The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its newly constructed 50,000 square foot Academic Program Center Thursday, May 15. The event marks a historic day as the university celebrates its first major construction project on the USU campus since the completion of the original four buildings almost 30 years ago.
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) will hold its annual Research Week May 12-14. The mission of Research Week is to promote research initiatives of faculty, staff and students providing opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and communication among USU graduate students and faculty.
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Department of Medicine is proud to announce that Air Force Col. (Dr.) Vincent F. Carr has been appointed by the U.S. Air Force Surgeon General to serve as the American College of Physicians Governor representing the USAF Chapter.
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Graduate School of Nursing Nurse Anesthesia program received a national ranking of sixth for the second consecutive year according to the 2009 Edition of U.S. News and World Report.
Col. Stephen J. Cozza, U.S. Army professor of Psychiatry for the USU of the Health Sciences, together with Gary E. Knell, president and CEO of Sesame Workshop, and Loree K. Sutton, Col, MC, USA, director of the Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury and special assistant to the assistant secretary of defense for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury recently announced the launch of "Talk, Listen, Connect."
CDR Jack Tsao, MC, USN, associate professor for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Department of Neurology recently presented case findings to the American Academy of Neurology linking the use of anticholinergic drugs, such as medicines for stomach cramps, ulcers and motion sickness to an increased decline in cognitive ability in older people.
CDR Mark Stephens, MC, USN, an associate professor for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Department of Family Medicine was elected president of the Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians at their annual meeting in Portland, Ore., March 17.
Brian M. Cox, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Pharmacology and professor of Pharmacology and Neurosciences at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), will serve as the new president-elect of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
CDR Jack Tsao, MC, USN, assistant professor for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Department of Neurology was awarded an American Medical Association Foundation's Early Career Physician Leadership Award in Washington, D.C., on March 31.
A team of researchers from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) led by Michael J. Daly, Ph.D., professor, Department of Pathology, in conjunction with researchers from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Florida State University in Tallahassee will publish a study in the April 8, 2008 issue of International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) Journal.
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) recently announced Jan Clark as the director for Government and Community Affairs.
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress in conjunction with USU's Graduate Program in Neuroscience will hold its annual Amygdala, Stress, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder conference April 29.
Dr. D. Scott Merrell, assistant professor for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Department of Microbiology and Immunology has been selected to receive the 2008 Merck Irving S. Sigal Memorial Award from the American Society for Microbiology.
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) has announced the 2008 winners of the Henry Wu Award for Excellence in Basic Research and the James Leonard Award for Excellence in Clinical Research.
Researchers with the Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program (IDCRP) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), Bethesda, MD, and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have published a patient outcome study in the March 30 online edition of Nature Medicine that may signal a need for a change of thought in the management of HIV.
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute will host a two-day workshop for a select group of scientists developing methods to assess and treat military and civilian casualties of partial-body radiation exposure, May 5 "“ 6.
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) has selected Ada Sue Hinshaw, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, as the new dean of the Graduate School of Nursing.
In order to harmonize research practices and strengthen communication between agencies Dr. David Tribble, Associate Director, Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Preventive Medicine & Biometrics Department, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), led an effort to establish the Infectious Disease (ID) Institutional Review Board (IRB).
Charles L. Rice, M.D., is probably the only health sciences university leader in the U.S. to hold an alumni reunion in an active combat zone. Dr. Rice, who is President of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), spent the past week visiting the school's alumni in Afghanistan, as well as those in Germany stationed at Ramstein Air Base and Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, who are providing care to servicemen and women in harm's way.
Army Col. (Dr.) Naomi Aronson, a professor of medicine and alumna of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), has been nominated as the Department of Defense agency representative to the Federal Tuberculosis Task Force (FTBTF).
Stephen Cozza, M.D., professor in the department of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), participated in a recent roundtable discussion led by First Lady Laura Bush about "Helping America's Youth" and focusing on the special needs of military children.
A team of scientists led by Dr. Radha Maheshwari, professor of Pathology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and Rajesh Loganathan Thangapazham, a graduate student, have shown that green tea has antitumor effect in breast cancer cells. The recently concluded study will be published in the Journal of Cancer Biology and Therapy.
The Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM) within the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) will hosts a Grand Rounds presentation titled: Operation Iraqi Freedom: The Humanitarian Operations Center, December 13.
