Translating the Science of Alertness and Performance from Laboratory to Field: Using State-of-the-Art Monitoring Imaging and Performance Enhancement Technologies to Improve the Alertness and Safety of the Military and Civilian Workforce

摘要

The funds of this DURIP grant were used to acquire state-of-the-art equipment and technologies that will promote DOD-related research in the Division of Sleep Medicine of the Harvard Medical School. This site is part of an AFOSR-funded PRET Center that studies human alertness and performance and develops countermeasures to prevent attentional failures due to sleep deprivation and circadian misalignment (e.g., jet lag). The DURIP equipment requested would substantially enhance the research infrastructure in the university, and enable the conduct of advanced laboratory and field studies not currently possible. It will promote state-of-the-art education in the science and field application of alertness and fatigue countermeasures for the numerous trainees in the laboratory's active training program. A focus on translation from laboratory to field will aid in the understanding of real-world alertness and performance among military and civilian workers across occupations, and development of practical countermeasures. Theses; technologies will ultimately enable enhancements in the performance and field readiness of military personnel.