Awards
Award Winners
MHSRS 2023 AWARD WINNERS
2023 MHSRS Distinguished Service and Team Awards
Distinguished Service Award
Richard D. Branson, MSc, RRT, FCCM, FAARC
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Distinguished Service Award
Thomas A. Davis, Ph.D.
Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences
Bethesda, MD
Outstanding Research Accomplishment (Individual Academia-Industry)
Steven E. Wilson, M.D.
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Outstanding Research Accomplishment (Team Academia-Industry)
SAVE O2 Research Team
University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO
Adit Ginde, M.D., MPH
Team Lead
Outstanding Research Accomplishment (Team Military)
Millennium Cohort Program Team
Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Rudolph P. Rull, Ph.D., MPH
Team Lead
Outstanding Research Accomplishment (Team Military)
Command Readiness, Endurance, and
Watchstanding Team
Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA
Rachel R. Markwald, Ph.D.
Team Lead
Outstanding Research Accomplishment (Team Program Management)
Broad Spectrum Snakebite Antidote Integrated
Product Team
Warfighter Protection and Acute Care Project
Management Office
U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity,
Ft. Detrick, MD
Kendra Lawrence, Ph.D., Lindsey Garver, Ph.D.,
Andrea Renner, M.S.
Team Lead
2023 MHSRS Young Investigator Competition Awards
First Place
Ian H. Stanley,
Ph.D.,
Department of Emergency Medicine & CU Anschutz
Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield
(COMBAT) University of Colorado School of
Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
Lethal Means Safety
Counseling Among Firearm-Owning US National Guard
Personnel: Hyperarousal Symptoms as a Moderator of
Treatment Outcomes
Second Place
Capt Zahari N.
Tchopev, USAF
959 MDOS, San Antonio, Texas
Incidence and
Clinical Features of Nightmare Disorder and Trauma
Associated Sleep Disorder in U.S. Military Personnel
with Sleep Disturbances
Third Place
Andrew R. Clark
Ph.D.
Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
Combating
Volumetric Muscle Loss: An Investigation of
Two-Staged Treatment Strategy Utilizing an Acute
Muscle Void Filler Followed by Delayed Definitive
Treatment
Honorable Mention
Benjamin G.
Adams, PT, DPT, Ph.D.
MGH Institute of Health Professions,
Charlestown, MA
U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental
Medicine, Natick, MA
Smitha Bhaumik,
M.D.
University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Capt Jessie W.
Ho, USAF
Northwestern University Feinberg School of
Medicine, Chicago, IL
CPT Corey
Keenan, USA
William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso,
TX
Alice D. LaGoy,
Ph.D.
Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA
Capt John A.
Levasseur, USAF
Brooke Army Medical Center Fort Sam Houston, TX
Caitlin
Ridgewell, Ph.D., MPH
McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Samantha M.
Riedy, Ph.D.
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Silver
Spring, MD
Umang Sharma,
Ph.D.c
U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort
Sam Houston, TX
2023 MHSRS Poster Awards
Best In Show
Evaluation of Shelf Stable Blood Products for
Resuscitation in a Canine Model of Hemorrhagic
Shock
Rebekah Ford, BS1, Nicole Ewer, BS1,Ranger
Gunville1, Talli Hogen, DVM2,
M. Austin Johnson, M.D.-Ph.D.1,Scott
T. Youngquist, M.D.1
Emilee C. Venn, DVM.3, Thomas H.
Edwards, DVM3, Guillaume L. Hoareau,
Ph.D.-DVM1,2
1Department of Emergency Medicine,
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; 2Nora
Eccles-Harrison Cardiovascular and Research
Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt
Lake City, UT; 3U.S. Army Institute
for Surgical Research, San Antonio, TX
Poster Session 1
First Place
PFeasibility of Endovascular Localization of
Non-Compressible Torso Hemorrhage Using Swine
(Sus scrofa): A Pilot Study
Ashley Flinn, M.D.1, Theodore Hart,
M.D.1, Jason M. Rall, Ph.D.2,
Nola Shepard2, David S Kauvar, M.D.3,
Marlin W. Causey, M.D.1
1Brooke Army Medical Center, 3551
Roger Brooke Drive, San Antonio, TX; 2Office
of the Chief Scientist, 59th Medical Wing, Joint
Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX; 3Denver
Health, Denver, CO
Second Place
Evaluation of Adaptive Closed Loop
Hemorrhagic Shock Resuscitation Controllers
Syed A. Shah1, Saul J. Vega.1,
David Berard1, Guy Avital2,3,
Evan Ross4, Jose Salinas1,
Eric J. Snider1
1Organ Support and Automation
Technologies Group, U.S. Army Institute of
Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San
Antonio, TX; 2Trauma & Combat
Medicine Branch, Surgeon General’s Headquarters,
Israel Defense Forces, Ramat-Gan 52620, Israel;
3Division of Anesthesia, Intensive Care &
Pain Management, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical
Center, Tel-Aviv 64239, Israel; 4Blood
and Shock Resuscitation Group, U.S. Army
Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam
Houston, San Antonio, TX
Third Place
Classifying Severity of Burn Wounds in a
Porcine Model Resulting from Microwave Energy
Exposure Using Multispectral Spatial Frequency
Domain Imaging and Machine Learning
Gordon T. Kennedy1, Robert H. Wilson1,2,
William Voorhees3, Christine
Kowalczewski5, Jason Payne3,
Andrew Kowalczewski6, Chris Campbell1,
Jeffrey Whitmore3, Randolph Stone II5,
Robert Christy7, James E. Parker4,
Anthony J. Durkin1,8
1Beckman Laser Institute and Medical
Clinic, University of California Irvine, Irvine,
CA; 2Department of Medicine,
University of California Irvine, Orange, CA;
3Air Force Research Lab, 711th Human
Performance Wing, Airman Systems Directorate,
Bioeffects Division, JBSA Ft Sam Houston, San
Antonio, TX; 4General Dynamics
Information Technology, JBSA Fort Sam Houston,
San Antonio, TX; 5U.S. Army Institute
of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San
Antonio, TX; 6Department of
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering,
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY; 7Military
Health Institute, UT Health San Antonio, San
Antonio, TX; 8Department of
Biomedical Engineering, University of California
Irvine, Irvine, CA
Honorable Mention
Patient Handoffs
in Austere Environments: Training Evaluation in
a Field Exercise
Camilla C. Knott, Ph.D.1, Crystal
Fausett, MS2, Jenna Korentstides2,
Kerri Chik, MA1, Jasmine Proctor, MFA3,
Adam Bacik, MSc3, Anna Grome, MA1,
CAPT Sherri Rudinsky, M.D.4, CAPT
Sean Conley, DO4, Joseph R. Keebler,
Ph.D.2, CDR Lee W. Sciarini, PhD, MSc5,
Joseph Lopreiato, M.D., MPH4
1TiER1 Performance, Washington, DC;
2Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University,
Daytona Beach, FL; 3Henry Jackson
Foundation for the Advancement of Military
Medicine, Bethesda, MD; 4Uniformed
Services University for the Health Sciences,
Bethesda, MD; 5Naval Health Research
Center, San Diego, CA
Honorable Mention
Reliability of
Continuous Noninvasive Hemoglobin Monitoring in
Healthy Participants During En Route Care
Training
Maj William T. Davis, M.D.1,2,3,
Capt Stephen Cunningham4, Chris
Bennett1, Krystal Delgado1,
Lt Col Theresa Bedford, Ph.D.4, Lt
Col Derek Sorensen, M.D.4, Greg
Burnett, Ph.D.4, Lt Col Joseph K.
