NMRC Strives to Reduce Risk of Melioidosis Among Deployed Sailors and MarinesDr. Kevin Schully, contractor and chief science officer with Naval Medical Research Center’s (NMRC) Austere environments Consortium for Enhanced Sepsis Outcomes Department (ACESO) recently retuned stateside after screening Sailors and Marines deployed to Darwin, Australia, who are at risk of developing melioidosis. Malaria Candidate Vaccine Proves EffectiveCapt. Judith Epstein, clinical director, Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) Malaria Department, presented findings on the malaria candidate vaccine, PfSPZ Vaccine, at the 2018 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), Aug. 22. Naval Medical Research Center STEM Interns GraduateSILVER SPRING, Md. - Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) graduated 14 students enrolled in the Naval Research Enterprise
Internship Program (NREIP) and Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) during a graduation ceremony held in the
Albert Behnke Auditorium, Aug. 10.
NHRC Educates Teachers About Military Medical ResearchSAN DIEGO – Twenty-five high school science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers toured the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC), Jan. 12, to see a working research lab in action and gain insights they could take back to the classroom to inspire the next generation of scientists. NAMRU-SA Research Dentist Inspires Interest in STEM at Middle School Career Day SAN ANTONIO – A Naval Medical Research Unit – San Antonio dentist attended Career Day at a local San Antonio middle school, November 17. The Joel C. Harris Academy in San Antonio welcomed Lt Cmdr. Jeffrey Hoyle, a research dentist, back for an encore presentation for their annual event. Hoyle presented to almost 100 sixth graders across four classes.
Modern Tools for Modern Medical Planning The concept of medical planning is not new. Throughout the Civil War, Clara Barton collected and delivered wagon loads of bandages and other medical supplies to U.S. Army doctors caring for wounded Union soldiers. Barton, a trailblazer in combat care, also tended to the wounded on battlefields and prepared them for evacuation. The Kraken™ Goes to Battle Against Spatial Disorientation The Disorientation Research Device (DRD), otherwise known by its official Navy-branded moniker, the Kraken™, is the Navy’s newest weapon in the battle against a long-standing noncombat threat to aviators and aircrews: spatial disorientation (SD). The DRD was created to provide unprecedented research capability to address this persistent threat. The Little Lab That Could With an initial budget of $30,000 from the Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, furniture and office equipment supplied from a nearby Navy confinement facility, and a mission “to conduct research in neuropsychiatry as it applies to naval service,” the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) was commissioned on 1 June 1959. Navy Medicine West Visits Naval Medical Research CenterSILVER SPRING, Md. – Rear Adm. Paul Pearigen, commander, Navy Medicine West (NMW) and Chief of the Navy Medical Corps visited the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) to tour facilities, meet with staff, and learn more about the NMRC’s research endeavors to support warfighter health and readiness, November 27. NAMRU-6 Presents Research on Distinguishing Zika Virus Cases from Other Arboviral InfectionsBALTIMORE – Researchers from the U.S. Naval Medical Research Center No. 6 in Lima, Peru, (NAMRU-6) shared findings on distinguishing Zika virus infections from other arboviral infections through a clinic-based febrile surveillance program during a time of active Zika circulation. The findings were presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting, November 7. NMRC Researcher Ties for First at the Armed Forces Open Chess ChampionshipSILVER SPRING, Md. – A Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) scientist tied for first at the Armed Forces Open (AFO) chess championship held at West Point Military Academy, New York, October 7-9 with a score of 4.5/5. Lt. Chaselynn Watters, Microbiologist, Wound Infections Department (WID), was one of 44 active duty, reservists, and retired military representatives from across the Navy, Marines, Army, and Air Force. Naval Medical Research Center NREIP Intern Receives Award at SciX 2017SILVER SPRING, Md. – Former Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) intern, Krystine