Throughout history, vaccines have been successful in eliminating or reducing the numbers of diseases like smallpox, polio, measles, and tetanus around the world—and they continue to be the best defense against common, sometimes deadly infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Defense Health Agency and the National Museum of Health and Medicine are pleased to announce the “Military Medical Innovation: The Future is Here” program scheduled for July 27, 2024.

Registration for the 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium is open as of July 10, 2024, at noon EST. The symposium will be held August 26-29, at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida.

DHA joins superhub research summit to drive the next evolution of health care.

Role, importance of Military Medical Research Mission reinforced.

Advancements and new technology in health care would not be possible or viable without dedicated personnel who carry out research to find new cures, medicine, equipment, and surgical procedures in making life better for millions of patients.

A grant program from the Defense Health Agency is now available to researchers studying how the Military Health System can identify and address major and minor changes that can lead to military health care that is safe, effective, accessible, and patient-centered.

Abstracts for the 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium are due by Feb. 21, 2024.

A group of clinicians and researchers from across the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs have come together to share their knowledge on auditory processing disorders and raise awareness.

Senior leaders from the Defense Health Agency and Veterans Health Administration came together to discuss collaboration and innovation between the two agencies during the first AMSUS sponsored Innovation Symposium: A Collaboration by Innovators from the VHA and the DHA Agency on Sept. 18 in Bethesda.

Awards were handed out to top participants in the 2023 Young Investigators Competition and the poster presentations at the 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, Florida, August 17.

The annual Medical Simulation Expo was held at the Defense Health Agency headquarters on Thursday, August 3, 2023.

New evidence-based practices can improve health care, yet they don’t always get adopted. There are many reasons for this, including a lack of awareness, lack of training and implementation support, and a reluctance to doing things differently than in the past—to name a few. Even mandates to adopt a certain new service or practice may not overcome some ...

The 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium, the Department of Defense’s premier scientific meeting focused specifically on the unique medical needs of the warfighter, launched on Aug. 14.

The 2023 Defense Health Information Technology Symposium opened August 8 at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event is being held until August 10.