Maddry, M.D.1,3,5
1En route Care Research Center, 59th
Medical Wing, Science & Technology, Defense
Health Agency, San Antonio, TX; 2Department
of Emergency Medicine, San Antonio Military
Medical Center, San Antonio, TX; 3Department
of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed
Services University, San Antonio, TX; 4711th
Human Performance Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB,
Dayton, OH; 5U.S. Army Institute of
Surgical Research, San Antonio, TX
Poster Session 2
First Place
Heart Rate
Variability During Wake and Sleep in Veterans
with Comorbid Traumatic Brain Injury,
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and REM Sleep
Behavior Disorder
Natasha Recoder, BS1, Brittany R.
Ligman, BS2, Mohini D.
Bryant-Ekstrand, BS2, Miranda M. Lim,
MD., Ph.D.3,4,5, Jonathan E. Elliott,
Ph.D.2,3
1The Center for Neuroscience and
Regenerative Medicine, Bethesda, MD; The Henry
M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of
Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD; 2VA
Portland Health Care System, Research Service,
Portland, OR; 3Oregon Health &
Science University, Department of Neurology,
Portland, OR; 4Oregon Health &
Science University, Department of Behavioral
Neuroscience; Department of Pulmonary and
Critical Care Medicine; Oregon Institute of
Occupational Health Sciences Portland, OR;
5VA Portland Health Care System, Mental
Illness Research Education and Clinical Center;
Neurology; National Center for Rehabilitative
Auditory Research
Second Place
Essential Amino
Acid-Enriched Diets Alter Perceived Appetite and
Fullness without Diminishing Energy Intake
During Arctic Military Training
Jillian T. Allen1, Hilde K. Teien2,
Adrienne Hatch-McChesney1, Nancy E.
Murphy1, Christopher T. Carrigan1,
Rita Tansø2, Svein Martini2,
Pål Stenberg2, Arny A. Ferrando3,
Jess A. Gwin1, Lee M. Margolis1,
J. Philip Karl1, Stefan M. Pasiakos4,
Emily E. Howard1
1Military Nutrition Division, U.S.
Army Research Institute of Environmental
Medicine, Natick, MA; 2Norwegian
Defence Research Establishment, Kjeller, Norway;
3University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas; 4Military
Performance Division, U.S. Army Research
Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA
Third Place
Medics’ Capacity
for Delivering Behavioral Healthcare in Future
Operating Environments: Is Burnout a Factor?
Kristina Clarke-Walper1, George
Mesias1, Joshua Wilk1,
Mary Sampson2, Katie Nugent1
1Walter Reed Army Institute of
Research, Silver Spring, MD; 2TechWerks,
Silver Spring, MD
Honorable Mention
Rapid Serial
Visual Presentation: Mechanisms and Effects on
Visual Search Performance in Complex Scenes
Krystina Diaz, BS, BA,1,2, Mark
Becker, Ph.D.3, Chad Peltier, Ph.D.2,
Jeffrey Bolkhovsky, Ph.D.1
1Naval Submarine Medical Research
Laboratory, Groton, CT; 2Leidos,
Reston, VA; 3Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI
Honorable Mention
Implementation
of Interventions for Prevention of Suicides and
Other Harmful Behaviors
Adam Walsh, Ph.D.1, Peter
Gutierrez, Ph.D.2, Brooke Heintz
Morrissey, Ph.D.1, Joshua
Morganstein, M.D.1
1Uniformed Services University,
Department of Psychiatry, Center for the Study
of Traumatic Stress; 2LivingWorks,
Inc.
Poster Session 3
First Place
Wound Healing
Promoted by Broad-Spectrum, Phage Structure
Mimicking, Synthetic Antibacterial Nanoparticles
as a Topical or an Intravenous Formulation,
Which Cleared MDR ESKAPE Pathogens Induced
Infections in Wound Models
Prakash D. Nallathamby1,2, Shaun Lee1,3,
Johanna Olesk1, Conor Sheehan1,
Deborah Donahue4, Victoria Ploplis4,
Frank Castellino4
1Berthiaume Institute for Precision
Health; 2Bioengineering Graduate
Program – AME; 3Department of
Biological Sciences; 4W.M. Keck
Center for Transgene Research University of
Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Second Place
An Automated,
Virus Variant-Programmable, Surrogate
Neutralization Test Is Qualitatively Comparable
to the Gold Standard SARS-CoV-2 Cell-Based
Neutralization Assay
Danielle Ali, MS1, Maggie L.
Bartlett, Ph.D.1, Chris Heger, Ph.D.2,
Francisco Ramirez2, Linwood Johnson1,
Kevin L. Schully, Ph.D.1, Eric D.
Laing, Ph.D.3, Wei Wang, Ph.D.4,
Carol D Weiss, M.D., Ph.D.4,
Christopher C. Broder, Ph.D.3,
Stephanie A. Richard, Ph.D.3,5,
Nusrat J. Epsi, Ph.D.3,5, Brian Agan,
M.D.3, David Tribble, M.D., DrPH3,
Mark Simons, Ph.D.3, Timothy H
Burgess, M.D., MPH3, Edward Mitre,
M.D.3, Simon Pollett, MBBS3,5,
Darci R. Smith, Ph.D.1
1Biological Defense Research
Directorate, Naval Medical Research
Center-Frederick, Fort Detrick, MD; 2ProteinSimple,
San Jose, CA; 3Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD;
4Center for Biologics Evaluation and
Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration,
Silver Spring, MD; 5Henry M. Jackson
Foundation for the Advancement of Military
Medicine, Bethesda, MD
Third Place
Regenerative
Tracheal Implants from 3D-Printed Advanced
Biomaterials with Integrated Decellularized
Extracellular
Brad Young1, Lori Asarian, Ph.D.1,
Keara Yaggy-McElroy1, Jon Burke2,
Carolina Fuentes2, Ramille Shah,
Ph.D.2, Daniel J. Weiss, Ph.D., M.D.1,
Adam Jakus, Ph.D.2
1University of Vermont, Burlington,
VT; 2Dimensions Inx Corp., Chicago,
IL
Honorable Mention
Establishing
Bionic Prosthetic Control in Individuals
Receiving Targeted Muscle Reinnervation for Pain
Prevention
Jonathon S. Schofield1, Justin
Fitzgerald1, Marcus A. Battraw1,
Rachel M. Russo, M.D.2,3, Clifford
Pereira, M.D.2, Andrew Li, M.D.2,
Paul D. Marasco4, Wilsaan M. Joiner1
1University of California Davis,
Sacramento, CA; 2University of
California Davis, Medical Center, Department of
Surgery, Sacramento, CA; 3United
States Air Force, Travis AFB, CA; 4Cleveland
Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Honorable Mention
Force Health
Protection: Understanding Emerging Health Risks
in the Arctic and the Threat of Pathogen
Reanimation from Melting Permafrost due to
Climate Change
Anna Adetona1, Greg Durand1,
Carl Blaesing1, Stephani Kim1,
Rommel Zulueta1, Michael SanClements1,Rachel
R. Spurbeck1, Lindsay A. Catlin1,
Amy Vinturella1, Dylan Monahan1,
Nora Catolico1, Adam Ronk1,
Jessica Ruble1, Wayne Matheny2,
Kathy Fullerton2
1Battelle Memorial Institute,
Regional Sites and Columbus, OH; 2U.S.
