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Bioinformatics approach could help optimize soldiers' training for improved readiness and recovery - EurekAlert
Of the many perils facing members of the military, injuries incurred in training or on deployment repeatedly sideline elite operators. “It’s a pervasive problem,” says Dhruv Seshadri, an assistant professor of bioengineering in Lehigh University’s P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science. “We’re looking at how we can integrate physiological data, biomechanical data, and subjective assessments to help reduce the risk of these injuries happening in the first place, and when they do happen, how we can use those data to accelerate the soldier’s return to operation.” Seshadri is part of a collaborative, interdisciplinary team that recently received funding from Lehigh University to mitigate musculoskeletal injuries in the military population. Seshadri will work in tandem with Robert Kaleal, director of performance at Spire Academy in Ohio and CEO of Bodies Done Right, and with the FBI and its new recruits to the bureau’s Hostage Rescue Team (HRT).
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