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Force Protection, MUSC to establish center for brain research Ladson-based Force Protection and MUSC have entered into a memorandum of understanding to establish the Force Protection Center for Brain Research at MUSC.   The aim of the partnership is to foster vital research that will lead to improving the quality of life of our young men and women in uniform and also benefit others who may suffer brain trauma, including Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).   Objectives of the partnership include securing funding for research equipment, appropriating space, faculty and employees for the center and related research activities.   “We are extremely pleased to enter into this agreement with MUSC. This effort builds on our commitment to the men and women who serve our country now and in the future. We owe them our best effort to improve their quality of life, and seek methods to prevent brain trauma so that they may enjoy the freedoms that they help to preserve,” said Force Protection CEO Gordon McGilton.   Force Protection is a leading blast and ballistics research and manufacturing enterprise, specializing in the development and production of vehicles designed to save the lives of troops around the world by shielding them from the deadly effects of roadside bombs, or improved explosive devices, which have become the leading killer of troops in Iraq.   “We, at the Medical University, feel privileged to be able to partner with Force Protection to help protect the health and safety of the men and women serving our country. By combining the medical research expertise of the university with the engineering expertise of our corporate partners, we can assure that all of the relevant knowledge is brought together to produce the safest possible vehicles,” said MUSC President Ray Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D.     Friday, Sept. 7, 2007 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island Publications at 849-1778, ext. 201.