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VA » Health Care » War Related Illness and Injury Study Center » Complex Exposure Threats Center » Mission/Goals

War Related Illness and Injury Study Center

Mission/Goals

Complex Exposure Threats Center (CETC)

The mission of CETC is to provide expert care and cutting-edge research of unique and emerging complex exposure Veteran cohorts.

The CETC vision is to enhance the health and lives of Veterans through innovative clinical services and cutting-edge research, focused on individuals or cohorts with uniquely hazardous occupations or novel exposure histories.

Goals:

To proactively anticipate and meet the challenges of emerging exposure threats and their health effects.
To improve VA's exposure-informed care through innovative and multidisciplinary clinical assessments and cutting-edge research of priority exposure cohorts.
To optimize Veteran health by comprehensively addressing complex and evolving Veteran exposure health concerns.

The CETC has the following 5 Lines of Effort:

CETC: