28 January 2026 National Birth Defects Awareness Month: NHRC Researchers Conduct Studies to Safeguard Military Family Health SAN DIEGO – Researchers with Naval Health Research Center’s (NHRC) Birth and Infant Health Research (BIHR) program published new findings on January 27, strengthening the understanding of birth defects among military families.The findings, published in Military Medicine, addressed and allayed...
21 January 2026 Naval Health Research Center leads study aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) SAN DIEGO - A multidisciplinary research team from the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) successfully completed the Monitoring Analysis and Research in Nautical Environmental Risks (MARINER) study aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as the ship completed a period of...
28 August 2025 NHRC Summer Research Interns Show Great Promise as Future Force Standouts Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) is a partner with the Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP). The naval internship program places college and university students pursuing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers in U.S. Navy laboratories across the country,...
05 August 2025 Members of NHRC Warfighter Performance Department Receive Public Communication Award at DoD’s Foremost Scientific Meeting – Military Health System Research Symposium SAN DIEGO – Research physiologist, Dr. Doug Jones and cognitive scientist, Dr. Tim Dunn of the Naval Health Research Center’s warfighter performance department, together with the NHRC public affairs team, have been awarded the 2025 MHSRS Warfighter Medical Research Public Communications Award.This...
26 June 2025 NHRC Researchers Win 2025 Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year Award SAN DIEGO – Two research teams from Naval Health Research Center’s (NHRC) warfighter performance department win the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) 2025 Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year award. These awards are presented to Navy...
20 June 2025 Naval Health Research Center Holds Change of Command Ceremony SAN DIEGO - Capt. Eric Welsh was relieved by Capt. Kellie McMullen as commanding officer of Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) during a change of command ceremony on the morning of June 17th.Capt. Franca R. Jones, commander, Naval Medical Research Command, presided over the ceremony, and was among...