Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine

The U.S. Military’s engagement in a multitude of conflicts over the past two decades has posed significant physical and psychological challenges for service members. CAMRIS teams with military and government clinicians, researchers, and allied health professionals to improve our understanding of risk factors and triggers for debilitating medical issues, such as TBI, PTSD, suicide, and depression, and then works to develop interventions, treatments, and rehabilitation strategies to improve the long-term health outcomes for service members affected by these issues. Our team is committed to assisting the Military Health System and the Defense Health Agency to achieve their goals of improving care through better approaches of identifying and managing these issues and executing innovative research to explore better treatment options and outcomes.

The CAMRIS team recognizes the importance of readiness, resilience, and rehabilitation to the success of our military forces. This is precisely why CAMRIS researchers and support staff are dedicated to developing multidisciplinary programs, equipment, and interventions to help service members train and perform with less stress and fewer injuries, leading to faster recovery and re-engagement. When injuries are incurred, CAMRIS assists military partners to implement cutting-edge rehabilitation programs through research and testing of new technologies, with the goal of restoring physical, mental, and cognitive abilities that have been lost due to disease and/or injury. Our expertise includes physical therapy, exercise physiology, athletic training, nutrition and dietetics, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, mental health evaluation, and advanced cognitive-based therapies, all with a common goal of improved quality of life, an expedient return to duty, and improved readiness to enhance mission success.

CAMRIS has significant experience in executing and managing a wide range of clinical trials and clinical studies, both CONUS and OCONUS. We work closely with our customers through military-academic and military-industry partnerships to design, plan, and implement phase I-IV, single and multi-site clinical trials. Our work on these critical programs has supported the delivery of new vaccines, novel invasive and non-invasive therapies, and the incorporation of new medical devices into the military healthcare system. Medical advancements, validated through clinical trials, are a vital link in the chain to ensuring readiness of the Force, protection of service members' families, and global health security around the world.