The Contemporary History Institute presents Michael Doidge, speaking on “Thinking Ahead: A Contemporary History of the U.S. Military, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Psychological Health” on Thursday, April 19, at 4:30 p.m. in Baker 242.
Doidge is a contract historian working at the Department of Defense’s Defense Health Agency. He has worked as a historian in military health since 2013. He began his career at the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff College in 2011 where he created “Vanguard of Valor,” the U.S. Military’s first digitally interactive military history. He has published on topics including Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Gender and the Military, and Military Health. He is also currently finishing his dissertation at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Michael Doidge
Abstract: Traumatic brain injury, post traumatic stress disorder, and suicide are at the center of public discourse on service member and veteran health. Doidge’s talk will trace 20th century U.S. military medical responses from the U.S. Armed Services to eventual elevation to the Department of Defense. The 1990s saw the nascent development of Department of Defense Medical Centers of Excellence.These centers were designed to evaluate clinical care, research, and education, shrink time from laboratory trials to clinical use, inform U.S. Armed Service healthcare policies, programs, and procedures, and exponentially advance military medical science. Doidge’s talk will weave together the complex interplay between the U.S. public, its military, its politics, medical science, and war.
This event is free and open to the public.
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