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Press Release | Dec. 19, 2024

WRAIR-West strengthens partnership with the Brazilian Army to optimize training for service members

The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research-West hosted collaborators from the Brazilian Army Research Institute of Physical Fitness in September at Joint Base Lewis-McChord as part of a Coalition Warfare Program project.

This collaboration between WRAIR-West and IPCFEx is the second international project agreement of its kind between the U.S. military and Brazil, which aims to optimize operational performance through brain-endurance training.

Dr. Brad Fawver, a research psychologist and project co-lead at WRAIR-West, is spearheading several brain endurance training efforts in the US, including projects focused on high-intensity-interval training models.

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