Randall W. Maxey, M.D., Ph.D., president of the Alliance of Minority Medical Associations (AMMA) and former President of the National Medical Association (NMA) will be the keynote speaker at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) Center for Health Disparities Research and Education National Minority Health Month celebration.
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) announced the first phase of its Weapons of Mass Destruction Collaborative Medical Readiness Initiative, which offers tuition-free online education about chemical, biological, radiological/nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) incidents for civilian, uniformed emergency responders and healthcare providers across the nation.
America's bloodiest one day battle continues to provide military physicians with wartime healthcare basics more than 140 years after it was fought. One hundred sixty-five medical students from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) in Bethesda, Md., will participate in a six-mile road march on April 27 through the Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Md., as part of their first-year curriculum.
Medical teams assigned to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) rushed to the aid of injured construction workers after the collapse of scaffolding outside the university's administrative building today, May 5, 2006.
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) CEO and Executive Publisher of the prestigious journal, Science, Alan I. Leshner, Ph.D. will address attendees at this year's Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) research symposium.
Bethesda, Md. "“ The Graduate School of Nursing (GSN) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) will for the first time, bestow the Doctorate of Philosophy in Nursing Science degree to four students, during the university's 27th commencement exercise at the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall, in Washington, D.C., at 11 a.m., on Saturday, May 20.
Alison O'Brien, Ph.D., an internationally recognized microbiologist and chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) has been named Co-Principal Investigator for the Middle Atlantic Regional Center of Excellence (MARCE).
The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) has established the William H.J. Haffner American Indian/Alaska Native Women's Health Award in honor of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) professor.
Christopher C. Broder, Ph.D., professor of microbiology, immunology and emerging infectious diseases at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) was recently named director of USU's Emerging Infectious Diseases graduate degree program.
Medical students and graduate nursing students of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) will be airlifted from the university's campus in Bethesda, Md., by Pennsylvania National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter to Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., on Tuesday, July 11th, to take part in an annual battlefield training exercise.
Col. (Dr.) Stephen J. Cozza, (ret.), a professor from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), is participating in an initiative with the Sesame Workshop aimed at helping young children of service members deal with the stresses of military life.
The Senate confirmed the Presidential appointments of two new members to the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) on August 3.
USU faculty have discovered that a treatment for the Spanish Influenza pandemic may also be effective for current Avian Influenza patients. Navy Capt. Edward Kilbane, Army Col. Jeffrey Jackson and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Luke, are all alumni and faculty of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. They, along with retired Navy physician, Capt. Stephen Hoffman, published their research Tuesday, Aug. 29.
A faculty member at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), James Smirniotopoulos, M.D., Radiology and Radiological Sciences chair, has developed MedPixâ„¢, a medical image database of more than 29,000 images from more than 7,000 real-life cases. The web-based teaching file was developed to be a centralized focal point of peer reviewed radiographs, where radiologists anywhere can contribute and view cases.
The Senate confirmed the Presidential appointments of two new members to the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) Aug. 3. Colleen M. Conway-Welch, Ph.D., Nashville, Tenn., and C. Thomas Yarington, Jr., M.D., Seattle, were each appointed to six-year terms on the Board. The Board consists of nine members appointed by the President who serve as advisors to the USU President and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.
The emotional impact of injury deepens in the first year after evacuation from combat according to a study by Thomas A. Grieger, M.D., and colleagues of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.
Researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), The New Jersey Medical School (NJMS), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have discovered a mechanism that provides natural protection against intestinal roundworm infections, which affect more than 1.4 billion people throughout the world, and which may lead to more effective therapies against nematode parasites.
Researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), The New Jersey Medical School (NJMS), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have discovered a mechanism that provides natural protection against intestinal roundworm infections, which affect more than 1.4 billion people throughout the world, and which may lead to more effective therapies against nematode parasites.
John H. Farley, M.D., Army Lt. Col., a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) alumnus received a Minority Access National Alumnus Role Model Award during the Seventh Annual National Role Models Conference in Las Vegas, Nev., Sept. 17-20.
Two members from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) earned a bronze Telly award for their work on a Patient/Family Centered Care Video Project: More than Just Caring, during the 27th Annual Telly Awards.
A faculty member at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) recently received the 2006 Frank Brown Berry Prize in Federal Healthcare.
The first study to focus on U.S. soldiers seriously wounded or injured during combat in Iraq or Afghanistan and states that injury severity may predict the risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, has been published in the October 2006 issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry, the official journal of the American Psychiatric Association.