Hill, was awarded a Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) student poster award and received a Society of Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) undergraduate student travel grant for work presented at SciX 2017 (the Great Scientific Exchange), the FACSS annual meeting, October 10. Top Defense Health Agency R&D Official Visits NHRCSAN DIEGO – The Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) acting director for Research and Development, Sean Biggerstaff, got an in-depth look at the work being done at the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) to support warfighter health and readiness, Oct. 25. NHRC Celebrates 242nd Marine Corps BirthdaySAN DIEGO – The Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) celebrated the U.S. Marine Corps’ 242nd birthday with the traditional cake-cutting ceremony and reading of the commandant of the Marine Corps’ birthday message, Nov. 8. Naval Attachés Learn About Naval Health Research Center’s Relentless Pursuit of ReadinessSAN DIEGO – Staff from the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) hosted 14 visiting foreign military officers and their five U.S. escorts, Oct. 23. The tour was sponsored by the U.S. Navy Foreign Liaison Office, part of the Chief of Naval Operations office at the Pentagon. The goal of the program is to expose foreign officers to the U.S. Navy’s diversity, facilities, capabilities, personnel, and culture. NAMRU-SA Researcher Serves as Official USA Archery Judge at Valor Games SouthwestSAN ANTONIO – An electronics technician at the Naval Medical Research Unit – San Antonio (NAMRU-SA) served as the official USA Archery Judge for the Valor Games Southwest, San Antonio, Texas, September 25 – 27. Through the power of sport, competition, and camaraderie, the Valor Games provides an opportunity for disabled veterans and active duty service members to challenge their personal limits in a spirited competition in seven sports, including archery. San Antonio Sports hosted the event, for the fifth consecutive year, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee; and community and corporate partners. R&D Chronicles: Dr. Rivers and the Origin of NAMRU-2 Part II of IIIBy the end of January 1944, Dr. Tom Rivers stood at the helm of an organization that had yet to be realized. As the Officer in Charge of U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No.2 (NAMRU-2), Rivers would have the sizeable task of adapting concept into reality—i.e., recruiting personnel, acquiring the requisite equipment and supplies, and standing up the command. R&D Chronicles: The Story of Dr. Rivers and the Origin of NAMRU-2 Part IThe Rockefeller Institute, now Rockefeller University, in Manhattan, New York, has been the nation’s preeminent biomedical research center since its inception in 1901. Over the course of its storied history, the Rockefeller Institute has been home to some of the most significant figures in medical science. Among them was the Jonesboro, Georgia-born Dr. Thomas Milton Rivers (1888-1962). Improving Bioprepardness in West AfricaKISSIMMEE, Florida – A Navy Commander from the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit. No. 3 – Cairo (NAMRU-3) Ghana Detachment presented a poster highlighting capacity building in Nigeria, Ghana and Liberia at the Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), August 27 – 30. The team also includes collaborators from NAMRU-3 in Cairo and the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) in Maryland as well as other military, government, and academic intuitions. The Development of a Nanofibrous Scaffold for the Recruitment of Fibroblast During Wound HealingKISSIMMEE, Florida – A researcher from the Naval Medical Research Unit – San Antonio (NAMRU-SA) shared findings on the fabrication and characterization of a novel nanofibrous scaffold that could potentially improve wound healing by enhancing wound closure, promoting hemostasis, and acting as a temporary physical barrier against debris and microbial pathogens during the Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), August 27 – 30. NMRC Researchers Present Research on Aeromedical Evacuation of Combat Casualties at MHSRSNaval Medical Research Center researchers presented a poster on aeromedical
evacuation of combat casualties at the Military Health System Research
Symposium, August 28, Kissimmee, Florida. Pictured from left to right, Dr.
