Join the North Carolina Military Business Center and the North Carolina Coalition of Defense Researchers for a Science and Technology (S&T) webinar discussion with the US Army Medical Capability Development Integration Directorate (MED CDID). LTC Susan Gosine, Chief, Science and Technology Branch, Concepts Division will discuss current and future technologies of interest to the Army Medical Community. MED CDID mission is to develop concepts, learn, and integrate capabilities to improve medical support to our Army and the joint force. MED CDID’s Science and Technology Branch finds current and emerging technologies that improve our medical capabilities on the future battlefield from now to the year 2040 and beyond.
When. August 6, 2025 starting at 2:00 EST
Specific topics of discussion will include:
Water.
- How to acquire it in dry environments.
- How to make available water potable.
- How to make available water medical-grade (e.g., IVs, surgical procedures).
- How to recycle water in austere conditions.
- How to safely dispose/recycle contaminated water, utilizing reduced energy signatures.
Clothing / Textiles.
- Clothing to warm or cool the body in extreme climates (temperature regulation).
- Clothing that reduces thermal signature (avoidance of detection).
- Clothing with sensors that can help decisions regarding triage, diagnosis, and treatment.
Human Performance Monitoring.
- Sleep (amount and quality).
- Stress (acute stress, episodic acute, and chronic).
- Nutritional requirements / shortcomings.
- Emotional states.
- Detecting imminent illness (you will have a fever within 24 hours).
Medical Devices.
- Smaller.
- Lighter.
- Easier to maintain and calibrate.
- Durable.
- Use less power or energy.
- Easy to operate (training requirement is minimal).
- Devices that reduce medical personnel requirements (e.g., allow nurses to tend to more patients without reducing the quality of care).
Synthetic Biology (and similar fields of science).
- Healing faster (e.g., broken bone, burns).
- Grow tissue and organs compatible with the patient.
Detecting Environmental Hazards.
- Remotely taking samples of soil, water, air, etc.
- Detecting natural and synthetic biological threats.
- Detecting natural and synthetic chemical threats.
- Detecting natural and synthetic radiological threats.
Medical Intel.
- Incorporating data mined from multiple sites into a common picture that tells the medical story. (Extrapolating knowledge of disease, air, soil, weather to extrapolate a medical risk in real time.)
Other topics:
- Medical care in extreme climates (heat, cold, high altitude).
- More efficient casualty evacuation.
- Blood and blood products (e.g., synthetic whole blood, blood that does not require refrigeration).
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