JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Dec. 14, 2022) – Dr. Yoon Hwang, of Seoul, South Korea, a research microbiologist, assigned to the Craniofacial Health and Restorative Medicine Directorate, was recognized by Capt. Gerald DeLong, commanding officer, and Chief Science Director Dr. Sylvain Cardin of Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, as the Fiscal Year 2022 “Science Staff” Civilian of the Year during Mission Impossible held at the Tri-Service Research Laboratory. Hwang, a graduate Seoul National University, plans and directs studies in a variety of fields including craniofacial health and restorative medicine, combat casualty care and operational medicine, and allied health sciences with an emphasis on microbiology, animal physiology, toxicology, immunology, virology, bacteriology, biophysics, biochemistry, organic chemistry, and medical science. NAMRU San Antonio is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the Department of Defense and is one of eight subordinate research commands in the global network of laboratories operating under the Naval Medical Research Center in Silver Spring, Md. Its mission is to conduct gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of DOD personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released)
Date Taken: | 12.14.2022 |
Date Posted: | 12.29.2022 14:33 |
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Location: | SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, US |
Hometown: | SEOUL, SEOUL TEUGBYEOLSI [SEOUL-T'UKPYOLSHI], KR |
Hometown: | SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, US |
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