SAN ANTONIO – (Oct. 17, 2024) Cmdr. Rachel Werner, of Cocoa Beach, Fla., Dental Corps, deputy chief science director of Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, was recognized as a Hero of Military Medicine honoree during the 2024 Heroes of Military Medicine San Antonio Awards Program held at The Red Berry Estate. Pictured with Werner (center) are from left to right: Dr. Sylvain Cardin of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR), Capt. Sharon House and Rear Adm. Walter Brafford of Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC), and Capt. Jennifer Buechel, Cmdr. Nicholas Hamlin, and Dr. Darrin Frye of NAMRU San Antonio. The awards program, hosted by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF), recognized exception community leaders who advance military medicine in and around the greater San Antonio area. The event brought the story of Military City USA’s unique military and civilian medical research and clinical care collaborations to national and global attention. NAMRU San Antonio’s mission is to conduct gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of Department of Defense (DoD) personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. It is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the DoD and is one of eight subordinate research commands in the global network of laboratories operating under the Naval Medical Research Command in Silver Spring, Md. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released)
Date Taken: | 10.17.2024 |
Date Posted: | 10.18.2024 14:02 |
Photo ID: | 8705417 |
VIRIN: | 241017-N-ND850-1011 |
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Location: | SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, US |
Hometown: | COCOA BEACH, FLORIDA, US |
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