Medical Research and Development Command, Ft.
Detrick, MD
MHSRS 2022 AWARD WINNERS
2022 MHSRS Distinguished Service and Team Awards
Distinguished Service Award
CMSgt Dario Rodriquez, Jr. (RET), USAF
Air Force Research Laboratory, 711 Human
Performance Wing
Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio
Enroute Care Center Research Directory,
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Distinguished Service Award
Frederick Brozoski, M.S.
Chief, Blunt Impact Injury Prevention Team,
Principal Investigator, Injury
Biomechanics and Protection Group
U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory, Fort
Rucker, AL
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/Military
The Regional Hearing Conservation Program
Team
Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory,
Naval Submarine Base New London
Groton, CT
Jeremy Federman, Ph.D.
Team Lead
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Academia-Industry
Noise Outcomes In Service Members
Epidemiology (NOISE) Study Team
Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation R&D, National
Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research
Portland, OR
DoD Hearing Center of Excellence
San Antonio, TX
James A. Henry, Ph.D.
Team Lead
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Academia-Industry
STRONG STAR Consortium Team
Alan L. Peterson, Ph.D.
Team Lead
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Program Management
Rapid Opioid Contermeasure System Team
JPM, CBRN Medical Joint Program Executive Office
for Checmical, Biological, Radiological and
Nuclear Defense
Saumil Shah
Team Lead
2022 MHSRS Young Investigator Competition Awards
First Place
LTC Jonathan G.
Yost, USA
Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Ketamine Metabolite (2R,6R)-HNK Provides Pain
Reduction via an AMPA Receptordependent Mechanism
and Alters AMPA Recepceptor Expression in the vIPAG
Second Place
Dr. Rebecca E.
Bieber
Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement
of Military Medicine and the Walter Reed
National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Evaluating the Impacts of Hearing Protection on
Fire Team Lethality, Survivability, Communication,
and Mission Success in Dismounted Combat
Third Place
CPT Joshua M.
Boster, USA
Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San
Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, TX
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Cytology of
Deployed Military Personnel with Chronic Respiratory
Symptoms from the STAMPEDE III Study
Honorable Mention
Jie Hui, Ph.D.
Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts
General Hospital, Boston, MA, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA
CPT Haana
McMurray, USA
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center,
Bethesda, MD
CPT Andrea Moon,
USA
Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
Emily Stekl,
B.A.
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver
Spring, MD
Andrew Kubala,
Ph.D.
Leidos, Inc., San Diego, CA; Naval Health
Research Center, San Diego, CA
MAJ Julianna M.
Jayne, USA
U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental
Medicine, Natick, MA
LT Phillip Fry,
USN
Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA
Alexandria V.
Gonzalez, PsyD
James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital, Tampa, FL
Capt Brian P.
Elliott, USAF
Wright Patterson Medical Center, Wright
Patterson AFB, OH
Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State
University, Dayton, OH
2022 MHSRS Poster Awards
Best In Show
A Preliminary Description of the Health of
Female Navy Divers: An Examination of Linked
Medical, Personnel and Dive Log Data for 47
Female Divers Who Separated Between 2008 and
2018
Brian J. Maguire, Dr.PH, MSA1, Linda
M. Hughes, M.S.2
1Leidos/ Naval Submarine Medical
Research Laboratory, Groton, CT; 2Naval
Submarine Medical Research Laboratory, Groton,
CT
Poster Session 1
First Place
Phase I Study of the Safety of Locally
Delivered Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells for
Promoting Corneal Repair: Early Results
Samer Habeel1, Mathew Margolis1,
Rebecca Jung1, Grace Tu1,
Seungwon An1, Reza Dana3,
Bennie H. Jeng4, Sayan Basu7,
Mark I. Rosenblatt1, Peiman Hematti5,
Nadim Mahmud6, Charlotte E. Joslin1,2,
Ali R. Djalilian1
1Department of Ophthalmology and
Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at
Chicago; 2Division of Epidemiology
and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at
Chicago; 3Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard
Medical School; 4Department of
Ophthalmology, University of Maryland,
Baltimore; 5Medical Oncology and
Palliative Care, University of Wisconsin; 6Division
of Hematology/Oncology, University of Illinois
at Chicago; 7LV Prasad Eye Institute
Second Place
Characterization of Non-Human Primate Whole
Blood Cold Storage Coagulation Function
Alejandra Lorenzen, BS, Peter Hemond, BS, Mary
Salas, MA, Kassandra Ozuna, MBA, Clifford
Morgan, PhD, Leslie Neidert, PhD, Michael
Tiller, MD
Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio,
JBSA-Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX
Third Place
Bradykinin B2 Receptor Antagonist
(Icatibant) Improves Survivability in Rats with
Lethal Hemorrhagic Shock
Xiaowu Wu, MD, Daniel N. Darlington, PhD,
Salgado L. Christi, BS,Tiffani C. Chance, PhD,
Bin Liu, BS, Jeffrey D. Keesee, BS, Qingwei
Zhao, MD, PhD, Stephen M. McBride, SPC, Andrew
P. Cap, MD, PhD, James A. Bynum, PhD
Blood and Shock Resuscitation, U.S. Army
Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam
Houston, San Antonio, TX
Honorable Mention
Incorporating
Clinician Accuracy and Uncertainty of
Prehospital Injury Diagnosis Improves Clinical
Validatity of a Decision Support System Without
Compromising Performance of a Bayesian Network
to Predict Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy
Jared M Wohlgemut, MSc1,2, Evangelia
Kyrimi, PhD3, Andrea Rossetto, MBBS1,2,
Rebecca S Stoner, MSc1,2, Erhan
Pisirir, MSc3, William Marsh, PhD3,
Zane B Perkins, PhD1,2, Nigel RM Tai,
MS1,2,4
1Centre for Trauma Sciences, Blizard
Institute, Queen Mary University of London, UK;
2Royal London Hospital, Barts NHS Health
Trust, London, UK; 3Department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Queen Mary University of London, UK; 4Academic
Department of Military Surgery and Trauma, Royal
Centre of Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK
Honorable Mention
Optimizing RNA
Transfection and Cellular Engineering in
Transfusable Platelets
Katherine Badior, PhD1, Jerry Leung,
BSc2, Colton Strong, BSc2,
Madelaine Robertson, BSc2, Pieter
Cullis, PhD2, Dana Devine, PhD2,3,
Eric Jan, PhD2, Christian Kastrup,
PhD1,4
1Versiti Blood Research Institute,
Milwaukee, WI; 2University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, BC; 3Canadian
Blood Services, Vancouver, BC; 4Medical
College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Poster Session 2
First Place
Transcriptomic
Profiles Associated with the Development of
Heterotopic Ossification in Combat Extremity
Wounds
Simon Tallowin BMBS MSc1,2, Eric R.
