MHSRS 2025 Award Winners

Dr. Stephen Ferrara, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, presents an award for outstanding research accomplishment to Justin Baker, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral health, Ohio State University College of Medicine, at the 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, Florida, on Aug. 4. He was recognized for his work in the category, “Innovation and Current Directions in Military Suicide Prevention, Research, and Programs.” Baker's work focused on increasing the reach and accessibility of suicide prevention treatments through research that advances group therapy, telehealth, virtual learning platforms, and other innovative resources for service members struggling with suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

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  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 Dr. Cory Smith, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, receives an honorable mention award for his poster, “Impact of Cold Air ...
  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 Maj. David Zeidler, German Federal Armed Forces Central Hospital, Koblenz, Germany, receives an honorable mention for his ...
  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 The “Best in Show” winner is given to Capt. Ziv Talmi Yaakov of the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, ...
  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 Maj. Johan Schmitt, Toulon, France, receives an honorable mention award for his poster, “Injury Survivability and Death ...
  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 Dr. Kayla Septer, Navy Medicine Research and Development, Bethesda, Maryland, receives a second-place award for her ...
  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 Kyle Meetze, Safi Biotherapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Loughborough, United Kingdom, receives a second ...
  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 U.S. Air Force Col. William Kilgore, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, receives a first-place award for his poster, ...
  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 Dr. Ava Puccio, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, receives a third-place award for ...
  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 U.S. Army Maj. Thomas Musich, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, receives an honorable mention for his poster, ...
  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 The best military research teams and future leaders of military health were honored during the 2025 MHSRS Awards, which ...
  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Daniel Crouch, Navy Medicine Research and Development, San Diego, California, receives an honorable ...
  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 Dr. Elliot Dirr, Naval Medical Research Unit, Dayton, Ohio, wins third place for his work, “Partial Pressure of Oxygen ...
  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 Dr. Julian Dilley, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, receives second place for his ...
  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 Charles Elder, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, wins first place for his work, “Leveraging Artificial ...
  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 Dr. Diane Bolton, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, receives a ...
  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 Awards Dr. Mylea Cristner, 59th Medical Wing, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio Texas, wins first place for her entry in the ...
  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 Dr. Michael Roy gives a presentation on warfighter brain health, titled, “Heavy Weapons Training and the Brain: Lessons ...
  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 U.S. Army Lt. Col Bridgett Owens, U.S. Army of Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts, ...
  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 Alfreda Brown, a phlebotomist with the Armed Services Blood Program at Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, ...
  • Link to Photo: MHSRS 2025 The 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium, held in Kissimmee, Florida, Aug. 4–7, focused on the theme, ...
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