JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (April 8, 2025) – Dr. Darrin L. Frye, chief science director, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, speaks with Derek English and Lt. Cmdr. Matt Shipman, military deputy director, Department of the Navy (DON) Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) during a site visit to NAMRU San Antonio at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute. The DON HRPP is responsible for ensuring human subjects research conducted or supported by U.S. Navy complies with federal, DoD and Navy regulations. Its mission is to ensure the ethical treatment of human subjects in DON-conducted or supported research by promoting adherence to the ethical principles, laws, regulations, and policies that protect human subjects. "DON HRPP site visits are crucial for maintaining ethical and regulatory compliance in NAMRU San Antonio’s research,” said Frye. “They facilitate procedural enhancement and ensure rigorous protection of human participants, thereby strengthening research integrity and public trust." NAMRU San Antonio is one of eight research commands within Navy Medicine Research and Development. 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 D. Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released)
Date Taken: | 04.08.2025 |
Date Posted: | 04.09.2025 17:09 |
Photo ID: | 8963643 |
VIRIN: | 250408-N-ND850-1001 |
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Location: | SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, US |
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