22 April 2024 The Defense Centers for Public Health-Aberdeen Looks to Experts at the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence for the Latest on Insect Genetics The Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE), the U.S. Navy’s insect experts provided comprehensive training on advanced techniques in genetics to the Defense Centers for Public Health-Aberdeen’s (DCPH-A) Vector-Borne Disease (VBD) Branch, April 1-5, 2024, at the Navy Entomology Center of
19 April 2024 NMCSD celebrates Lab Week with cutting-edge capabilities, exceptional staff As Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) kicked off National Laboratory Week (14-20 April) with a cake-cutting ceremony, 15 April, it is the laboratory’s state-of-the-art capabilities combined with the laboratory professionals that give the command a reason to celebrate year-round. “NMCSD boasts a
19 April 2024 NMCSD Hosts NEC Roadshow Naval Medical Center San Diego hosted a Navy Enlisted Classifications roadshow for Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego in the hospital’s auditorium, Apr. 18, 2024.The NEC roadshow featured leaders from across the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and the
19 April 2024 Excellence in Action: NECE Officer in Charge participates in the Opening Ceremony of Vector Control Technology and Education Centers Cmdr. Ian Sutherland, Officer-in-Charge of the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) and Centers for Disease Control representative recently joined the Mayor of Saint Augustine Florida, Nancy Sikes-Kline; and World Health Organization representative Dr. Anna Drexler to commemorate the opening
19 April 2024 NMCSD Pediatrics Department Celebrates Month of the Military Child The Naval Medical Center San Diego Pediatrics team celebrated Month of the Military Child by coming together, April 18, 2024.The U.S. Department of Defense celebrates Month of the Military Child each year in April to honor and recognize the unique challenges and experiences that more than 1.6
18 April 2024 I Am Navy Medicine – and Victim Advocate – Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Robediane G. Santiago For Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Robediane G. Santiago, becoming a victim advocate was more than just a natural extension of her Navy career.The choice was emblematic of everything she holds dear as an empathetic person and trained hospital corpsman pledged to serve and protect her fellow warriors at
17 April 2024 Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Two Celebrates 75 Years of Excellence The Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Two (NEPMU Two) celebrates its 75th anniversary, March 30, 2024, on Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Established on March 10, 1949, the Fleet Epidemic Disease Control Units (FEDCUs), now known as the Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Units
17 April 2024 NAMRU SOUTH Conducts Ongoing Febrile and Respiratory Disease Surveillance LIMA, Peru – Researchers from U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) SOUTH have an ongoing collaboration with local Peruvian hospitals to surveil pathogens causing febrile (having to do with fever) and respiratory diseases such as dengue, malaria, influenza and COVID-19 in Peru and other partner
16 April 2024 Patients rate Walter Reed providers high By Bernard LittleWalter Reed National Military Medical CenterFour Walter Reed doctors and a specialty care clinic are listed among the Military Health System’s (MHS) Joint Outpatient Experience Survey (JOES) Best of the Best in its first quarter of fiscal year 2024 report (October to December 2023)
15 April 2024 Navy Medicine partners with Recruiting Command to attract STEM-focused students Encouraging people interested in medicine and science to join Navy Medicine was the focus of the inaugural kaizen meeting at the Navy Recruiting Command (NRC) in Millington, Tenn., April 10-12, 2024.Kaizen is a Japanese term meaning change for the better or continuous improvement. It is a structured