This award is to highlight significant accomplishments of Ms. Roxana Lescano during her 35 years of service. Ms. Lescano has demonstrated unwavering dedication to advancing research integrity and compliance within the Military Health System. One example, to strengthen Military Health System Research Integrity, Ms Lescano successfully coordinated and ...

Researchers from across the globe, including several from Defense Health Network Pacific Rim who shared key research findings about vision, hearing, and cognitive performance, attended the 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium in the Sunshine State from Aug. 26-29.

Lt Col Aja is a facility dog at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. She works with her handler, Lt Col Kristen Shear, a nurse scientist, to help reduce staff stress. People tend to carry stress in their shoulders, so Aja is trained to give hugs, putting her head on pressure points on the shoulder to help reduce stress.

The PMS 408 Expeditionary Medical (ExMed) team is recognized for a groundbreaking achievement: developing the Navy's first official requirements document for Naval Medicine, supporting casualty care during multi-domain operations, large scale combat operations, and prolonged care. Their work established a crucial framework for acquiring and evaluating ...

Military Health Research Symposium 2024 Awards Ceremony

Military Health Research Symposium 2024 in Kissimmee, FL - Opening remarks by Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.

Alexis Gore, a phlebotomist with the Armed Services Blood Program, encourages everyone to donate blood. It's fun!

The 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium, the Department of Defense’s premier scientific meeting focused on the unique medical needs of the warfighter, kicked off on Aug. 26.

The 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium recognized innovative researchers focused on enhancing warfighter health.

Members from the commands representing Navy Medicine Research and Development arrived in the Orlando area to kick off the Military Health System Research Symposium starting on August 25.

For the second consecutive year, the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity is walking away from the Military Health System Research Symposium with a coveted recognition, receiving the Defense Health Agency award for Outstanding Program Management Team today during the symposium’s first day in Kissimmee, Florida, Aug. 26, 2024.

Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, located at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the Department of Defense .

The Military Health Research Symposium honors Dr. Craig Shriver, Director of the Murtha Cancer Center, for his outstanding work and long-career as a researcher, surgeon, mentor and leader in cancer research in the Military Health System. His research has led to incredible outcomes for patients and the future of cancer research in the world. Dr. ...

The Military Health Research Symposium honors Dr. Alyssa Davidson, a research audiologist at Walter Reed Medical Center, for her outstanding research in hearing and audiology research in service members and veterans. Notably, she created a standardized test for clinicians to administer across the MHS that tests hearing using a simple tablet and ...

The Military Health Research Symposium honors Dr. Lynette Hamlin, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at the USU Graduate School of Nursing for her research on Women's Health.