Latest Outcomes: December 2024
Investigating Medical & Psychosocial Outcomes of UK Combat Casualties from the Afghanistan War Last month whilst talking at BAsem 2024, Professor Alex Bennett discussed the background of ADVANCE andemphasised the…
ADVANCE around the world: Meetings and conferences attended in 2023
ADVANCE researchers are honoured to have been invited to present ADVANCE findings at various meetings around the world in 2023. In August 2023, ADVANCE Lead Investigator Gp Capt Alex Bennett…
ADVANCE: The story so far – what we have achieved to date and what the future holds
Big thanks to all our participants and the ADVANCE team for being part of ADVANCE since the study started in 2014. The participants have now completed the first round of…
‘Road to Recovery’ exhibition at the National Army Museum in London
If you happen to be in London before the 28th of August, we recommend the brilliant (and free) 'Road to Recovery' exhibition at the National Army Museum. If you look…
New ADVANCE publication out now: Bone mineral density in the ADVANCE cohort
How do combat injuries impact bone health in the ADVANCE cohort? The most recent ADVANCE publication found that changes in bone health in those with combat-related trauma injury appear to…
New ADVANCE publication out now: Relationship between combat injury and heart rate variability (HRV)
As more and more data are collected from the ADVANCE cohort, more findings start to emerge from the Study. Our latest findings are on the relationship between combat injury and…
New ADVANCE publication now out: Relationship between PTSD and cardiovascular health
We are pleased to share with you that another ADVANCE article has just been published, this one in The Journal of Psychiatric Research. The full article can be found here.…
Transition outcomes of Armed Forces personnel with battlefield injuries: a summary of the literature
What was the purpose of this review? The purpose of this review was to collate and examine the existing literature on the transition outcomes of military personnel who have sustained physical battlefield…
ADVANCE and Post-Traumatic Growth: Our first findings on positive mental health
Research into mental health often focuses on mental illness. But by focusing on just the negative, we deny ourselves the opportunity to understand how to thrive. As part of ADVANCE,…
ADVANCE bolt-on study: Biomarkers and Joint Pain in Military Osteoarthritis (Bio-Mil-OA)
The latest ADVANCE sub-study – Bio-Mil-OA – formally began earlier this year. The study looks at changes in the ADVANCE participants’ joints, mainly knees in the first instance. These changes…
The ADVANCE baseline mental health findings are now out!
We are pleased to inform you that the baseline mental health findings from the ADVANCE Study have just been published in the scientific journal Lancet Psychiatry. This is the second…
‘Forever wounds of the forever war’
Since the publication of the first findings from the ADVANCE baseline data, the Study has been featured in an editorial in Heart. In the editorial Dr Ian J Stewart (Uniformed…
ADVANCE Webinar: Cardiovascular risk
Three of our amazing participants recently joined us for a webinar to discuss the first published ADVANCE findings on cardiovascular risk. Prof Christopher Boos, who led this piece of ADVANCE…
The first ADVANCE results are now out!
Association between combat-related traumatic injury and cardiovascular risk The first results from the ADVANCE Study have been published in a leading cardiovascular research journal Heart. This is a big milestone…
New funding received for ADVANCE blood sample analysis
We are delighted to announce that ADVANCE has received a new grant from the Headley Court Charity for analysing proteins and metabolites in ADVANCE participants’ blood samples. We will be…
29th April 2021: Meet the Team – Dan Dyball
Dan in the pub about 48 years ago before the COVID-19 pandemic. What is your role within ADVANCE? I am a research assistant. This is something of a jack of all…
