JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO – FORT SAM HOUSTON – (April 28, 2025) – Researchers with Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio’s Craniofacial Health and Restorative Medicine Directorate are engaged in a range of projects looking into technology to address and treat bone fractures in U.S. service...

Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) hosted 14 midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy on April 24, for a tour of NMRC’s facilities and capabilities.NMRC staff and leadership briefed the midshipmen, all recently accepted into medical school, on the command’s labs, operations and opportunities to...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (April 9. 2025) – Department of Defense (DoD)-related research typically requires additional compliance activities, documentation, and subject protections.To provide additional oversight of human-based research, members of the Department of the Navy (DON)...

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) participated in Weller Road Elementary School’s annual STEM Career Day, on April 4, to share information on and opportunities in the U.S. Navy and military research.3rd, 4th and 5th grade students had the opportunity to speak with...

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton held an Academic Research Symposium aboard Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton on March 13, 2025.This inaugural event drew 16 presentations on a variety of topics in the family medicine, traumatic injury, and sports medicine disciplines and...

BETHESDA, Md. – Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC)’s Clinical Trials Center (CTC) is seeking volunteers for a phase 1 clinical vaccine trial to evaluate the LTB-SA7 vaccine for Staphylococcus aureus bacteria.LTB-SA7 is intended to reduce frequency and severity of infections caused by S. aureus, a...

Waterford, Conn. – Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) divers were invited back to assist with the 2025 Connecticut Technology and Engineering Education Association (CTEEA) SeaPerch Regional Championship.SeaPerch is a STEM [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics] program...

GROTON, Conn. – The Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory’s (NSMRL) Naval Psychological Readiness and Human Performance (NPRHP) team are expanding administration of the Submarine Environment Fit (SUBFIT) assessment to include all enlisted submariners.The SUBFIT assessment includes a tailored,...

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) hosted Navy Medicine Research & Development (NMR&D) leadership for their 2025 Strategic Planning Meeting on Mar. 10-11.Commanding officers, executive officers, senior enlisted leaders and science and technical directors attended the meeting...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (March 13, 2025) – Dr. John Simecek, director, Craniofacial Health and Restorative Medicine (CHRM), was awarded the Civilian Service Commendation Medal by Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio Commanding Officer Capt. Jennifer Buechel, Nurse Corps,...