View the latest MHS Minute with highlights from this year’s Military Health System Research Symposium. Visit www.health.mil/MHSRS for more information.

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

The U.S. Army Medical Test and Evaluation Activity participated in the Military Health System Research Symposium from August 14 through 18, 2023 at the Gaylord Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida.

Walter Reed performed the first robotic bronchoscopy procedure in the Defense Health Agency. Using the robotic bronchoscope to augment our current cutting edge cone beam CT Bronchoscopy program, Walter Reed now offers state of the art services in precision lung biopsy and early lung cancer diagnosis previously unavailable within the DHA.

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 ...

With time spent on the battlefield being an increasing reality, products to help deliver immediate prolonged care to the Warfighter are now more important than ever. A concept known well by Maj. Zachary Booms, an emergency medicine physician at the Combat Casualty Care Research Team at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command's Institute ...

Nearly all military physical and field training exercises can enhance mental toughness and physical endurance, which researchers at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command believe can prepare Warfighters for the future, they explained during a session on the final day of the 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium on August 17, ...

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Lester Martinez-López kicked off the 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium with a keynote speech on the morning of August 14, delivering powerful words to the more than 4,000 people attending the event. Weaving his heartfelt sentiments into an overall call for action, Martinez put the ...

On the final day of the 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium, the Young Investigators received awards for their research presentations and their poster presentations. Awards were handed out by Dr. Terry Rauch. Award Winners include: Andrew Clark, PhD, Uniformed Services University of the Health Services Capt Zahari Tehopev, San Antonio, ...

Alan Hawk, collections manager of the historical collections at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, presents a talk titled, ”’Cotton Mather, You Dog, Damn You,’ a History of Vaccine Hesitancy.” Hawk was one of several speakers talking about vaccine hesitation among service members at the 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium on Aug. 17.

U.S. Air Force Major William Davis, with the 59th Medical Wing, Defense Health Agency, accepts an honorable mention award in the poster sessions at the 2023 MHSRS in Kissimmee, Florida on Aug. 17. David received the award for research on “Reliability of Continuous Noninvasive Hemoglobin Monitoring in Healthy Participants During En Route Care Training. ...

Alan Hawk, collections manager of the historical collections at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, presents a talk titled, ”’Cotton Mather, You Dog, Damn You,’ a History of Vaccine Hesitancy,” Hawk was one of several speakers talking about vaccine hesitation among service members at the 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium on Aug. 17.

Military and civilian researchers ask questions of a speaker during the 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium on Aug. 17 in Kissimmee, Florida.

Anna Adetona, with the Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio, accepts an honorable mention award in the poster sessions at the 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, Florida on Aug. 17. She received the award for research on “Force Health Protection: Understanding Emerging Health Risks in the Arctic and the Threat of ...

U.S. Air Force Capt. Zahari Tchopev, with the 959th Medical Group at San Antonio Military Medical Center in Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, Texas, receives second place in the 2023 MHSRS Young Investigator Award for his presentation titled “Incidence and Clinical Features of Nightmare Disorder and Trauma Associated with Sleep Disorder in U ...