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NAMRU San Antonio hosts Puerto Rico Army National Guardsman evaluating sterilization efficacy of portable ozone sterilizer
August 25, 2026 — Arleen Hidalgo Morales, of Moca, Puerto Rico, is participating in the Office of Naval Research’s Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program, or NREIP, at Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio at Joint base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas...

NAMRU San Antonio participates in 2026 ProPEL Science Symposium
May 19, 2026 — Research scientists assigned to the Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, and U.S. Air Force's 59th Medical Wing participated in the Defense Health Agency’s annual Promote Professional Engagement amongst Military Laboratories (ProPEL) Science Symposium held at the VelocityTX Innovation Center in San Antonio, Texas...

Special Operations Forces Acquisitions, Technology & Logistics visits NAMRU San Antonio
April 14, 2026 — Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, part of Navy Medicine Research & Development, recently briefed Combat Casualty Care and Operational Medicine research capabilities within the unit to representatives from Special Operations Forces Acquisitions, Technology & Logistics, U.S. Special Operations Command at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas...

Navy Medical Service Corps leaders visit NAMRU San Antonio
March 10, 2026 — U.S. Navy Capt. Kris Hodapp, deputy corps chief, Medical Service Corps, and Capt. Bryan Pyle, MSC policy and practice officer, visited with leadership and MSC officers assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute and Tri-Service Research Laboratory at Joint base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston on March 4...

DARPA’s FSHARP program manager visits NAMRU San Antonio, tours research laboratories
December 12, 2025 — Dr. Jeremy Pamplin, program manager, Biological Technologies Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, visited with leadership and research scientists assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio at the Battlefield Health & Trauma Research Institute at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston on Dec. 8...

Get Real Get Better: NAMRU San Antonio goes digital with safety data sheets
August 26, 2025 — Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio maintains more than 1,500 SDSs within its Emergency Management System for all chemicals in its inventory which takes countless man-hours to review and update with the newest information...

NREIP/SEAP Program management visits NAMRU San Antonio
July 3, 2025 — Program management of the Office of Naval Research’s Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program and Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program visited with leadership and student interns assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute...

NREIP, ORISE interns begin research journey at NAMRU San Antonio
June 10, 2025 — Nine student interns enrolled in the Office of Naval Research’s Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) and Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) arrived at Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio June 9 to gain valuable experience in Navy Medicine Research & Development...

NAMRU San Antonio researchers collaborate for novel bone fracture fixation technology
April 28, 2025 — Researchers with Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio’s Craniofacial Health and Restorative Medicine Directorate are engaged in a range of projects looking into technology to address and treat bone fractures in U.S. service members...

'Get Real Get Better' Navy HRPP conducts site visit at NAMRU San Antonio
April 11, 2025 — Department of Defense-related research typically requires additional compliance activities, documentation, and subject protections. To provide additional oversight of human-based research, members of the Department of the Navy Human Research Protection Program conducted a site visit at Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio from April 8-9...

Pulmonary, critical care physician earns junior officer of the year honors at NAMRU San Antonio
March 18, 2025 — Lt. Cmdr. Jeffrey Biberston, Medical Corps, department head, Expeditionary and Trauma Medicine, was recently selected as Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio’s Junior Officer of the Year for 2024...

Director, U.S. Navy Medical Service Corps visits NAMRU San Antonio
March 4, 2025 — Rear Adm. Matthew Case, director, U.S. Navy Medical Service Corps visited with leadership and staff of Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio on Feb. 25. 2025.The purpose of the visit was to better...

NAMRU San Antonio Soldiers receive recognition within Navy Medical Research and Development
February 12, 2025 — Three Soldiers assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio have been recognized for their outstanding support and leadership throughout Navy Medical Research and Development during 2024...

NAMRU San Antonio recognizes Civilians of the Year
December 16, 2024 — To ring in the holiday season, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio held an All Hands and Holiday Social at the Fort Sam Houston Community Center...

DHA Research & Engineering visits NAMRU San Antonio
December 11, 2024 — Dr. Sean Biggerstaff, principal deputy director, Research and Engineering Directorate, Defense Health Agency, joined by Deputy Director Matt Gray, visited with leadership and staff of Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute on Dec. 10 to discussed prioritization of research priorities and the importance of building relationships in reference to funding of core capabilities and fiscal responsibilities...

NAMRU San Antonio Soldiers compete for NCO & Solider of the Year
December 9, 2024 — Soldiers assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio’s Research Services Directorate at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, earned Non-Commissioned Officer and Solider of the Year honors during the Fiscal Year 2024 Solider, NCO and Officer of the Year Competition ceremony, hosted by Col. James Jones, commander, Public Health Command, West...

NAMRU San Antonio talks NanoParticles at 10th Mission Possible
November 15, 2024 — Leadership, research scientists, and support staff of Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio attended the 10th Edition of Mission Possible, an information-sharing event, held at the Tri-Service Research Laboratory at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on Nov. 13...

Naval dental researcher, others honored during Heroes of Military Medicine San Antonio Awards
October 18, 2024 — To bring the story of Military City USA’s unique military and civilian medical research and clinical care collaborations to national and global attention, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., hosted its 2024 Heroes of Military Medicine San Antonio Awards Program at The Red Berry Estate in San Antonio on Oct. 17, 2024...

NAMRU San Antonio increases research prescence at 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium
August 29, 2024 — Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, located at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the Department of Defense...

NAMRU San Antonio NREIP interns hear from NASA CHAPEA crew member
July 25, 2024 — Interns participating in the Office of Naval Research’s Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston seized the opportunity to hear from Lt. Anca Selariu at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute on July 23...