Team Research Forum: How to Engage the Department of Defense
DoD 101: How to Engage the Department of Defense
Join the UC Davis Office of Research and the UC Davis School of Medicine Office of Research on Friday, February 28th at 10:30 am with our colleagues from the The Conafay Group for a workshop that aims to provide insight about Department of Defense (DoD) Medical Research and Development Funding. The overall objective is to give you tools that can help you be more competitive for research dollars and win grants from the DoD (even if you have applied to and/or been successful in acquiring DoD research funding). From this presentation, you will hear about how to engage the DoD, what kinds of research they are interested in, and how the system works. In addition, TCG will provide an update on trends in government R&D funding. You should come away with a realistic understanding of how to work towards these funding opportunities.
Erik Wolf
Vice President
The Conafay Group
Dr. Erik Wolf has over 20 years of experience in medical research and development (R&D), with special expertise in military medical research. For the Conafay Group, he provides expertise in federal R&D programs as well as partnerships across government, academia, and industry.
Dr. Wolf spent 6 years (2015-2021) at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC). During his tenure, he was the Program Area Manager for the Neuromusculoskeletal Injury Rehabilitation Portfolio within the Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine Research Program (CRMRP), where his responsibilities included the strategic planning and programmatic management of R&D efforts towards returning Warfighters to duty following musculoskeletal injury and achieving the highest possible function and quality of life following limb trauma and amputation. For a time, Dr. Wolf also served as the acting Civilian Deputy for CRMRP. Dr. Wolf completed detail assignments within the Plans, Programs, Analysis, and Evaluation (PPA&E) Directorate and the Office of the Principal Assistant for Research and Technology (OPAR&T) and served for one year as the Acting Director for the Medical Simulation and Information Sciences Research Program. These roles and responsibilities provided a broad range of understanding related to military medical R&D and valuable interactions with academic, industry and other federal partners.
Prior to his time at USAMRDC, Dr. Wolf worked as the Senior Research Biomedical Engineer for the Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence stationed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. There his research focused on optimizing function and performance of Warfighters with limb trauma and amputation.
