SILVER SPRING, Md. – Student interns with the Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP), and college students with the Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) presented findings from their summer research at Naval Medical Research Command’s STEM expo on Aug. 14.Interns...

SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON (Aug. 21, 2026) Arleen Hidalgo Morales, of Moca, Puerto Rico, is participating in the Office of Naval Research’s Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) at Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio.NREIP gives academically talented college students,...

SAN DIEGO — Timothy Dunn, director of the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) Expeditionary Cognitive Science Group, was officially named as recipient of the 2026 G. Dennis White Early Career Human Systems Integration (HSI) Practitioner Award on August 12, 2026.Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy...

SAN DIEGO –Rear Adm. Matthew Case, Acting Surgeon General and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, visited the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) on August 7 to gain firsthand insight into the command's most recent research initiatives supporting warfighter health, readiness, resilience...

SILVER SPRING, Md. – The XSTAT P15 applicator, an advanced hemorrhage control device for narrow-entrance wounds, was awarded funding through the Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT) program on July 14, 2026.The FDA-cleared applicator, designed through joint...

SOUTH CAMP, Sinai, Egypt - Representatives from U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT met with leaders of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) during a July visit to the Sinai Peninsula.The engagement introduced Col. Matthew Westhoff, the incoming MFO Force Surgeon following the...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Navy Medicine Research and Development (NMR&D) personnel arrived in Kissimmee on August 3 to kick off the Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS).MHSRS, a four-day symposium running this year from August 3-6, is one of the largest military research conferences. Held...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – While participating nations gather for the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercises, Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) leads a critical new research initiative to safeguard Sailors' health and readiness.Essex is piloting a comprehensive...

Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) Dayton was recently certified by NASA to unleash the Disorientation Research Device (DRD), commonly known as the "Kraken," as a research and training platform for the Artemis Human Landing System (HLS) Lunar Landing Skills curriculum.“Recent operational testing...

SAN ANTONIO – Research directors from Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, and U.S. Air Force 59th Medical Wing met with representatives from the Houston-based TradeIL South-Midwest USA of Israel’s Foreign Trade Administration at VelocityTX...