NATO partners come together again to discuss global medical challenges
Maj. Katie Odom, 3rd Medical Training Brigade, Mobile Readiness and Training Command, applying a bandage during training Nov. 3, 2019. Odom wasselected for the Martelet Cup during the Interallied Confederation of Medical Reserve Officers Summer Congress, Aug. 2019. Odom received the Martelet Cup for her research into burn injuries and PTSD. She conducted her research as the chief of occupational therapy in burn rehabilitation at the Institute of Surgical Research's U.S. Army Burn Center in San Antonio. With the help of the preliminary work by Odom and her team, the USAISR secured a grant in collaboration with the STRONG STAR consortium to study brief prolonged exposure efficacy in burn patients. STRONG STAR, the South Texas Research Organizational Network Guiding Studies on Trauma and Resilience, is a research consortium funded by the U.S. Dept. of Defense and Veterans Affairs, to develop and evaluate the most effective treatments of combat-related PTSD. (Photo by Lucille Odom)