IFBIC 20259th International Forum
on Blast Injury Countermeasures

PROGRAM

IFBIC 2025 has 60 abstracts, including 4 keynotes and 8 tutorials listed below, and 49 regular papers.

Keynote 1

TCCC, Blood Bank, Evacuation..., there are more to prepare for contingency

Lt. Gen. N. Kuwada
Vice President for Military Training and Defense Medical Research of National Defense Medical College (Japan)

Keynote 2

Nanophotonic Probes for Blast-induced Brain Injury Studies

Dr. S. P. Karna
USA DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory (USA)

Keynote 3

Probing and sensing ions, water and mechanical dynamics in astrocytes by multifunctional nanomaterials, electronic and optical devices

Dr. V. Benfenati
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e Fotoreattività (Italy)

Keynote 4

Post-Blast Symptomatology and the Diagnostic Controversy of TBI vs. PTSD: How do we decide? Lessons from History

Dr. D. P. Perl and Dr. D. Priemer
Uniformed Services University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology (USA)
Department of Defense/Uniformed Services University Brain Tissue Repository (USA)

Tutorial 1

Blast Overpressure Tool for Range Safety

Dr. Raj. K. Gupta
DoD Blast Injury Research Program Coordinating Office, USAMRDC (USA)

Tutorial 2

Biomechanical Outcomes Based Pre-Clinical Injury Scaling for Lung and Brain following Blast Exposure

Dr. V. S. Sajja
Blast Induced Neurotrauma Branch, Center for Military Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (USA)

Tutorial 3

Molecular dynamics simulations of shockwave effects on biological membranes:
Fundamentals and limitations

Dr. K. Koshiyama
Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University (Japan)

Tutorial 4

CNS border-associated macrophages in health and disease

Dr. T. Masuda
Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University (Japan)

Tutorial 5

Blood based protein biomarkers of primary explosive blast induced traumatic brain injury; advances, challenges and opportunities

Dr. D. Agoston
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USA)

Tutorial 6

Characterizing High-Velocity Angular Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex Function in Servicemembers Post Blast Exposure

COL M. Scherer
DoD Blast Injury Research Program Coordinating Office, USAMRDC (USA)

Tutorial 7

Preclinical study on pathogenesis and molecular targeted therapy for inner ear blast injuries

Dr. K. Mizutari
Department of Otolaryngology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Adachi Medical Center

Tutorial 8

Mental Health Challenges After Blast-Induced TBI: Dimensional Approaches and the Promise of Decoded Neurofeedback

Dr. T. Chiba
Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (Japan)
The Department of Psychiatry, Self-Defense Forces Hanshin Hospital (Japan)