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Cameron R. Bass

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Box 90281, Durham, NC 27708-0281
255 Hudson Hall, Durham, NC 27708

Research Interests


Biomechanics of blast, blunt and ballistic trauma and pediatric trauma. His research focuses on injury risk from microscale to macroscale for the head, neck, thorax and extremities.

Selected Grants


Biomechanics Support for WIAMan and Additional Efforts

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 2021 - 2026

Increasing Accessibility of Laparoscopic Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2025

MTEC-21-06-MPAI-031 - Behind Armor Blunt Trauma Consortium: Injuries, Mechanisms, and Biomedical Injury Criteria

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Medical College of Wisconsin · 2021 - 2023

Incapacitation Prediction for Readiness in Expeditionary Domains: an Integrated Computational Tool (I-PREDICT) - Thorax Model Prototype

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Southwest Research Institute · 2018 - 2023

Evaluation of Flesh Material Properties and Spinal Mechanics and Injury Thresholds at High Loading Rate for WIAMan

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory · 2018 - 2020

Experimental and Mathematical Biomechanics Injury Research

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration · 2015 - 2020

Novel auto antibody serum and cerebrospinal fluid Biomarkers in veterans with Gulf War Illness

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2015 - 2020

Shear shock wave propagation in the brain: high frame-rate ultrasoundimaging, characterization, and simulations

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2015 - 2020

Development and Application of Novel Neurological Injury Assessment and Data Analysis Techniques

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Battelle Memorial Institute · 2016 - 2019

Evaluation of Flesh Material Properties and Spinal Mechanics and Injury Thresholds at High Loading Rate for WIAMan

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory · 2013 - 2018

Evaluation of Head Impact Sensor Systems in the Lacrosse Environment

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Lacrosse · 2015 - 2017

Blast Induced Thresholds for Neuronal Networks (BITNeT)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Pennsylvania · 2010 - 2016

Tracking Neurological Function in Warrior-Athletes: A Multidisciplinary Approach

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2014 - 2015

Evaluation of Cervical Spine Mechanical Properties and Injury at High Loading Rate for WIAMan

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command · 2012 - 2015

Evaluation of Lumbar Spine Mechanical Properties and Injury at High Loading Rate for WIAMan

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command · 2012 - 2015

Assessment of helmet sensor performance

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by U.S. Army Materiel Command · 2012 - 2014

High Speed 3D Strain Measurement for Blast Blunt and Ballistic Injury Biomechanics

EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2012 - 2013