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FRANKFURT, Germany (Feb. 29, 2024) Lt. Cmdr. Robert Hontz, a microbiologist and health research scientist with Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT's Ghana detachment, took part in the Department of Defense Education Activity Europe Junior Science and Humanities Symposium as a judge, evaluating presentations by students enrolled at Department of Defense schools. NAMRU EURAFCENT conducts surveillance and studies of vaccines, therapeutic agents, diagnostic assays and vector control measures to better prevent and treat infectious diseases of military and public health importance in Central, European and Africa Commands. Originally established in 1946 in Cairo, Egypt under the name NAMRU-3, the command moved its headquarters to Sigonella in 2019.

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Frankfurt, Germany - FRANKFURT, Germany (Feb. 29, 2024) Lt. Cmdr. Robert Hontz, a microbiologist and health research scientist with Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT's Ghana detachment, took part in the Department of Defense Education Activity Europe Junior Science and Humanities Symposium as a judge, evaluating presentations by students enrolled at Department of Defense schools. NAMRU EURAFCENT conducts surveillance and studies of vaccines, therapeutic agents, diagnostic assays and vector control measures to better prevent and treat infectious diseases of military and public health importance in Central, European and Africa Commands. Originally established in 1946 in Cairo, Egypt under the name NAMRU-3, the command moved its headquarters to Sigonella in 2019.

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