UVA’s Center for Applied Biomechanics researches how the human body sustains injury—and how to prevent it—in both car crashes and combat. Jason Forman leads automotive safety work with NHTSA, while Robert Salzar develops military protective equipment, including the Warrior Injury Assessment Manikin, born from studying blast injuries in MRAP vehicles.
UVA researchers James Stone and Matthew Panzer helped craft new NATO guidelines addressing brain injuries from repeated low-level blast exposures in military training and combat. The report offers immediate exposure limits, operational monitoring strategies, and a research roadmap to better protect service members, building on UVA’s growing expertise in blast injury science and new simulation technology.
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