Scientists from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) in Bethesda, Md., in collaboration with counterparts from the Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) in Geelong, have developed a vaccine to fight two deadly animal viruses that can infect and kill humans and are considered potential biological terror agents.
A faculty member from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) will be performing part of a study on how to improve the optimum fitness and performance of combat personnel.
On Oct. 23, U.S. Senators Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI), Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD), Paul S. Sarbanes (D-MD) and Representative Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), along with Department of Defense Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs William Winkenwerder, Jr., M.D., other military leaders will help the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) celebrate the groundbreaking of its new Academic Program Center.
A research group from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), in collaboration with European researchers, demonstrated that the peptic ulcer bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) can reach the blood circulation. Thus, the bacterium can disseminate in the body and may cause other chronic inflammatory conditions of unknown origin, such as atherosclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) will host the Evidence and Informatics Transforming Nursing Summit as part of the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) Initiative, Oct. 30 "“ Nov. 1.
Army Col. (Dr.) Naomi Aronson, an assistant professor of medicine and class of 1981 alumna of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), was named the recipient of the 2007 Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation First Award by the American College of Physicians (ACP).
Researchers from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) have discovered that Chlamydia, a bacteria that causes a sexually transmitted disease (STD), shares an evolutionary heritage with plants. That shared evolutionary heritage, which is not found in most other bacteria, points to a prime target for development of an effective cure for Chlamydia infections.
A number of centers and institutes of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) will be among the participants in a collaborative multi-agency emergency preparedness conference and exercise December 7.
Alison O'Brien, Ph.D., an internationally recognized microbiologist, professor and chair of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Department of Microbiology and Immunology, was recently selected as President Elect of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM).
Charles L. Rice, M.D., president of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), will address members of the Military Health System during its Annual Conference Jan. 29- Feb. 1.
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Graduate School of Nursing (GSN) Perioperative Clinical Nurse Specialist (PCNS) program and US Pharmacopeia officially announced their collaborative efforts on a medication error reporting system March 6.
The Uniformed Services Task Force (USTF) on HIV/AIDS met at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) March 5-6, to discuss the expanding need of HIV/AIDS programs around the world.
The nationally recognized artwork of Dr. Frank Netter titled "Medical Masterpieces "“ Art of a Surgeon," will be on exhibition at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) from March 16 to April 27.
The bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans survives enormous levels of ionizing radiation through a powerful mechanism that protects proteins from oxidative damage.
The 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recipient, Dr. Sydney Brenner will present "The David Packard Lecture" at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), March 28, 2007.
The Navy's 35th Surgeon General Donald C. Arthur, Vice Admiral, Medical Corps, will address the graduates of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) at the university's 28th Commencement Exercise, Saturday, May 19.
Healthcare professionals at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS) have launched the "Courage to Care for Me" campaign as part of the "Courage to Care" initiative during April, the Month of the Military Child.
America's bloodiest one day battle continues to provide military physicians with wartime healthcare basics more than 140 years after it was fought.
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Graduate School of Nursing Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA) program received a national ranking of 6th out of 106 Nurse Anesthesia Programs according to the recently published 2007 U.S. News and World Report.
Healthcare professionals at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS) have launched the "Courage to Care for Me" campaign in recognition of April's designation as the Month of the Military Child.
Sixteen military medical students from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine will provide on-scene medical treatment for thousands of participants in this year's Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Washington, D.C.
Researchers from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) are pursuing efforts to find new ways to prevent and to treat the increasing numbers of combat troops who are suffering from injuries due to traumatic brain injury (TBI). University research teams are also leading efforts to better diagnose and manage post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, of the National Institutes of Health, will deliver the plenary address during the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) annual Research Week May 14-16.
Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD, will speak on HIV/AIDS : Much Accomplished, Much to Do at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) May 16 as part of the university's annual Research Week.
The "Friends of USU," a non-profit organization, hosted the premiere of a new documentary film "Fighting for Life" at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum about the men and women injured in combat and those who care for them. The film focuses on the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) in Bethesda, Maryland, and its role in educating leaders in military medicine.
Ikaika Kahoano is used to breaking hearts as a former star of MTV's series, "Making the Band," but now he is learning how to fix them.
Scientists from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) have discovered that diets high in salt may increase the virulence of the pathogen Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), which is the most common cause of ulcers in the stomach and duodenum.
New research conducted at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) suggests that it may be possible to develop a vaccine that protects against the myriad strains of the HIV virus. HIV is extremely variable, so an effective vaccine may need to stimulate the body to produce cross-reactive antibodies that will neutralize multiple viral strains. These results demonstrate that induction of truly broad-spectrum neutralizing antibodies may be an achievable goal.
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