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Jump to navigation Enter your keywords User menu Faculty/Staff Students Alumni Library Visit My USU A to ZApply About U The mission of USU is to support the readiness of America’s Warfighter and the health and well-being of the military community by educating and developing uniformed health professionals, scientists and leaders; by conducting cutting-edge, military-relevant research, and by providing operational support to units around the world. About HomeHelpful Links Presidential Welcome USU at a Glance History Departments Commencement Contact Jobs President and Leadership Fingertip Facts Strategic Plan Groundbreakers Event Calendars Organization Chart Privacy & Security Academics Academics Since our first graduating class in 1980, the USU’s MDs. Nurses and graduates in biomedical sciences provide exceptional service through service in the U.S. Military and civilian careers of distinction. Today, America’s Medical School has 691 enrolled students and 5,043 graduates. Over 1,300 graduates in Biomedical Sciences lead aggressive research in medical research. Today’s 663 graduates of the School of Nursing blend science, research and field training in advanced practice and PhD degrees. The USU’s Postgraduate Dental College provides advanced degree’s to the military’s dental community, graduating 72 students since establishment. Academics HomeHelpful Links F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine Molecules to Military Medicine Curriculum Graduate Programs in Biomedical Sciences & Public Health Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School of Nursing Postgraduate Dental College College of Allied Health Sciences Graduate Medical Education Val G. Hemming Medical Simulation Center SOM Departments Registrar Sakai/Single Sign-on Education & Technology Innovation Support Office Research Research At USU The University’s research program covers a range of clinical and other topics important to both the military and public health. Infectious diseases, trauma medicine, health maintenance, and cancer are areas of particular strength. Researchers are also making important new efforts in state-of-the-art fields that cut across disciplines, such as genomics, proteomics, and drug-delivery mechanisms. Research HomeHelpful Links Office of Research Research Administration Research Compliance Research Core Facilities Research Education and Training FAQs AFRRI TriService Nursing Research Program (TSNRP) Centers Centers USU is home to many different Centers and Institutes, which help advance the university’s research, education and public service missions. Faculty members and students collaborate with other leading experts at USU’s Centers and Institutes on projects that push incredible boundaries across manifold disciplines of biomedical science. Their work is shaping military medicine and world health in many positive, powerful ways. 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AFRRI Home Helpful Links Research and Development Emergency Response Military Medical Operations and Training MEIR Course DL MEIR Course MRAT Seminars The Uniformed Services at USU Health Sciences Educational Programs The of the Health Sciences offers a number of health sciences educational programs open to military and/or civilian students... More information on applying to these programs Health Sciences Educational Programs The of the Health Sciences offers a number of health sciences educational programs open to military and/or civilian students... More information on applying to these programs Featured Events More eventsMedXellence Virtual Course August 11, 2020 (All day) USU WR Medicine Grand Rounds August 13, 2020 - 1:00pm Tentative - White Coat Ceremony #1 August 14, 2020 - 8:00am Tentative - White Coat Ceremony #2 August 14, 2020 - 11:00am News 17 Tips to Enhance Healthcare Worker Well-Being and Sustainment During COVID-19 The COVID health crisis presents exceptional challenges to doctors and healthcare workers who are tirelessly working daily to ensure our health and safety. Often, they have to deal with the scope of what the virus can do, handle the effects and problems of mandatory lockdown and quarantining, manage social distancing, engage in complex problems, and simply deal with the uncertainty of everything in the midst of a pandemic. It strains even the most well-prepared of us. Radiation-resistant bacterium could be key to faster, safer, more cost-effective vaccine production Improved and more cost-effective vaccines could be on the horizon thanks to a strain of bacteria and the efforts of USU faculty member, Dr. Michael Daly. A chief expert of this widespread microorganism, Daly has spent decades studying Deinococcus radiodurans and the fascinating way it has been able to thrive in adverse settings across the planet. America’s Medical School” Dean Arthur L. Kellermann Announces Departure Arthur L. Kellermann, MD, MPH, the dean of the F. Edward Hébert School of MedicineAmerica’s Medical School”at the of the Health Sciences, has announced he will leave for a new position at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Brain white matter lesions link smoking to risk for dementia, cognitive decline Scientists from the (USU), Emory University and the University of Vermont have found that cigarette smoking is linked to increased lesions in the brain’s white matter, called white matter hyperintensities. White matter hyperintensities, detected by MRI scan, are associated with cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. These findings may help explain the link between smoking and increased rates of dementia and other forms of cognitive decline. Articles Summer Institute” Prepares Students for Career as Military Psychologists The ’s Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) held the sixth iteration of its Summer Institute: Preparing for a Psychology Career in the Military’’ from 15-19 June. More than 50 students applied, and 41 were accepted for the five-day program aimed at 2nd-, 3rd-, and 4th-year clinical and counseling psychology doctoral students who anticipate, or are seriously considering, applying for a military psychology internship. Student Innovations Group Inspires Medical Technology Development The world needs innovative thinkers; people who can develop creative solutions to complex challenges. The Department of Defense is filled with idea people; after all, wasn’t it DOD’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that invented the...