Naval Health Research Center, San Diego has the most presentations ever for the Military Health System Research Symposium, the Department of Defense's premier scientific meeting, Aug. 20-23.

The MHSRS is the Department of Defense's premier scientific meeting. It provides a venue for presenting new scientific knowledge from military medical research and development.

Naval Health Research Center, a tenant command of Navy Base Point Loma, has submitted and successfully been approved, to make the most presentations at the conference (51), in its history. Coincidently, three of the submissions have been identified as plenary presentations for the more than 3,000 attendees. Some of the research topics to be presented at the conference are studies on deployment health, to include PTSD, combat injuries and rehabilitation relating to amputee care, logistical mapping through data-driven science, to family deployment readiness.

Capt. Marshall Monteville, commanding officer, NHRC, commented, "Much of the work we do has a direct and positive impact on the well-being of our entire military family, and that makes me proud to command this group of extraordinary professionals."

The NHRC mission is to focus on the unique medical needs of the nation's warfighter and family, by conducting cutting-edge research and development. NHRC's team of distinguished scientists and researchers consists of active-duty service members, federal civil service employees and contractors, whose expertise includes physiology, microbiology, psychology, epidemiology, and biomedical engineering.

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