{"id":690,"date":"2026-02-23T16:55:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ctmh\/?p=690"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:56:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:56:44","slug":"ctmh-affiliates-continue-to-lead-in-veterans-health-research-toxic-exposures-gulf-war-illness-and-tobacco-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ctmh\/2026\/02\/23\/ctmh-affiliates-continue-to-lead-in-veterans-health-research-toxic-exposures-gulf-war-illness-and-tobacco-use\/","title":{"rendered":"CTMH Affiliates Continue to Lead in Veterans&#8217; Health Research: Toxic Exposures, Gulf War Illness, and Tobacco Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2025\/professor-coauthors-report-on-mental-health-effects-of-toxic-exposures-among-veterans\/\">Professor Coauthors Report on Mental Health Effects of Toxic Exposures Among Veterans<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On a Veterans Affairs-convened National Academies committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/jaimie-gradus\/\">Jaimie Gradus<\/a>, professor of Epidemiology and the director of SPH\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/research\/centers-and-groups\/center-for-trauma-and-mental-health\/\">Center for Trauma and Mental Health, <\/a>&#8220;coauthored a report assessing possible links between exposures to hazards during military service and mental, behavioral, and neurologic health conditions among post-9\/11 veterans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bostonuniversity-schoolofpublichealth.cmail20.com\/t\/t-l-wjrvit-ttjukkhkjr-w\/\">Veterans of Foreign Wars: A \u2018Big Step Forward\u2019 for Gulf War Veterans<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mentions research by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/kimberly-sullivan\/\">Kimberly Sullivan,<\/a> research associate professor of Environmental Health. &#8220;<span>On Oct . 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved an official diagnostic code for Gulf War Illness (GWI) more than 30 years after symptoms of the condition began to be reported.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/ntr\/ntaf142\">Veterans More Likely than General Population to Use All Types of Tobacco Products, Including the Most Harmful\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Research by CTMH Affiliates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/anthony-rosellini\/\">Anthony Rosellini, PhD,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/rachel-adams\/\">Rachel Sayko Adams, PhD, MPH,<\/a> and coauthors published research which \u201cis the first since 2015 to examine differences in tobacco use by product type among military veterans compared to civilians, finding that veterans disproportionately use all commercial tobacco product types, including cigars and cigarettes, which pose a range of serious health risks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Listen to Dr. Adams discuss her work in our recent <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ctmh\/2026\/02\/23\/affiliate-spotlight-rachel-sayko-adams-phd-mph\/\">CTMH Affiliate Spotlight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2025\/professor-coauthors-report-on-mental-health-effects-of-toxic-exposures-among-veterans\/\">Image<\/a>: U.S. Marines moves through southern Iraq on March 26, 2003. 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