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BALTIMORE (Feb. 16, 2024) Dr. Kevin Porter, (center) director of Naval Medical Research Command’s (NMRC) Defense Infectious Diseases Directorate receives the Stars and Stripes United States Federal Agency Leadership Award at the 38th Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) presentation held at the Baltimore Convention Center. The BEYA Conference is an annual collaborative effort to support and advance diversity within the STEM fields. This award, along with other Stars and Stripes awards, recognize individuals whose leadership and contributions have significantly advanced the mission of the U.S. Military. NMRC is engaged in a broad spectrum of activity from basic science in the laboratory to field studies in austere and remote areas of the world to investigations in operational environments. In support of the Navy, Marine Corps and joint U.S. warfighters, researchers study infectious diseases, biological warfare detection and defense, combat casualty care, environmental health concerns, aerospace and undersea medicine, medical modeling, simulation, operational mission support, epidemiology and behavioral sciences. (U.S. Navy photo by Michael Wilson/Released)

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BALTIMORE, MD - BALTIMORE (Feb. 16, 2024) Dr. Kevin Porter, (center) director of Naval Medical Research Command’s (NMRC) Defense Infectious Diseases Directorate receives the Stars and Stripes United States Federal Agency Leadership Award at the 38th Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) presentation held at the Baltimore Convention Center. The BEYA Conference is an annual collaborative effort to support and advance diversity within the STEM fields. This award, along with other Stars and Stripes awards, recognize individuals whose leadership and contributions have significantly advanced the mission of the U.S. Military. NMRC is engaged in a broad spectrum of activity from basic science in the laboratory to field studies in austere and remote areas of the world to investigations in operational environments. In support of the Navy, Marine Corps and joint U.S. warfighters, researchers study infectious diseases, biological warfare detection and defense, combat casualty care, environmental health concerns, aerospace and undersea medicine, medical modeling, simulation, operational mission support, epidemiology and behavioral sciences. (U.S. Navy photo by Michael Wilson/Released)

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