2017 Team Research Accomplishment (Academia)

Major General Barbara R. Holcomb, commanding general of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, presented the Battelle team, supporting the Office of Naval Research, with the 2017 Team Research Accomplishment (Academia), in the category of Combat Casualty Care, on Aug. 28 at the Military Health System (MHS) Research Symposium. The team was recognized for their work with the Acute Care Covering for Severely Injured Limbs project to develop an oxygen-generating pump that makes oxygen available to wounds that require the use of a tourniquet.

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