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NAMRU San Antonio highlights Sara Blackcloud during Native American Heritage Month
November 21, 2022 — Native American Heritage Month marks a time to showcase and honor the many contributions Native Americans have made to the Department of Defense and the nation... MORE

Items taken to space return to NAMRU San Antonio
November 2, 2022 — Possessing an object that has been to space is no easy feat. For Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, that is now a reality. During a presentation held at the Brooke Army Medical Center’s Putnam Auditorium at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, U.S. Army Col. Andrew Morgan, NASA astronaut, returned a command coin and logo sticker which he took with him during his nine months aboard the International Space Station. ... MORE

NAMRU San Antonio highlights Dolores Sandoval during National Hispanic Heritage Month
October 18, 2022 — National Hispanic Heritage Month marks a time to showcase and honor the many contributions Hispanic Americans have made to the Department of Defense and the nation. For Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, Dolores Sandoval, the executive secretary, assigned to the command suite, is a representation of the highly professional and diverse civilian workforce within the Department of the Navy. ... MORE

NAMRU San Antonio highlights Juan Perez during National Hispanic Heritage Month
October 18, 2022 — For Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, Juan Perez, a management and program analyst, assigned to the administrative department, is a representation of the highly professional and diverse civilian workforce within the Department of the Navy... MORE

Navy Surgeon General visits with NAMRU San Antonio during 2022 Military Health System Research Symposium
September 15, 2022 — Rear. Adm. Bruce L. Gillingham, Surgeon General of the Navy, visited with leadership and research scientists of Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio during Poster Session I on day two of the 2022 Military Health System Research Symposium, or MHSRS, held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida, Sept. 13... MORE

Navy interns present research at NAMRU San Antonio
August 8, 2022 — Three student interns enrolled in the Office of Naval Research’s Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program, or NREIP, had the opportunity to present their research to mentors, scientists and staff assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Building at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Aug. 4... MORE

NAMRU San Antonio researcher earns award
June 13, 2022 — U.S. Navy Lt. Rachel Robeck, a medical researcher assigned to Combat Casualty Care and Operational Medicine, Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, was awarded first place in the Commanders’ Awards for Original Medical Research and Quality Improvement (Allied Health Category) during the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium’s 2022 Graduation Ceremony held at the Lila Cockrell Theatre June 10... MORE

NAMRU San Antonio commemorates Battle of Midway
June 13, 2022 — Military and support personnel assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio gathered to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway at the Tri-Service Research Laboratory at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston June 7... MORE

NAMRU San Antonio spotlights combat casualty care Director for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May 31, 2022 — The Department of Defense celebrates Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May, acknowledging the contributions of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in defending America's freedom. Being recognized by Naval Medical Research Unit, or NAMRU, San Antonio is Dr. Heuy-Ching Hetty Wang, director, Combat Casualty Care and Operational Medicine... MORE

NAMRU San Antonio, 59th MDW, USAISR participate in Military Medical Industry Day
April 25, 2022 — The City of San Antonio, the San Antonio Economic Development Department Corporation and VelocityTX hosted the third Military Medical Industry Day at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center April 19. This year’s MMID featured San Antonio's leading military medical research missions including the Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, the Air Force's 59th Medical Wing, and the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research. ... MORE

NAMRU SA recognizes one of its own during Women’s History Month
March 30, 2022 — One of the highly professional women within Navy Medicine is Cmdr. Leslie Trippe, department head of the environmental surveillance and epidemiology departments of NAMRU San Antonio’s Craniofacial Health and Restorative Medicine Directorate... MORE

NAMRU San Antonio conducts Quantitative Detection of Pain Study
March 16, 2022 — Dental health and readiness is crucial in the military health system. To increase readiness, researchers assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, or NAMRU San Antonio, have been conducting a study for the Electrodermal Activity Sensing for Quantitative Detection of Pain... MORE

NAMRU San Antonio highlights research microbiologist during National Hispanic Heritage Month
October 18, 2021 — National Hispanic Heritage Month marks a time to showcase and honor the many contributions Hispanic Americans have made to the Department of Defense and the nation... MORE