Gann PhD3, Felipe A. Lisboa MD1,3,4,
Seth A. Schobel PhD1,3, Thomas A.
Davis PhD1, Benjamin K. Potter MD1,4,
Eric A. Elster, MD1,4
1Department of Surgery, Uniformed
Services University of Health Sciences,
Bethesda, MD; 2Academic Department of
Military Surgery & Trauma, Royal Centre for
Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK; 3Henry
Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of
Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD; 4Walter
Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda,
MD
Second Place
Blast
Overpressure Environment Analysis of the M119
Howitzer at Varying Elevation Angles
Suthee Wiri,PhD, Craig Watry, MS, Jakob Brisby,
MS, Ryan Schindler, MS, Sara Wofford, MS, Alex
Ziegle, MS, Jasmyne Longwell
Applied Research Associates, Albuquerque, NM
Third Place
Measured
Stiffness of Off-the-Shelf Carbon Fiber Ankle
Foot Orthoses Depends on Test Alignment
Benjamin Shuman, BS1,2,3, Russell
Esposito1,2,4
1RR&D Center for Limb Loss and
Mobility, VA Puget Sound Health Care System,
Seattle, WA; 2DOD-VA Extremity Trauma
and Amputation Center of Excellence; 3The
Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement
of Military Medicine, Inc.; 4Department
of Mechanical Engineering, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA
Honorable Mention
Feasibility of a
Head-Mounted Virtual Reality System (Fusion mVR)
for Neurocognitive Eye Tracking within Military
Medical Settings
Mark L. Ettenhofer, PhD1,2,3,4, Jenna
Trotta, MS1,2,3, Stephanie Agtarap,
PhD1,2,3, Lars D. Hungerford, PhD1,2,3
1General Dynamics Information
Technology; 2Traumatic Brain Injury
Center of Excellence; 3Naval Medical
Center San Diego; 4University of
California, San Diego
Honorable Mention
The Complex
Assessment of Military Performance for mTBI
Assessment: Patrol Exertion Task Test-Retest
Reliability
Mikalia Guard, SPT1, Courtney
Harrison, MS1, Amy Cecchini, PT, DPT2,
CDR Mike Krok, DPT3, Karen L.
McCulloch, PT, PhD, FAPTA1
1Department of Allied Health
Sciences, School of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC; 2Geneva Foundation,
Tacoma, WA; 4Intrepid Spirit Center,
Fort Bragg, NC
Poster Session 3
First Place
High Burden of
Sexually Transmitted Infections at Both Genital
and Extragenital Sites Among Female Military
Personnel at Two U.S. Army Bases: Preliminary
Results from the RV567 Efficacy Trial of an STI
Prevention Intervention
Donn J. Colby, MD, MPH1,2, Trevor A.
Crowell, MD, PhD1,2, Alexus Reynolds,
MPH1,2, Ralph J. DiClemente, PhD3,
Gina Wingood, ScD, MPH4, Adam M.
Yates, PhD1,2, Shannon Clark, AAS5,
Heather Follen, AA6, Maureen Sevilla,
MPAS5, COL Paul Faestel, MD, MPH6,
LTC Luke E. Mease, MD, MPH6, CPT
Taylor P. Duplessis, MD6, COL Julie
Ake, MD, MSc1,2, COL Anjali Kunz, MD6
1U.S. Military HIV Research Program,
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver
Spring, MD; 2Henry M. Jackson
Foundation for the Advancement of Military
Medicine, Bethesda, MD; 3NYU School
of Global Public Health, New York, NY; 4Columbia
University Mailman School of Public Health, New
York, NY; 5Womack Army Medical
Center, Ft. Bragg, NC; 6Madigan Army
Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA
Second Place
Gauging
Operational Performance Based on Individual
Cognitive Ability
Krystina Diaz1,2, Margaret Wise1,2,
Sylvia Guillory, PhD1,2, David Gever1,2,
Chad Peltier, PhD1,2, Jeffrey
Bolkhovsky, PhD1
1Naval Submarine Medical Research
Laboratory, Groton, CT; 2Leidos,
Reston, VA
Third Place
Antimicrobial
Surface Coatings to Reduce COVID-19 Spread
Dorin V. Preda, PhD1, Zachary D.
Whitermore, MS1, Peter A. Warren, PhD1,
Min K. Song, PhD1, Alex W. Moerlein,
MS1, Nathan R. Shipley, BS1,
John H. Connor, PhD2, Scott Seitz,
PhD2
1Physical Sciences Inc., Andover, MA;
2Boston University/National Emerging
Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston, MA
Honorable Mention
Method
Development and Implementation of Genomic
Wastewater Based Biosurveillance
Rachel R. Spurbeck, PhD, Lindsay Catlin, MS,
Angela Minard-Smith, MS, Jared Schuetter, PhD
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH
Honorable Mention
Recombinant
Adenovirus-Like Particles (AdVLPs): Assessment
of Immunogenicity of Monovalent and Polyvalent
Vaccine Compositions
Hannah Mulhall Maasz, PhD; Kaitlyn Garvey;
Matthew Resch, MS; Ke Wen, PhD; Ryan Mazboudi;
Leslie Gallardo, MS; Jose M. Galarza, DVM, PhD
TechnoVax Inc., Elmsford, NY
MHSRS 2021 AWARD WINNERS
2021 MHSRS Distinguished Service/Individual/Team Awards
Distinguished Service Award
Patricia A. Deuster, Ph.D., MPH, FACS
Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences
Bethesda, Maryland
Distinguished Service Award
David Tribble, M.D., DrPH
Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences
Bethesda, Maryland
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Individual/Academia/Industry
Christopher
Connaboy, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Individual/Military
LT Chad G. Peltier, USN
Naval Medical Submarine Research Laboratory, New
London Submarine Base
Groton, Connecticut
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/Academia/Industry
Concussion Assessment Research and Education
Consortium Team
Indiana University School of Medicine, Medical
College of Wisconsin, University of Michigan,
Uniformed Services of the Health Sciences
Thomas W. McAllister, M.D.
Team Lead
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/Military
Integrated Platform for Clinical Assessment
and Monitoring Research Team
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center,
Army Public Health Center and Hearing Center of
Excellence
Douglas S. Brungart, Ph.D.
Team Lead
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/Military
Green-X Research Team
Naval Medical Research Unit - Dayton
Michael D. Reddix, CDR(ret), USN, Ph.D.
Team Lead
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Individual/SARS-C0V-2
Laura E. Lamb, Ph.D.
Beaumont Health
Royal Oak, Michigan
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19 Health Action Response for Marines
Team
Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring,
Maryland
CDR Andrew G. Letzia, USN
Team Lead
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/SARS-CoV-2
Operational Infectious Diseases Laboratory
Team
Naval Health Research Center, San Diego,
California
Christopher A. Myers, Ph.D.
