Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences is the nation’s only Federal health sciences university. USU educates, trains, and comprehensively prepares uniformed services health professionals, scientists, and leaders to support the Military and Public Health Systems, the National Security and National Defense Strategies of the United States, and the readiness of our Uniformed Services.

USU consists of the:

  • F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
  • Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School of Nursing
  • Postgraduate Dental College
  • College of Allied Health Sciences

USU is the only institute of higher learning to provide a military unique curriculum, in a joint environment, that educates and trains leaders in healthcare relevant to the military missions.

USU is a global leader in state-of-the-art research including TBI, PTSD, precision medicine, rehabilitation and prosthetics, emerging infectious diseases, tropical medicine, and cancer.

USU faculty serve as a direct connection for DOD for expertise in centers and programs related to global health, TBI, PTSD, disaster medicine, neuroscience, rehabilitation medicine, cancer and human performance, health professions education, and health systems research.

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July 6, 2026

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Uniformed Services University President Dr. Jonathan Woodson, a retired Army major general, passes the University's colors to Navy Capt. Tammy Servies

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Uniformed Services University mourns passing of military medicine, surgical pioneer Dr. Norman Rich

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