury.


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