Imperial launches bomb blast injuries centre

Imperial College London has received funding from the Royal British Legion to set up the first centre of its kind looking at ways to mitigate the effects of bomb blast injuries in members of the military.

The £8 million Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies will enable civilian engineers and scientists to work alongside military doctors in reducing the threat from roadside IEDs (improvised explosive devices), which have been the leading cause of death and injury among British soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.