Dr. Thomas Davis, professor and vice chair of Research in the Uniformed Services University’s Department of Surgery, has earned the Military Health System Research Symposium’s (MHSRS) Distinguished Service Award.

The Millennium Cohort Study Team was awarded the award for Outstanding Research Accomplishment (Team Military) at the 2023 MHSRS Conference. Rudolph (Rudy) P. Rull, Ph.D, MPH and Capt Dennis Faix explain the study and it's benefits for the military health system in this short video. Learn more about the research program here: https://www ...

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.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Military Health System today announced the Military Health System Research Symposium, the Department of Defense’s premier scientific meeting focused on the unique medical needs of the warfighter, will return to Kissimmee, Florida, on Aug. 14, 2023. The theme of this year’s symposium is, “Medical Readiness for the Future ...

Naval Medical Research Unit 2 was established during World War II in Guam to conduct applied research in support of force health protection and has operated intermittently since 1955. Currently, NAMRU-2 is located in Singapore and acts as the center of a hub-and-spoke research model in multiple southeastern Asian countries such as Vietnam, Thailand, ...

Description: The MHSRS is the Department of Defense’s foremost scientific meeting. It provides a venue for presenting new scientific knowledge resulting from military-unique research and development, focused specifically on the unique medical needs of the Warfighter. The 2023 symposium is August 14-17. Learn more about MHSRS at https://mhsrs.health.mil

After being struck by a car, Madisyn Cardenas had a torn aorta, broken hip, pinky finger, pelvis, and clavicle; lacerated tongue; separated abdomen; kidney lacerations; colon tear; brain hematoma; and multiple cuts, bruises, and puncture wounds. “The scariest of all was a tear in my aorta that went undetected until my arrival at Brooke Army Medical ...

U.S. Navy Lt. Anca Selariu, a microbiologist with Naval Medical Research Unit INDO-PACIFIC, along with three other volunteers, began a simulated Mars mission on June 25 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. The mission, part of NASA’s Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog Mars surface simulation program, will last 378 days.

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center unveiled its new single-port robotic surgical system, becoming the first Department of Defense facility and the first military hospital in the National Capital Region to use the newly Food and Drug Administration approved medical device.

Office of Research Protections protects human clinical trial participants to ensure new medications and other treatments reach the field.

Naval Medical Center San Diego stands at the forefront of medical innovation, being the first military hospital on the West Coast to implement osseointegrated amputation surgery.

The TriService Nursing Research Program held its annual Research and Evidence-Based Dissemination Course from April 4-6, 2023 in San Antonio, Texas. This course included keynote lectures by military leaders and nationally known clinical experts, along with plenary sessions featuring research and presentations from tri-service active, National Guard ...

The Virtual Medical Center at Brooke Army Medical Center will be recognized for four groundbreaking programs at the 2023 FORUM Information Technology Innovation Awards on June 7 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

A cure for a debilitating and sometimes deadly disease, new treatments for working military dogs, a snakebite antidote, and a treatment for respiratory disease! See how years of research collaborations are providing protections for warfighters in remote places like never before.