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USU Top StoriesThe Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, announces the appointment of 5 new members to the USU Board of Regents.USU Alumnus takes command of Naval Hospital Jacksonville
Capt. Bruce Gillingham assumed command of Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Fla. on Aug. 14, relieving Capt. Raquel Bono in a morning ceremony at NAS Jacksonville's Chapel. The guest speaker at the ceremony was the Navy's Deputy Surgeon General Rear Adm. Thomas R. Cullison. Heroic Efforts Earn Combat Action BadgesFrom left to right: MAJ Jeffrey Hogue, Operations Officer in Charge, USU's Military and Emergency Medicine Department ; COL John Stewart; COL Mary Clark; COL Patricia Lillis-Hearne, Director, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute; LTC Mark Framstad, USU Alumnus, Class of 1993. Brave leaders who risked their lives to save over a hundred others on Dec. 21, 2004 were awarded the Combat Action Badge on Aug. 12, in Falls Church, Va.
Fighting for LifeA new documentary that opened in theaters on March 7, "Fighting for Life," features alumni, students, staff and faculty of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. The university is a traditional academic health center with a unique focus on military medicine and public health. USU includes a medical school with a graduate program in the biomedical sciences and a graduate school of nursing.
This powerful and emotional documentary focuses on the role USU plays in educating leaders in military medicine and looks at the care they provide to servicemen and women injured in combat. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Terry Sanders produced the documentary, which was the brainchild of Mrs. Tammy Alvarez, president of the "Friends of USU" organization. Alvarez's son, Navy Lt. Bryan Alvarez, is a 2005 graduate of USU. .... continue | News & Current EventsEnter your address or click the envelope to subscribe to News & Current Events updates from USU Trial by (Simulated) Fire, Military Doctors Learn to Practice Wartime Medicine on Mock Battlefield ...Read more Commencement 2008 Video Slideshow Photos & Speeches Stories USU Director of Research, Education Releases Study on Health Care Needs of Persons Displaced by Hurricane Katrina ...Read more TBI/PTSD Study by USU Faculty Member Featured in JAMA ...Read more USU Announces Addition of Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine ...Read more USU Assistant Director, Nurse Anesthesia Program Awarded AANA Post-Doctoral Fellowship ...Read more Crystalline Compound found in Asian Medicine, Cuisine Shown to be Cancer Chemopreventive ...Read more Senate Education Committee's Education Day 2008 More Information Radiological & High Yield Explosives (NRE) 2008 Course Information Annual Report 2007 Report Fingertip Facts Fact Sheet |
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