WASHINGTON, DC—In 2001, Dr Gail Kerr was acting as chair of VA’s field advisory committee for rheumatology and trying to decide how she could use her position to help inform VA clinical practice. Full Article

ROCKVILLE, MD—The next new therapy for rheumatoid arthritis might not be so new after all. Full Article

WASHINGTON, DC—Sexual assault is a “national problem,” and one that the military is addressing in its ranks according to Dr Kaye Whitley, PhD, director of DoD’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO), at the 2010 MHS Conference. Full Article

In the days immediately following the Haitian earthquake disaster, Eisai’s National Strategic Accounts Manager, Dan Geiger, coordinated the donation of critical care products directly to the Department of Defense. Full Article

WASHINGTON, DC—As part of the overall US relief effort for Haiti, the US military began a massive effort last month to provide assistance in the wake of a deadly earthquake that killed thousands of people and left a staggering number of others injured and in need of help. Full Article

WASHINGTON, DC—The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury and VA held a conference last month examining suicide and suicide prevention. “For all of our sophisticated knowledge, we still do not know all there is to know about preventing a needless death from occurring,” Full Article