Abstracts for the 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium are due by Feb. 16, 2025. MHSRS is the Department of Defense’s premier scientific meeting for the unique medical needs of the warfighter. The annual symposium provides a collaborative environment for military medical care providers with deployment experience, DOD scientists, ...

The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and the Smithsonian hosted the 3rd annual One Health Research Symposium on Nov. 22 at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.

Defense Department’s overall investment for medical research and development (R&D) with Research, Development, Testing, and Development (RDT&E) dollars.

From July 2023-February 2024, Naval Medical Research Unit INDO PACIFIC, Naval Medical Research Command, and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research conducted the “Long-term Immunity against Novel and Known Strains of SARS-CoV-2” (LINKS-COVID) study, the largest and most in-depth analysis regarding the need for COVID-19 boosters among active-duty personnel.

This award is to highlight significant accomplishments of Ms. Roxana Lescano during her 35 years of service. Ms. Lescano has demonstrated unwavering dedication to advancing research integrity and compliance within the Military Health System. One example, to strengthen Military Health System Research Integrity, Ms Lescano successfully coordinated and ...

Researchers from across the globe, including several from Defense Health Network Pacific Rim who shared key research findings about vision, hearing, and cognitive performance, attended the 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium in the Sunshine State from Aug. 26-29.

Lt Col Aja is a facility dog at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. She works with her handler, Lt Col Kristen Shear, a nurse scientist, to help reduce staff stress. People tend to carry stress in their shoulders, so Aja is trained to give hugs, putting her head on pressure points on the shoulder to help reduce stress.

Alexis Gore, a phlebotomist with the Armed Services Blood Program, encourages everyone to donate blood. It's fun!

Military Health Research Symposium 2024 Awards Ceremony

Military Health Research Symposium 2024 in Kissimmee, FL - Opening remarks by Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.

The PMS 408 Expeditionary Medical (ExMed) team is recognized for a groundbreaking achievement: developing the Navy's first official requirements document for Naval Medicine, supporting casualty care during multi-domain operations, large scale combat operations, and prolonged care. Their work established a crucial framework for acquiring and evaluating ...

The 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium, the Department of Defense’s premier scientific meeting focused on the unique medical needs of the warfighter, kicked off on Aug. 26.

The 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium recognized innovative researchers focused on enhancing warfighter health.

Members from the commands representing Navy Medicine Research and Development arrived in the Orlando area to kick off the Military Health System Research Symposium starting on August 25.

For the second consecutive year, the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity is walking away from the Military Health System Research Symposium with a coveted recognition, receiving the Defense Health Agency award for Outstanding Program Management Team today during the symposium’s first day in Kissimmee, Florida, Aug. 26, 2024.