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...

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 AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy – In late May, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) EURAFCENT researchers and partners in Tunisia published a study in the journal Medical and Veterinary Entomology , identifying key locations and seasonal patterns of the invasive mosquito Aedes albopictus, a vector...

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Researchers with Navy Medicine Research & Development’s (NMR&D) Naval Health Research Center (NHRC), showcased innovative fatigue-monitoring technology during the Department of War (DoW) Lab Day at the Pentagon on May 6.NHRC scientists, in collaboration with the Massachusetts...

SAN DIEGO - Researchers from Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) are investigating whether vitamin D-fortified Performance Readiness Bars can prevent broken bones and fatigue among U.S. Marine recruits.Recent studies indicate that recruits arrive at boot camp with dangerously low levels of vitamin...

SAN DIEGO– The Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) provided its lab facilities and personnel to support a NASA study from the Artemis II mission on April 11, 2026.Following the splashdown and recovery of the Orion spacecraft on April 10, a team of NASA, Harvard and Space Tango scientists and...

SAN DIEGO - Naval Health Research Center’s (NHRC) Millennium Cohort Study, the largest prospective health study of U.S. service members and veterans, celebrates its 25th anniversary in July.Launched in 2001 as a result of the 1999 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Section 743, which...

The first plunge into icy water is a shock to the system. For a warfighter operating in extreme cold-weather environments, a fall into near-freezing seas isn't a mishap; it's a life-or-death battle that is won or lost in the firstfew minutes.Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) scientists spent six...