Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
A recent agreement between Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Wright State University is setting the stage for what participants hope will be fruitful joint research work.
One project made possible by the agreement: The Air Force Research Laboratory, based at Wright-Patterson, is partnering with Wright State to better understand the stresses that pilots and airmen endure as they perform their missions.
The base and the university recently signed a “cooperative research and development agreement” to advance a “multi-organ system model” that will accurately identify the impact those stressors have on human beings.
The duration of the agreement, also called a “CRADA,” is 24 months.
“I think it’s a big deal,” said Dr. Darrin Ott, lead for the Aerospace and Operational Medicine Core Technical Competency at the 711th Human Performance Wing.
“This will allow for far greater collaborations,” said Dr. Jeffrey Travers, professor and chair of Wright State’s Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and professor of dermatology.
