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A group of about 30 civilian health professionals and students toured Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) labs April 16.
The guests were invited to take part in the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) sponsored Mini Joint Civilian Orientation Conference (MJCOC). This year’s program is designed to expose attendees to Military Health System (MHS) leaders, and military medical operations in the National Capital Region.
When they arrived Capt. Adam Armstrong, NMRC’s Commander was joined by Col. Deydre Teyhen, commander, Walter Reed Army Institute Research. Armstrong gave an overview of NMRC and the Navy Medicine Research and Development Enterprise and how it supports warfighter readiness. Teyhan did the same on behalf of WRAIR.
“NMRC and its laboratories play an important part protecting the health and ensuring the readiness of our global force,” said Armstrong. “We deliver high-value, high-impact research products and knowledge to support and protect our deployed warfighters. Our researchers are focused on the readiness and well-being of future forces.”
Afterwards the group broke into four smaller groups according to military branch and cycled through each station.
The tour included visits to;
- Navy/Army Insectary: controlled human malaria infection model
- Army Sleep Research Center
- Army Multidrug Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network
- Navy Infectious Disease Diagnostics Laboratory and Viral and Rickettsial Diseases Department Vaccine Research
“Visits by SECDEF’s sponsored MJCOC are important. They build awareness of and an affinity for our Military Health System,” Armstrong said.
NMRC’s eight laboratories are engaged in a broad spectrum of activity from basic science in the laboratory to field studies at sites in austere and remote areas of the world to operational environments. In support of the Navy, Marine Corps, and joint U.S. warfighters, researchers study infectious diseases, biological warfare detection and defense, combat casualty care, environmental health concerns, aerospace and undersea medicine, medical modeling, simulation and operational mission support, and epidemiology and behavioral sciences.
| Date Taken: | 04.19.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 04.19.2019 12:10 |
| Story ID: | 318809 |
| Location: | US |
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