# NIH Reporter #5IK2CX002694-04

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Accelerated Biological Aging, and Veteran Health

**Recipient:** Durham VA Medical Center

**Awarded:** October 08, 2026

**Identifier:** 5IK2CX002694-04

The project studies whether Veterans with PTSD experience accelerated biological aging and whether this predicts poorer health, while assessing psychosocial factors that may protect against accelerated aging.

### Description

Research examining links between PTSD, accelerated biological aging, and Veterans’ later health, using existing data from the Post-Deployment Mental Health study linked to VA electronic health records.

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