M.S. and Ph.D. in water resources, University of California, Los Angeles; M.S. in environmental engineering, University of Texas; B.S. in chemical engineering, classical languages, and mathematics, Vanderbilt University
Brent Thomas is an optimization specialist whose analysis focuses on improving the quality of the U.S. military's casualty care in austere and contested operating conditions. More broadly, Thomas' work focuses on evaluating policy options for shaping expeditionary medical care and base resiliency in high-intensity conflict environments. His current portfolio includes explorations of mechanisms to improve medical support under surge combat conditions, means to enhance resiliency in the military community's blood supply chain, fragility in the supply chain of medical supplies needed to support combat casualties, the potential to leverage unmanned systems for medical resupply, and ways to improve the interoperability of partner nation medical capabilities with those of U.S. forces during contingency operations. In addition to his research activities, he is a professor in the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Prior to joining RAND, Thomas worked as an engineer in optimizing fuel blend stock selection and as an environmental consultant in water quality modeling.
Thomas, Brent, Preparing for the Future of Combat Casualty Care: Opportunities to Refine the Military Health System's Alignment with the National Defense Strategy, RAND Corporation (RR-A713-1), 2021
Hastings Roer, Elizabeth, Brent Thomas, Grant Johnson, Sean McKenna, Nathaniel Edenfield, and Chad J. R. Ohlandt, Modeling and Measuring the Effects of Economic Shocks on a Defense Industrial Base, RAND Corporation (RR-A475-1), 2022
Gilmore, Christopher K., Michael Chaykowsky, and Brent Thomas, Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Blood Delivery: A UAV Fleet Design Tool and Case Study, RAND Corporation (RR-3047-OSD), 2019
Thomas, Brent, Katherine Anania, Anthony DeCicco, and John A. Hamm, Toward Resiliency in the Joint Blood Supply Chain, RAND Corporation (RR-2482), 2018
Thomas, Brent, Mahyar A. Amouzegar, Rachel Costello, Robert A. Guffey, Andrew Karode, Christopher Lynch, Kristin F. Lynch, Ken Munson, Chad J. R. Ohlandt, Daniel M. Romano, Ricardo Sanchez, Robert S. Tripp, and Joseph Vesely, Project AIR FORCE Modeling Capabilities for Support of Combat Operations in Denied Environments, RAND Corporation (RR-427), 2015
McGarvey, Ronald G., Thomas Light, Brent Thomas, and Ricardo Sanchez, Commercial Intratheater Airlift: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Use in U.S. Central Command, RAND Corporation (TR-1313), 2013
Van Roo, Ben D., Manuel J. Carrillo, John G. Drew, Thomas Lang, Amy L. Maletic, H. G. Massey, James M. Masters, Ronald G. McGarvey, Jerry M. Sollinger, Brent Thomas, and Robert S. Tripp, Analysis of the Air Force Logistics Enterprise: Evaluation of Global Repair Network Options for Supporting the C-130, RAND Corporation (TR-813), 2011
McGarvey, Ronald G., Manuel J. Carrillo, Douglas C. Cato, Jr., John G. Drew, Thomas Lang, Kristin F. Lynch, Amy L. Maletic, H. G. Massey, James M. Masters, Raymond A. Pyles, Ricardo Sanchez, Jerry M. Sollinger, Brent Thomas, Robert S. Tripp, and Ben D. Van Roo, Analysis of the Air Force Logistics Enterprise: Evaluation of Global Repair Network Options for Supporting the F-16 and KC-135, RAND Corporation (MG-872), 2009