Richard McCarron, Department Head, Neurotrauma Department, Naval Medical
Research Center (NMRC), Dr. Anke Scultetus, Senior Scientist, NMRC and United States Air Force Col. Debra Malone. (U.S. Navy Photo/Released/Katie Berland)
Tackling Common Problems: NASA Scientists and NSMRL Researchers GROTON, CT. – A three person team from the Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL), traveled to the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, Texas, to discuss current research regarding the relationship between carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and performance in enclosed working and living environments, May 17-19, 2017. Summer Interns Support Unique Research at NAMRU – DaytonDAYTON – Over the years, Naval Medical Research Unit - Dayton (NAMRU-D) has offered summer internships to promising students in an effort to maintain a commitment to developing their skills and encouraging them to lend their talents to the advancement of military medical research. R&D Chronicles: Dr. Krueger and the Story of the First NAMRUOn January 31, 1941, the U.S. Navy mobilized a small medical research laboratory on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley under the helm of Capt. Albert Paul Krueger, Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve (1902-1982). Originally authorized by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) on October 1, 1934, this Naval Reserve Laboratory Research Unit No. 1, as it was known, had been the brainchild of Krueger – a forward-thinking bacteriologist and expert on respiratory diseases. Navy Undersea Medical Officer and Anesthesiologist Slated for Research at Naval Medical Research Center SILVER SPRING, Md. – Lt. Cmdr. William “Andy” Cronin received a research grant from the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) to study at the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC), July 2017 – July 2018. Cronin, an Undersea Medical Officer and Anesthesiologist at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), Anesthesia Department, is the first active-duty service member to receive this particular FAER grant. Surface Warfare Officer Selected NAMRU-Dayton for Graduate InternshipDAYTON – Ohio Lieutenant Joshua Roaf, an instructor at the Department of Naval Services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, selected Naval Medical Research Unit- Dayton (NAMRU-D) to complete a Masters of Professional Science Internship. Roaf served as a graduate intern for the Environmental Health Effects Laboratory at NAMRU-D from May - August 2017
Meet NAMRU-SA’s Research Dentists –Focused on Innovation to Support Warfighter ReadinessSAN ANTONIO – Research dentists in the Craniofacial Health and Restorative Medicine Directorate (CH&RM) at Naval Medical Research Unit - San Antonio (NAMRU-SA), continue a strong and proud tradition of dedicating their service to ensure dental readiness and heath for service members around the globe by being at the forefront of dental research, science, and innovation.
Keeping Cool with ScienceOn land or at sea, from scorching deserts to sweltering engineering spaces, military operations often require service members to work in environments that make heat safety a constant concern. When factoring in individual activity and fitness levels, gear, equipment, and clothing, body heat isn’t the only thing building up—the potential for heat injuries rises, too. Peruvian Navy Surgeon General and Other Distinguished Guests Visit Naval Medical Research Center SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Peruvian Navy Surgeon General, RADM Julio C. Cacho-Moran, and Peruvian Navy personnel from the “Direccion de Salud Naval,” as well as Capt. Guillermo Pimentel, commanding officer, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6 – Peru (NAMRU-6), visited the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) for a tour of research facilities and a meet-and-greet with Capt. Adam Armstrong, commanding officer, NMRC, June 16. NMRC Summer Interns Arrive, All Ready to Research SILVER SPRING, Md. – Researchers from the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) welcomed sixteen summer interns from all over the country to assist with various research projects May – July, 2017. NAMRU-SA Research Dentist Competes for IRONMAN "All World Athlete" StatusSAN ANTONIO – “Always trust your training,” said Lt. Noel Dickens, department head, Biomaterials and Epidemiology Department, Naval Medical Research Unit – San Antonio (NAMRU-SA). Dickens, kindly known around NAMRU-SA as ‘The Crusher’ for his indomitable spirit, recently competed in an IRONMAN Texas competition on April 22, 2017. Navy Core Values and Grit in Action – A Trek to Mt. Everest Base CampLIMA, PERU – Hospital Corpsman First Class Logan Ortlieb from the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6 – Peru (NAMRU-6) trekked to the base camp of one of the tallest mountains in the world – Mt. Everest, March 2017. “I am always looking for something to push me out of my comfort zone and push me to be a better person; climbing at 18,000 feet is great way to test your mental strength,” said Ortlieb. NMRC Participation in the NATO COMEDS Visit to the National Capital RegionSILVER SPRING, Md. – Researchers and representatives from the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) highlighted current projects and products during the NATO Committee of the Chiefs of Military Medical Services (COMEDS) visit. Ft. Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, hosted COMEDS, as part of a three day visit to the Washington, D.C. area. The Ft. Detrick day included tours and medical displays from the Navy, Army and Air Force, June 1. Naval Medical R&D Enterprise Holds Commander’s Conference SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) held the Research and Development Enterprise Commander’s Conference, May 4-5, 2017. The conference provided an opportunity for the laboratory leadership to discuss success, challenges and future goals. NAMRU-D Showcases Scientific Skill to Navy Medicine West LeadershipDAYTON, Oh. – All hands were on deck to welcome Rear Admiral Paul D. Pearigen, commander, Navy Medicine West, to the Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton (NAMRU-D), April 3. Having previously visited the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 6 (NAMRU-6) in Peru as part of a larger tour of the Naval Medical Research Enterprise, the Dayton visit was the first for Pearigen. Navy Researchers Investigate Phage Therapy to Treat Periodontal InfectionsSAN ANTONIO – Representing mission readiness is critical to the success of the U.S. military and the health of service members is of highest importance. Almost 20 percent of all emergency department visits at a deployed expeditionary medical support facility during Operation Enduring Freedom were the result of dental disease. Science Takes on Sexual AssaultNaval Health Research Center (NHRC) hosted a Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM) activity April 27, to highlight the important role that science and research have in preventing sexual assault. NAMRU-6 Holds Change of Command Ceremony PERU –Capt. Guillermo “Billy” Pimentel relieved Capt, Adam W. Armstrong as commanding officer of U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 6 (NAMRU-6), Peru, March 27, 2017.
R&D Chronicles: Dr. Niiranen and the Birth of “Mr. Disaster” “As gruesome as it may be, the realism of the plastic manikin is expected to play an important part in helping to indoctrinate military personnel to their roles as emergency physicians in the event of an atomic attack or other emergencies.”
~Modern Plastics on the Invention of “Mr. Disaster,” March 1954
Naval Medical Research Center Researcher Travels to Hungary for Annual NATO Chess Tournament SILVER SPRING, Md. – “At these tournaments, my mind is teeming with pawns and little else,” said Lt. Chaselynn Watters, staff scientist in the Wound Infections Department at the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC). Watters was selected to represent the United States Navy at the 28th annual North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Chess Championship held at the ornate and historic Stefania Palace, Cultural Center of National Defense, Budapest, Hungary, March 26 – April 1, 2017. Supporting the 21st Century Sailor with ScienceSAN DIEGO – Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) welcomed Rear Adm. Ann Burkhardt, director, 21st Century Sailor Office, on an official visit, March 13. During the visit, Burkhardt met with Capt. Rita Simmons, NHRC’s commanding officer, and other key scientific personnel to discuss the command’s research that aligns with 21st Century Sailor initiatives.
79th Medical Wing Commanding Officer Visits Naval Medical Research CenterSILVER SPRING, MD. – Air Force Colonel Sharon Bannister, commanding officer, 79th Medical Wing, was welcomed by Navy Captain Jacqueline Rychnovsky, commanding officer, Navy Medical Research Center (NMRC), March 6. Bannister, accompanied by Air Force Major Peter Carra, Executive Officer, 79th Medical Wing, discussed the capabilities of NMRC’s En Route Medical Care Program with the Navy research team. NMRC Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases Presents on Medical Research in the U.S. Navy at Alma Mater SILVER SPRING, Md. – Commander Michael Stockelman, Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases, Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC), presented a seminar to the Cancer Biology Program at his Alma Mater, University of Cincinnati (UC), March 12, entitled “Medical Research in the U.S. Navy with an Emphasis on Infectious Disease” to a room full of his former mentors and teachers, as well as scientists and industry professionals. Military Medicine Provides ‘World-Class Solutions for Combat Casualties’SAN DIEGO – Experts across the Military Health System are collaborating with civilian researchers on an advanced alternative to socket-based prosthetics for some amputees. Osseointegration, a process that attaches the prosthesis directly to the skeleton, can improve comfort and mobility for qualified patients with amputations.
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