Events

The following upcoming conferences/meetings may be of interest to our HEROES community

  • Meeting: National Capital Area Neurotrauma Society (NCANS)
    • Date: March 9
    • Location: NIH conference center in Bethesda, MD
    • Website:
    • Context: This meeting engages with neurotrauma research (broadly defined) from many DoD, NIH, and university labs in the DC area and beyond.
  • Meeting: Society  for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT)
    • Dates: April 16-19
    • Location: Los Angles, CA
    • Website:
    • Context: This meeting has a military medicine track that will feature 30+ military/Veteran health podium presentations spanning physical and mental health.
  • Meeting: Military Health Research System Symposium (MHSRS)
    • Dates: TBD (typically in August)
    • Context: The following message was sent by the conference organizers this week: "We are planning on a 2026 MHSRS. Unfortunately, we have experienced timeline delays because of the recent government furlough and the transfer and stand up of a new platform housing the MHSRS website. Expect a message announcing the 2026 Call for Abstracts very soon."