Team Lead
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/SARS-CoV-2
The Epidemiology, Immunology and Clinical Characteristics of Emerging Infectious Diseases with Pandemic Potential COVID-19 Cohort Team
Uniformed Services University Infectious
Disease Clinical Research Program
Team Lead
2021 MHSRS Young Investigator Competition Finalists
Alexander J. Kersey, M.D.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Bethesda, Maryland
Shoaib Ashraf, DVM, PhD
Wellman Center for Photomedicine
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical
School
Boston, Massachusetts
Rafael Veraza, Ph.D.
UT Health San Antonio School of Medicine
San Antonio, Texas
Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Philip
Spreadborough, Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences
Bethesda, Maryland
LCDR Matthew J. Montgomery, USN
Navy Medical Research Unit-3, Sigonella, Italy
Naval Operational Support Center, San Jose,
California
Laura Kraemer, M.D.
Naval Medical Center, San Diego Naval Medical
Center
San Diego, California
Kristen Marie Manto, B.S., Ph.D. (c)
The Pennsylvania State University College of
Medicine
Hershey, Pennsylvania
MAJ Jacqueline N. Messenger, USA
University of Texas-San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
LCDR Matthew J. Carr, USN
Trauma Surgery Department
Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, California
LT Joe Gehrz. M.D., U.S. Navy
Naval Medical Center
San Diego, California
MHSRS 2020 AWARD WINNERS
2020 MHSRS Distinguished Service/Individual/Team Awards
Distinguished Service Award
Michael A. Dubick, Ph.D.
United States Army Institute of Surgical
Research
San Antonio, Texas
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Individual/Military Senior Researcher
Christopher C. Broder, Ph.D.
Uniform Services University of the Health
Sciences
Bethesda, Maryland
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Individual/Military Junior Researcher
LT Luke A. Beardslee, MC, USN
Naval Medical Submarine Research Laboratory
New London Submarine Base
Groton, Connecticut
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Individual/Academia-Industry
Jessica Gill RN, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/Military
COVID-19 Rapid Response Team Walter Reed
Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD
Sheila Peel, Ph.D.
Team Lead
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/Military
The Combat Trauma Research Group Naval
Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia
LCDR Sean Stuart, MC, USN
Team Lead
2020 MHSRS Young Investigator Competition Finalists
Jess A. Gwin, Ph.D.
U.S. Army Research Institute of
Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and
Education, Belcamp, MD
CPT Brooke A. Pati, MC, USA
Department of Clinical Investigation and
Department of General Surgery
Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
Patrick M. Ketter, Ph.D.
U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research
Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, San
Antonio, TX
Capt Douglas E. Deever, USAF, MC
Pulmonary/Critical Care Department, Brooke Army
Medical Center
San Antonio, TX
CPT Rowan R. Sheldon, MC, USA
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical
Center
Tacoma, WA
Shawn R. Eagle, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Concussion Program, University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic
Surgery
Pittsburgh, PA
Erin M. Miller, ATC, Ph.D. (c)
Baylor University - Keller Army Community
Hospital Division 1 Sports Physical Therapy
Fellowship, West Point, NY
Rocky Mountain University of Health
Professions, Provo, UT
Yuanyuan Gao, Ph.D. (c)
Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in
Medicine
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Colleen M. Castellani, B.S.
U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental
Medicine
Natick, MA
Kara Ashcraft
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO
Maj Patrick L. Short, USAF, MC
Department of Pediatrics, Walter Reed National
Military Medical Center
Bethesda, MD
CDR Lalon M. Kasuske, NC, USN
Naval Medical Readiness Training Command
Portsmouth, Virginia
National Intrepid Center of Excellence, Walter
Reed National Military Medical Center,
Bethesda, MD
MHSRS 2019 AWARD WINNERS
2019 MHSRS Distinguished Service/Individual/Team Awards
Distinguished Service Award
Amy B. Adler, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist for the Center of Military
Psychiatry & Neuroscience
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Silver Spring, Maryland
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Individual/Military
Paul M. Sherman, M.D.
Director, Neurological & Neuroradiology Research
USAF School of Aerospace Medicine,
711 Human Performance Wing
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Individual/Academia-Industry
CDR Ian L. Valerio, M.D., USNR
Chief, Division of Burn, Wound, & Trauma
Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Professor, Departments of Plastic &
Reconstructive, Orthopedic,
& General Surgery
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Small Team/Military
Hazard Recognition Team
711 Human Performance Wing, Wright Patterson
AFB, Dayton, Ohio
Christin Duran, Ph.D.
Team Lead
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Large Team/Military
Zika Purified Inactivated Virus Team
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research,
Silver Spring, Maryland
Kayvon Modjarrad, M.D., Ph.D.
Team Lead
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/
Academia-Industry
San Antonio Whole Blood Consortium, San
Antonio, Texas
Donald Jenkins, M.D.
Team Lead
CAPT Anita C. Bacher, USN
Award for Excellence in Nursing Research
LTC Gordon F. West, USA
.
2019 MHSRS Young Investigator Competition Awards
First Place
Captain Kaitlin Morte, USA
Madigan Army Medical Center
Takoma, Washington
Outcomes Following Trauma Related to Gender: A
Matched Analysis of Military Service Members in the
Department of Defense Trauma Registry
Second Place
Teryn Roberts, Ph.D.
The Geneva Foundation
Takoma, Washington
Evaluation of Tethered-liquid Perfluorocarbon
Coating for Heparin-free Extracorporeal Life
Support: A 72-hour Life Support Intensive Care Unit
Study
Third Place
Captain Carl Beyer, USAF
University of California Davis Medical
Center, Sacramento,
California, and David Grant USAF Medical
Center, Travis AFB, California
Risk Factors for Persistent Opioid Use and
Clinically Recognized Opioid Abuse Following Battle
Injury in United States Military Personnel
Honorable Mention
MAJ Megan Donahue, USA
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center,
Bethesda, Maryland
MAJ Julianna Jayne, USA
U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental
Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts
Casey Straud, Psy.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center at San
Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Capt Adam Dulberger, USAF
David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis AFB, CA
LTC Ann Ketz, USA
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl,
Germany
CPT Colin Harrington, USA
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center,
Bethesda, Maryland
Sahil Bajaj, Ph.D.
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
.
2019 MHSRS Poster Awards
Best-In-Show
A Descriptive Study of U.S. Special
Operations Command Fatalities, 2001-2018
Presentation Author: Dr. Russ Kotwal
Joint Trauma System, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort
Sam Houston, Texas
.
Poster Session 1
First Place
Spatiotemporal Profiling of Bacterial
Communities and Interpersonal Interactions to
Capture Transmission Events
Presentation Author: Dr. Briana Vecchio-Pagan
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland
Second Place
In vitro Validation of Genetic Elements
Conferring Neuronal Hypoxia Tolerance using
CRISPR/Cas9 System and Microelectrode Arrays
Presentation Author: Dr. Oksana Pavlyuk
U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine,
Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH and UES Inc.,
Dayton, Ohio
Third Place
Enhanced Non-invasive Peripheral Nerve
Stimulation for Sensory Restoration and
Neuropathic Pain Treatment
Presentation Author: Mr. Andres Pena
Florida International University, Miami, Florida
Honorable Mention
Use of Mobile Technology Paired with Heart
Rate Monitor to Remotely Quantify Behavioral
Health Markers among Military Reservists and
First Responders
Presentation Author: Dr. Maria Davila
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina
In-office, In-home, and
Telebehavioral-health Cognitive Processing
Therapy for Combat-related PTSD: Preliminary
Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial
Presentation Author: Dr. Alan Peterson
University of Texas Health Science Center at San
Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
.
