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Preventive medicine helps shape surveillance efforts to keep service members healthy

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8/30/2016
Colonel Loveless discusses with staff medical surveillance analysis that helps maintain force health protection and readiness among service members (Courtesy Photo)

The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch is running a series featuring preventive medicine doctors and their work in public health. Army Lieutenant Colonel P. Ann Loveless is the Deputy Chief of AFHSB’s Epidemiology and Analysis section. She is a physician and holds a master’s degree in epidemiology. She reflects on how her preventive medicine training helps in her work:

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Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch, Epidemiology and Analysis, Medical Surveillance Monthly Reports

USU preventive medicine resident reflects on epidemiology rotation at AFHSB

Article
8/30/2016
Lieutenant-Commander Vincent Beswick-Escanlar, a recent graduate of the preventive medicine residency at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), presents a poster at its Research Days event.

The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch is running a series featuring preventive medicine doctors and their work in public health. Lieutenant-Commander Vincent Beswick-Escanlar is a recent graduate of the preventive medicine residency at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). As part of the USU program, Beswick-Escanlar completed a five-week epidemiology rotation at AFHSB. He discusses how he can use his medical surveillance skills and training to promote health protection and readiness among military service members.

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Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch, Medical Surveillance Monthly Reports, Epidemiology and Analysis

AFHSB deputy director reflects on career in military medical surveillance

Article
8/16/2016
Dr. Jose "Toti" Sanchez, deputy director of AFHSB, delivers presentation at African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance sponsored by U.S. Africa Command in support of military medical surveillance. (Courtesy Photo)

The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch is running a series featuring its preventive medicine doctors and how it influences their work. Dr. Jose Sanchez began his career in epidemiology and public health in 1980 as an Army public health officer. Known to his colleagues as “Toti,” Dr. Sanchez is now AFHSB’s Deputy Chief. He reflects on his past work and new role in preventive medicine.

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Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, Epidemiology and Analysis, Data Management and Technical Support, Medical Surveillance Monthly Reports

U.S. service member hospitalizations for mental health disorders drops to lowest level in seven years

Article
5/27/2016
Service Members mental health disorders

A new study shows the number of hospitalizations for active duty service members suffering from mental health disorders dropped to the lowest level in seven years.

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Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch, Health Readiness, Public Health, Mental Health Care

MHS supports Global Health Security Agenda through its Force Health Protection Mission

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1/29/2016
U.S. Government Global Health Security Agenda Partners

For nearly two decades, the Military Health System has supported global public health surveillance to protect its forces and allies

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Global Health Engagement, Pandemic Diseases, Global Health Security Agenda
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