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MIRECC Presents
// ADDITIONAL COURSE ADDED TO THE 2024-25 ACADEMIC YEAR //
February 26, 2025: New Findings in Low Level Blast Exposure: From Bench to Bedside
Elaine Peskind, MD; James Meabon, Phd
3:00PM ET/ 2:00PM CT/ 1:00PM MT/ 12:00PM PT/ 11:00AM AKT/ 9:00AM HT
PURPOSE STATEMENT: New data are emerging about the impacts of low-level blast exposure on veteran’s health and functioning. The purpose of this seminar is to provide mental health professionals
with an updated understanding of the latest research in this area. The session will explore emerging scientific evidence from laboratory studies and its practical applications, focusing
on how low-level blasts can impact neurological and psychological functioning. Additionally, the lecture will examine how these findings can contribute to personalized precision medicine
approaches, enabling clinicians to tailor interventions for the patients they treat. By bridging the gap between basic research and clinical care, the session aims to equip providers
with the knowledge to diagnose, treat, and manage affected individuals, with the goal of improving the health for veterans with blast-related injuries.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Describe the observed changes in brain white matter correlated with career low-level blast exposure
2. Discuss the evidence for associations between career low-level blast exposure, changes in brain connectivity and increases in negative affect
3. Discuss how assessing and monitoring these changes may aid in personalized precision medicine approaches towards mitigating the effects of career low-level blast exposure
Credit/hours: 1.0 Hours
Accreditations: JA IPCE, ACCME, ACCME-NP, ANCC, APA, NYSED, ASWB, NYSED, NBCC
MIRECC Presents empowers mental health providers to integrate cutting-edge treatments and timely research into their daily clinical practices, thereby raising the quality of care for
Veterans who experience mental health challenges. The target audience includes, but is not limited to, Physicians, Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers and other professionals supporting
Veteran care and active-duty combat personnel who will become Veterans.
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ABOUT ELAINE PESKIND, MD
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Elaine Peskind, MD, is Co-Director of the VA VISN 20 Northwest Network Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC). She is also the Friends of Alzheimer’s Research
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine. Dr. Peskind has had a 35-year career in research in Alzheimer’s disease and
related dementing disorders, particularly in stress responsive hormone systems in aging and Alzheimer’s disease, biofluid biomarkers of neurodegeneration and dementia, methods for safe
and acceptable collection of cerebrospinal fluid, and treatment of disruptive agitation in dementia. More recently, Dr. Peskind’s research has focused on the “unseen wounds of war,”
repetitive blast mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI, the “signature injury of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq) and combat trauma posttraumatic stress disorder as risk factors for neurodegeneration
and dementia. Dr. Peskind has approximately 450 publications and has been continuously funded with VA Merit Review or NIH R01 grants for over 25 years. She is an elected Fellow of the
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. In 2018, Dr. Peskind was selected as the recipient of the Paul B. Magnuson Award, Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research and Development’s
highest award for outstanding research in traumatic brain injury, PTSD, and neurodegenerative disorders.
ABOUT JAMES MEABON, PHD
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James Meabon, PhD, is a VA Health Research Scientist in NW Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (NW MIRECC) at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System. Dr. Meabon is also
an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Washington. Dr. Meabon is a VA NW MIRECC Principal Investigator and a decorated former US Army combat
infantry mortarman. His work with US Army Special Operations communities integrating translational animal models of low-level blast with clinical investigation has led to the development
of novel clinical insights, injury mechanisms, diagnostic and prognostic tools.
About MIRECC Presents
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