Poster Session 2
First Place
Rapid Intramuscular Administration of TXA
Results in Equivalent Total Drug Exposure and
Reversal of Hyperfibrinolysis in a Swine
Controlled Hemorrhage Model
Presentation Author: Captain Marguerite Spruce,
USAF
USAF David Grant Medical Center Clinical
Investigation facility, Travis AFB, California
Second Place
Cold-stored Platelets Have Better Preserved
Contractile Function in Comparison to Room
Temperature-stored Platelets over 21 Days
Presentation Author: Dr. Prajeeda Nair
U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort
Sam Houston, Texas
Third Place
Associations between an Integrated
Musculoskeletal Risk Mitigation Program and
Self-Reported Pain during U.S. Military Training
Presentation Author: Carolyn Dartt
Henry M. Jackson Foundation and the Uniformed
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda,
Maryland
Honorable Mention
Percutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
Provides Relief of Chronic Pain to Enable
Improvements in Function Following Amputation
Presentation Author: Dr. Steven Cohen
Walter Reed National Military Medicine Center,
Bethesda, MD
Gastroesophageal Resuscitative Occlusion of
the Aorta
Presentation Author: Mr. Brendan McCracken
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
MHSRS 2018 AWARD WINNERS
2018 MHSRS Distinguished Service/Individual/Team Awards
Distinguished Service Award
COL Michael P. Kozar, USA
Director, Military Infectious Diseases Research
Program
Fort Detrick, Maryland
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Individual/Military
COL Andrew P. Cap, MC, USA
U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, San
Antonio, TX
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Individual/Academia-Industry
Kenneth M. Hargreaves, DDS, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center San
Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Small Team/Military
USAF Enroute Care Research Center
Joint Base San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Maj Joseph Maddry, USAF
(Team Lead)
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Large Team/Military
Combat Trauma Research Group
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
LCDR Micah J. Gaspary, USN
(Team
Lead)
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/
Small Team/Academia-Industry
Australian Red Cross Blood Service,
Australian Defence Force, & CLIP Investigators
Col Michael Reade & Associate Prof
Denese Marks
(Co-Leads)
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/
Large Team/Academia-Industry
Military Suicide Research Consortium
Peter M. Gutierrez, Ph.D. & Thomas E.
Joiner, Ph.D
(Co-Directors)
2018 MHSRS Young Investigator Competition Awards
First Place
Keisuke Kawata, Ph.D., ATC.
Department of Kinesiology, School of Public
Health, Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
Association of Increased Serum S100B Levels
with High School Football Subconcussive Head
Impacts
Second Place
CPT Joshua L. Fenderson, MC, USA
Blood Research Program, US Army Institute of
Surgical Research
Fort Sam Houston, TX
Hemostatic Characteristics of Thawed Pooled
Cryoprecipitate Stored for 35 Days at
Refrigerated and Room Temperatures
Third Place
CPT Michael Derickson, MC, USA
Madigan Army Medical Center
Tacoma, WA
Life Saving Surgical Procedures in Blackout
Conditions Using Night Vision Technology: Come
to the Dark Side
2018 MHSRS Poster Awards
Best In Show
Rapid Potent Synthetic synDNA Vaccine
Platform to Accelerate Protection from
Infectious Diseases for the Warfighter
David B. Weiner, PhD1, Ami Patel, PhD1,
Emma Reuschel, PhD1, Sagar
Kudchodkar, PhD1, Jean Boyer, PhD2,
Kate Broderick, PhD2, Kar Muthumani,
PhD1, Mark Bagarazzi, MD2,
Scott White, MD, Joel Maslow, MD3,
Laurent Humeau, PhD2, Pablo Tebas, MD4
1Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA,
2Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Plymouth Meeting,
PA, 3GeneOne Life Science, Plymouth
Meeting, PA, 4The University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Poster Session 1
First Place
Risks, Assets, & Timing: The Impact of
Deployment Characteristics on Military Spouses’
Readiness for Future Deployments
Sabrina Richardson, PhD1, Kelly A.
Woodall1, Jaqueline C. Pflieger1,
Lyndon Riviere2, Valerie A. Stander3
1Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the
Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc, Bethesda,
MD, 2Walter Reed Army Institute of
Research, Silver Spring, MD, 3Naval
Health Research Center, San Diego, CA
Second Place
Impact of Hypoxia on Brain Activity & Flight
Simulation Performance
Sabrina Drollinger, MS1, CAPT G.
Merrill Rice, DO, MPH2, Dallas
Snider, PhD3, LT Christopher Greil,
PhD1, LCDR Frank Bogni, MD1,
Jeffrey Phillips, PhD4, Steven
Linnville, PhD1, Katherine Marco1,
Anil Raj, MD4, Margaret
Freyaldenhoven4
1Naval Medicine Operational Training
Center, Pensacola, FL, 2Naval
Aviation Schools Command, Pensacola, FL, 3University
of West Florida, Pensacola, FL,
4Florida Institute for Human &
Machine Cognition, Pensacola, FL
Third Place
Exposure to Intense Noise Causes Acute
Vestibular & Balance Loss
W. Michael King, PhD, Richard Altschuler, PhD,
Courtney Stewart, PhD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Honorable Mention
Dietary Interventions Protect Against
Blast-Induced Neurotrauma in an Animal Model
Tonia S. Rex1, Alexandra
Bernardo-Colon1, Victoria Vest1,
Adrienne Clark1, John Clifton1,
Ryan Dahl1, Bohan Kim1,
Fiona Harrison2
1Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Nashville,
TN, 2Vanderbilt University Medical
Center, Nashville, TN
Challenges in Automating the
Characterization of Burn Injuries for
Pre-Hospital Care
Gregory Rule, MS, PE1, Christopher
Argents, PhD2, Jeremy C. Pamplin, MD,
FCCM, FACP3, Maria Serio-Melvin, MSN4,
Sena R. Veazey, MS4, Craig A. Fenrich4
1Applied Research Associates, Inc,
San Antonio, TX, 2Applied Research
Associates, Inc, Raleigh, NC, 3Madigan
Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA, 4U.S.
Army Institute of Surgical Research, San
Antonio, TX
Poster Session 2
First Place
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury History Predicts
Relationship Between Reduced Grey Matter Volume
& Visual-Sensory Performance in Special
Operations Forces Personnel
Cassie B. Ford, PhD1, Michael J.
Cools, MD1, LTC Stephen M. DeLellis,
MPAS, PA-C2, CPT Marshall L. Healy,
APA-C2, Robert H. Lutz, MD3,
COL Shawn F. Kane, MD4, COL James H.
