American military medicine has been the cornerstone of medical accomplishments since the founding of the United States. The efforts and innovations of the military medical research community has advanced the treatments, logistics, procedures, and medications often taken for granted in today’s civilian medical settings. From emergency response to ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

Ian Stanley, with the department of emergency medicine at Anschutz Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield, University of Colorado School of Medicine, receives first place in the 2023 MHSRS Young Investigator Award for his presentation titled, “Lethal Means Safety Counseling Among Firearm-Owning U.S. National Guard Personnel: Hyperarousal Symptoms ...

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. ...

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 ...

Danielle Ali, biologic scientist with the Naval Medical Research Command Biological Defense Research directorate, accepts an award for second place in the poster sessions at the 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, Florida on Aug. 17. She received the award for research into high-efficacy assays for the detection of SARS-CoV-2. ...

Andrew Clark, with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Services, receives third place in the 2023 MHSRS Young Investigator Award for his presentation titled ”Combating Volumetric Muscle Loss: An Investigation of Two-Staged Treatment Strategy Utilizing an Acute Muscle Void Filler Followed by Delayed Definitive Treatment” at the 2023 ...