This hub serves veterans, active-duty service members, first responders, spouses, and caregivers navigating the realities of post-traumatic stress.
Guided by combat veteran Lt. Col. Elton Johnson Jr., U.S. Army (Ret.) and physician-scientist Dr. Marvin S. Hausman, MD (former U.S. Public Health Service Surgeon at the NIH and Xycota Co-Founder & CSO), everything here is free to use today, requires no account, and is completely separate from clinical-trial enrollment.
Your Co-Hosts
Co-Host & Veteran Leader
Lt. Col. Elton Johnson Jr. (U.S. Army, Ret.)
Founder of FINRA-registered broker-dealer AmeriVet Securities (Series 24/27 Principal) and 37-year U.S. Marine Corps & Army Reserve combat veteran (Iraq and Afghanistan; Bronze Star Medal).
Co-Host & Physician-Scientist
Dr. Marvin S. Hausman, MD
Immunologist, board-certified urological surgeon, former U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Surgeon at the NIH, and Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer of Xycota Biosciences.
Co-hosted by Lt. Col. Elton Johnson Jr. (U.S. Army, Ret.) and Dr. Marvin S. Hausman, MD, this upcoming 2027 audio and video series brings together combat service and translational neuroscience, examining how chronic stress affects synaptic connections, what practical hurdles veterans and first responders face when seeking support, and what questions neuroscience is asking next.
Veterans, service members, first responders, and caregivers are invited to share what living with post-traumatic stress looks like in daily life. Cloud story upload is temporarily paused while encrypted storage is finalized, but you can open the local recorder below to practice and download a video or voice note on your own device.
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Featured perspectives from our hosts to open the conversation. This wall grows with pre-moderated community submissions; yours could be next.
Host · Incoming Board Director & Veteran
Decorated combat veteran with 37 years of combined service in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and U.S. Army Reserve (Iraq and Afghanistan; Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Combat Action Badge) and Founder & Non-Executive Chairman of AmeriVet Securities, Inc.
"A lot of us never go. Not because we don't need it, but because the version on offer costs a day we don't have, or shows up somewhere we can't afford it to show up. Whatever comes next has to fit the life of somebody who is still working, still serving, still showing up for their family."
Host · Chief Scientific Officer & Co-Founder
Immunologist and board-certified urological surgeon (NYU School of Medicine, 1967) who served as a Surgeon in the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) at the National Institutes of Health (1969-1971), with over 50 years in medicine and 35+ years in pharmaceutical and CNS drug development, Co-founder of Medco Research (acquired by King Pharmaceuticals in 2000), and architect of six FDA-approved NDAs.
"Trauma is not a character problem. Chronic stress physically changes synaptic connections in the brain, and that is measurable. Understanding trauma as a physical injury is the starting point for everything else."
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If you're a first responder, service member, or someone caring for a loved one with PTSD, your lived experience matters here. Share it in the Story Studio: pre-moderated, on your terms.
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For veterans, first responders, fighters, clinicians and families who care about brain injury and recovery. You'll get plain-language research summaries, early episodes of The Battlefield & The Brain (launching 2027), and invitations to open Q&As with our team.