Lynch, MD2, Jason P. Mihalik, PhD,
CAT(C), ATC1
1University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, NC, 2U.S. Army Special
Operations Command, Fort Bragg, NC, 3Duke
University, Durham, NC, 4Special
Warfare Medical Group, Fort Bragg, NC
Second Place
Pain & Chronic Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
in the US Military Population: A Chronic Effects
of Neurotrauma Consortium Study
Michelle Hoot, PhD1,2, Harvey Levin,
PhD3,4, Austin Smith, BS1,2,
Gary Goldberg, MD1,5, Elisabeth
Wilde, PhD3,4, William Walker, MD1,2,5,
Tracy Nolen, PhD6, Norma Pugh, MS6
1Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans
Affairs Medical Center, Richmond, VA,
2Defense & Veterans Brain Injury
Center, Richmond, VA, 3Baylor College
of Medicine, Houston, TX,
4Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs
Medical Center, Houston, TX,
5Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, VA, 6RTI International,
Research Triangle Park, NC
Third Place
Ex-Vivo Normothermia Hyperbaric Perfusion
for 24 Hours Mitigates Reperfusion Injury in
Porcine Vascular Composite Allotransplantation
Nicholas L. Robbins, DO1,3, Matthew
J. Wordsworth, MA, MRCS1, Michael R.
Sippel, MD1,3, Bijaya K. Parida, PhD1,
Jennifer M. Cox, BS1, Vijay S.
Gorantla, MD, PhD1,4
George E. Wolf, MD2, Warren C.
Breidenbach, MD1, Col Michael R
Davis, MD1,2, Col Erik K. Weitzel, MD1,2
1RESTOR™ Program, 59th Medical Wing,
JBSA Lackland AFB, TX, 2San Antonio
Military Medical Center, JBSA Fort Sam Houston,
TX,
3University of Texas Health Sciences
Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 4Wake
Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine,
Winston-Salem, NC
Honorable Mention
The Relationship Between Perceived Burden &
Health-Related Quality of Life in Caregivers of
Military Service Members & Veterans Following
Traumatic Brain Injury
Tracey Brickell, PsyD1-4, Noelle
Carlozzi, PhD6, Louis French, PsyD1-4,
Sara Lippa, PhD1-3, Rael Lange, PhD1-3,5
1Defense & Veterans Brain Injury
Center, Bethesda, MD, 2Walter Reed
National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD,
3National Intrepid Center of Excellence,
Bethesda, MD,
4Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD,
5University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,
6University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion
of the Aorta (REBOA) Alters Intracranial
Pressure & Brain Tissue Oxygen Tension Following
Traumatic Brain Injury
Zachary Bailey1, Katherine Cardiff1,
Xiaofang Yang1, Janice Gilsdorf1,
Deborah Shear1, Todd Rasmussen2,
Lai Yee Leung1,2
1Walter Reed Army Institute of
Research, Silver Spring, MD,
2Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
MHSRS 2017 AWARD WINNERS
2017 MHSRS Distinguished Service/Individual/Team Awards
Distinguished Service Award
Frank K. Butler, Jr. MD
Captain, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Chairman, Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty
Care, Joint Trauma System, San Antonio, TX
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Individual/Military/Active Duty
MAJ Steven Schauer, MC, USA
U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, San
Antonio, TX
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Individual/Military/Civilian
Michael J. Morris, M.D.
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education
Consortium
Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Individual/Academia
Veena Taneja, Ph.D.
Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, Minnesota
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/Academia-Industry
Acute Care Covering for Severely Injured
Limbs Project Team
Erik Edwards, Ph.D. (Team Lead)
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/Military/First Place
Occupational Physical Assessment Team
Marilyn Sharp, M.S. (Team Lead)
U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental
Medicine, Natick, MA
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/Military/Honorable Mention
Hantavirus Team
Connie Schmaljohn, Ph.D. (Team Lead)
U.S. Army Research Institute of Infectious
Diseases, Ft. Detrick, MD
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/Military/Honorable Mention
Multi-Channel Negative Wound Pressure Device
Team
Calvin Griner, M.P.A. (Team Lead)
U.S. Air Force Medical Support Agency, Falls
Church, Virginia
2017 MHSRS Young Investigator Competition Awards
First Place
Lauren Cornell, M.S.
U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research,
San Antonio, TX
Utility of Magnetic Nanoparticles for
Targeted Endothelial Transplantation in an
Ex-vivo Model
Second Place
LT Jenny M. Held, USN
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth,
VA
Insertional Safety, Device, Stability, and
Decompression Efficacy of Alternative
Decompression Devices for Tension Pneumothorax:
Results of Complementary Studies Using Human
Cadaver and Yorkshire Swine Models
Third Place
Kate Zeigler, BS
Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD
Clearance of Rabies-Like Lyssavirus
Infection via Antibody Therapy Post-central
Nervous System Invasion
2017 MHSRS Poster Awards
Best In Show
Service Members and Veterans with
Transhumeral Osseointegration: Initial
Rehabilitation Experiences from the DoD OI
Program at WRNMMC
Michelle Nordstrom, Mark Beachler, Joe Butkus,
Annemarie Orr, Brad Hendershot, Barri Schnall,
Stanly Breuer, Paul Pasquina, Benjamin Potter,
Jonathan Forsberg, Chris Dearth
Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences, DoD-VA Extremity Trauma and Amputation
Center of Excellence, Walter Reed National
Military Medical Center
Poster Session 1
First Place
Adaptive Vacuum Suspension for Optimal
Residual Limb Health and Prosthetic Function
Matthew Wernke, Alexander Albury, Cameron Rink,
Christopher L. Dearth, Chandan K. Sen, James
Colvin
Second Place
Toward the Rational Design of Advanced Broad
Host Range Therapeutic Bacteriophage Cocktails
Mikeljon Nikolich, Andrey Filippov, Kirill
Sergueev, Akhil Reddy, Jenny He, Amanda Roth
Third Place
Fluid Deprivation Exacerbates Renal
Dysfunction and Under-Perfusion in a Porcine 40%
TBSA Burn Model
Belinda I. Gómez, Tony Chao, Joshua S. Little,
Matthew K. McIntyre, Michael A. Dubick, David M.
Burmeister
Honorable Mention
The Effect of Prolonged Activity and Lower
Limb Trauma on Variable Terrain Walking
Stability
Riley C. Sheehan, Christopher A. Rabago, Kelly
A. Ohm, and Jason M. Wilken
Targeted Interventions for Sleep Disorders
in Chronic TBI Produce Improved Sleep Status:
A TEAM-TBI Study
Ryan Soose, Tina Harrison, Kathryn Edelman,
Allison Borrasso, Jane Sharpless, Dana Williams,
Valerie Reeves, Dan Pultz, Ron Poropatich, Sue
Beers, Anthony Kontos, Micky Collins, Walter
Schneider, David Okonkwo
Poster Session 2
First Place
Comparison of Direct Site Endovascular
Repair Utilizing Expandable PTFE Stent Grafts
Vs. Standard Vascular Shunts in a Porcine (Sus
Scrofa) Model
Anders J. Davidson, Lucas P. Neff, J. Kevin
Grayson, Nathan F. Clement, Erik S. DeSoucy,
Meryl A. Simon-Logan, Christopher M. Abbot,
James B. Sampson, Timothy K. Williams
Second Place
Providing Evidence-based Treatments for PTSD
and the Risk of Secondary Traumatic Stress:
Results from the PTSD Clinicians Exchange
Elizabeth A. Penix, Kristina Clarke-Walper,
Ashley M. Magnavita, Erica Simon, Samantha
Regala, Kile Ortigo, Josef I. Ruzek, Raymond C.
