Health Services Research
The DoD Deployment Health Clinical Center has a mission to improve deployment health care. Health Services research,
including clinical trials and other methodologies, provides a method of accomplishing that mission.
Optimized Implementation of a Stepped Clinical Risk Communication Guideline
Clinical Trials
A clinical trial is a research strategy that uses the scientific method to test the efficacy, effectiveness, and
safety of a therapeutic procedure or agent. Clinical trials enable the medical field to develop and refine treatment
approaches that demonstrate benefit to improving health and well-being for a variety of health conditions.
Treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Military Women
Gulf War Illness Research
A very large percentage of the more than 700,000 Americans who served in the Gulf War returned home to enjoy good
health. However, a number of Gulf War veterans have suffered from a variety of symptoms, including fatigue, muscle
and joint pain, and problems with memory and thinking. Because researchers have not yet identified a cause or a single
underlying disease process, doctors must treat veterans for their individual symptoms.
The VA Office of Research and Development has just completed a $20 million effort with the Department of Defense
(DoD) to conduct two separate major studies of possible treatments for symptoms of the undiagnosed illnesses of Gulf
War veterans.
Exercise/Behavior Therapy Study
Antibiotic Treatment of Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
Deployment Health Related Research
A number of organizations within the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs are joined by other
government and civilian agencies in conducting research relevant to the entire continuum of deployment health
issues.
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