Robert Kadlec, M.D., M.T.M.&H., an alumnus of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) was appointed Nov. 28 to serve as Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security. The White House announced the appointment of Dr. Kadlec, also naming him as Senior Director for Biological Defense Policy.
Results of a recent study titled "Mirror Therapy for Phantom Limb Pain" will be published in the November 22 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. The study headed by Jack W. Tsao, M.D., D.Phil., suggests that phantom limb pain may be induced by a conflict between visual feedback and one's own perception of the amputated limb.
Nathaniel Stinson, M.D., Ph.D., former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health has been appointed acting director, Office of Scientific Programs, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH). With the position comes the direct oversight of the NCMHD's Community Based Participatory Research Initiative and Loan Repayment Programs.
A collaborative team of scientists from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have developed a novel strategy to inactivate highly virulent Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) that can infect and kill both animals and humans.
Researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) have identified a novel phytochemical agent that enhances and improves the process of wound healing in normal and immune compromised people.
The Department of Defense has created one of the world's most advanced medical education and training simulation centers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU).
Researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) have identified a novel phytochemical agent that enhances and improves the process of wound healing in normal and immune compromised people.
A collaborative team of scientists from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have developed a novel strategy to inactivate highly virulent Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) that can infect and kill both animals and humans.
Results of a recent study titled "Deinococcus geothermalis: The Pool of Extreme Radiation Resistance Genes Shrinks," will be published in the Sept. 26 edition of PLoS ONE. The study reports the whole-genome sequence of Deinococcus geothermalis, which is only the second for an extremely radiation- and desiccation-resistant bacterium.
Emergency health care providers will soon have access to the latest version of software that can provide diagnostic information to help physicians make casualty treatment decisions during radiation exposure incidents.
Anti-cancer treatments often effectively shrink the size of tumors, but some might have an opposite effect, actually expanding the small population of cancer stem cells believed to drive the disease, according to findings presented Sept. 19 by Vasyl Vasko, M.D. Ph.D., a pathologist at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) graduate Dr. Thomas W. Geisbert was selected Sept. 13 to serve as associate director of Boston University's new Biosafety Level-4 laboratory.
Courage to Care for Me, a project of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, is a recipient of the 2007 American Graphic Design Award. The prestigious award recognizes the center's project, one of over 10,000 entries, as representing "the best and brightest in graphic design."
Researchers from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) are pursuing efforts to find new ways to prevent and 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).
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) prepares nurses and physicians to face the unique challenges of battlefield medicine in locations such as Iraq and Afghanistan. Faculty members deploy to combat zones, conduct research on threats such as anthrax, and provide humanitarian support in response to events like 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina.
The Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP), the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS) and other Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) military medical education and research programs are collaborating and extending the knowledge base and treatment capacity of the military health system.
Donald R. Roberts, Ph.D., emeritus professor of tropical medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) has been named winner of the annual Frank Brown Berry Prize in Federal Healthcare for his persistent efforts and field studies on the controlled use of chemicals to prevent malaria.
Physicians treating patients who have suffered tympanic membrane perforation as a result of blast should also look for signs of comcomitant brain or neurologic injury, according to a study published in the August 23 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
A collaborative team of scientists from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and the Australian Animal Health Laboratory have demonstrated an important biological feature of the deadly Nipah virus that can infect and kill both animals and humans.
Robert J. Ursano, M.D., professor and chair, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Department of Psychiatry, and one of the nation's leading experts on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), is co-author of an editorial titled "Children of War and Opportunities for Peace." The article appears in the Aug. 1, 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Leading experts on worldwide nuclear and radiological response, radiobiology and the medical effects of exposure to ionizing radiation will present the current findings during an annual course at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI), July 30 through Aug. 3, 2007.
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) will deploy its medical, public health and advanced practice nursing students to Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., July 10-20, 2007 for field exercises Operation Kerkesner and Operation Bushmaster that will prepare them for complex and dangerous combat environments.
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Office of Recruitment and Diversity will host the annual Science, Service, Medicine, and Mentoring (S2M2) program for high school students, July 2-7, 2007 at the Bladensburg Community Center, Landover, Md.
Janice L. Hanson, Ph.D., Ed.S. (assistant professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Family Medicine) and Virginia F. Randall, M.D., M.P.H. (associate professor of Pediatrics), both at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), have created a program with the aim of enhancing medical students' professionalism by incorporating patients and families as co-teachers in the medical education curriculum.
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.
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.
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