Military Health System Research Symposium 2025

Join RTI at this year's Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) – the Department of Defense's premier scientific meeting. Meet with RTI experts and learn about our work in military research & solutions. Our work with the DOD spans over 40 years and includes:

• Leading the North Carolina Center for Optimizing Military Performance (NC-COMP), a consortium that brings together expertise in research, medicine, health, fitness, engineering, materials, and manufacturing, to allow for accelerated creation and deployment of solutions that fill critical performance gaps
• Developing the SIGMA+ Health application; an initiative allowing operational forces to have secure and critical real-time health data
• Studying the use of stellate ganglion block to treat PTSD and other mental-health disorders

RTI at MHSRS

Tuesday, August 05

Poster Session 1, 1000-1200 | Exhibit Hall

"Military Medical Provider Feedback on Traumatic Brain Injury Diagnostic Aids for the Far Forward Environment"
Jonathan Zeisset, Madhu Shrestha, Dennis McGurk, Jacqueline Ortiz

Wednesday, August 06

Poster Session 3, 1000-1200 | Exhibit Hall

"Findings from a Prospective Cohort Study of Stellate Ganglion Block for Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Other Non-pain Conditions"
Kristine Rae Olmsted

"Optimizing the Human Weapon System Expansion"
Jonathan Zeisset, Madhu Shrestha, Dennis McGurk

"Preliminary Evidence for Therapeutic Effects of Stellate Ganglion Block on Tinnitus in Service Members and Veterans"
Russ Peeler

Presentation, 1530-1730 | Room Sun 4

“Optimizing the Human Weapons System Ground” 
Dennis McGurk