Rosen, Joshua Wilk
Third Place
Feasibility and Validation of a Reusable
Perfused Human Cadaver Model for Trauma, General
Surgery, and Vascular Surgery Training
Jenny M. Held, Travis Polk
Honorable Mention
Effect of Hypoxia on Porcine and Human
Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Ben Antebi, Kerfoot P. Walker III, Arezoo
Mohammadipoor, Andriy I. Batchinsky
Intrathoracic Pressure Regulation for
Treatment of Brain Injury:
Results from a
Limited Clinical Evaluation
Victor Convertino, Anja Metzger, DaiWai Olson,
Stephen Figueroa, Farid Sadaka, Katie Krause,
Robert Neumann, Keith Lurie
MHSRS 2016 AWARD WINNERS
2016 MHSRS Distinguished Service/Individual/Team Awards
Distinguished Service Award
Steven P. Cohen, MD, Col, USA (ret)
Professor & Chief of Pain Medicine, Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore. MD
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Military/Individual
LT Francis “Jay” Haran, MSC, USN
Research Psychologist
Naval Submarine Research Laboratory, Groton CT
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/Academic
Kayvan Najarian, PhD (Team Lead)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/Military
CAPT Mark Riddle, MC, USN (Team Lead)
Naval Medical Research Center
2016 MHSRS Young Investigator Competition Awards
First Place
Maj Neil Eisenstein, BMBCH MA(Oxon) MRCS
Royal Center for Defence Medicine,
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Heterotopic
Ossification – A Novel Way to Treat and Prevent
This Military “Epidemic”
Second Place
Kristen M. Reddoch, PhD
US Army Institute of Surgical Research, San
Antonio, TX
Platelet
Additive Solution (PAS) & Storage at 4 degrees C
Protect Platelets From Induction of Apoptosis
Compared to Storage at Room Temperature or in
Plasma Feasibility of 15-Day Platelet Storage
Third Place
CPT Michael S. Lallemand, USA
Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA
No IV, No
Problem: Intraosseous Administration of
Tranexamic Acid is as Effective as Intravenous
in a Porcine Hemorrhage Model
2016 MHSRS Poster Awards
Best In Show
An Ex-Vivo ECMO Model Generates Pro-thrombotic Platelet-Derived Micro-particles
Andrew D. Meyer, MD, MS1,2,
Anjana Raghunath, MS1, Robin
Kamucheka2, Armando Rodriquez2,
Crystal Lafleur2, Bijaya K. Parida,
PhD2, Michael Scherer2,
Andriy I. Batchinsky, MD3, Leopoldo
Cancio, MD2, Andrew P. Cap, MD, PhD2
1University of Texas Health Science
Center, San Antonio, TX, 2US Army
Institute of Surgical Research, Ft. Sam Houston,
TX, 3The Geneva Foundation, Tacoma WA
Poster Session 1
First Place
Evaluation of Novel Antimicrobial Peptides
as Topical Anti-Infectives with Broad-Spectrum
Activity against Combat-Related Bacterial &
Fungal Wound Infection
Louis E. Clemens, Kathryn Woodburn, Jesse
Jaynes, Mina Izadjoo, Ed Lim
Second Place
Dynamic Modeling of Fibrinolysis using
Reduced Order Effective Kinetic Models
Adithya Sagar, Thomas Orfeo, Kathleen
Brummel-Ziedins, Rachel LeCover , Jeffrey Varner
Third Place
Non-Invasive Detection of Laser-Induced
Retinal Injury in a Multi-Exposure Model
Melissa Naiman , Rachida Bouhenni, Jeffrey
Dunmire, Ying Liu, Qundeel Rafiq, David Gothar,
Rafat Ansari, Deepak Edward
Honorable Mention
Antimicrobial Biomaterial for Infection
Control and Improved Healing of Soft Tissue
Trauma
Christopher Miller, Tanvi Karnik, Michael
Jerram, Barnaby May, Brian Ward
Examination of Psychosocial Factors in
Offender and Non-Offender Army Populations with
and without Combat Experience
Stephanie Traynham, Colby Mathews, Amanda Hayes
Poster Session 2
First Place
Toward Automated Detection of Perihepatic
and Perisplesnic Hematomas: The Use of 3D
Ultrasound
Mariya Gusman and Shane B. Anderson
Second Place
Physiological Effects of ‘Pre-Hospital’
Resuscitation with HBOC Compared to Saline &
Packed Red Cells: Plasma in Two Models of Severe
Injury
Emrys Kirkman, Kenneth Burhop, Sam Hutchings,
Peter Mahoney, Kim Vandegriff, A Walker, S Watts
Third Place
The Impact of Transport Time on Outcomes
Following Evacuation from Point of Injury
Joseph K. Maddry, Crystal Perez, Stephanie S.
Russell, Lauren Reeves, Alejandra Mora, Tuan Le,
Vikhyat Bebarta, MD
Honorable Mention
There’s an APP for that: A Handheld
Smartphone-based Infrared Imaging Device to
Assess Adequacy and Level of Aortic Occlusion in
the Setting of Profound Shock Physiology
Kyle K. Sokol, George E. Black, Sandra B.
Willey, Kevin Kniery, Matthew J. Eckert, Matthew
J. Martin
Impact of Austere Environmental Conditions
on the Accuracy of the ABORhCard®
Vincent L. Duncan, Wilbur W. Malloy
Poster Session 3
First Place
Vestibular/Ocular Motor Screening: Evidence
for an Emerging Tool to Augment Current mTBI
Assessments
Anthony P. Kontos, Michael W. Collins, Anne
Mucha, Alicia Sufrinko, Melissa Womble, Jamie
McAllister, RJ Elbin, Joseph Furman, Cara
Troutman-Enseki, Valerie Reeves, Cyndi Holland,
Greg Marchetti, Erin Reynolds
Second Place
Validation of Visual Objectives Biomarkers
for Acute Concussion
Jose E. Capo-Aponte, Wesley R. Cole, Thomas A
Beltran, David V. Walsh, Joseph Y. Dumayas
Third Place
Longitudinal Investigation of Neurotrauma
Serum Biomarkers, Behavioral Characterization,
and Brain Imaging in Soldiers Following Repeated
Low-level Blast Exposure (New Zealand Breacher
Study)
Gary H. Kamimori, Christina R. LaValle, James
R. Stone, Walter Carr, Charmaine M. Tate
Honorable Mention
Biomechanical Outcomes of Unilateral Limb
Lengthening Procedures for Service Members with
Bilateral Transfemoral Amputations: A Case
Series
Barri L. Schnall, Elizabeth M. Bell, Benjamin
K. Potter, Jean-Claude G. D’Alleyrand
Biomarker Levels of Aß and Tau Correspond to
PET Imaging of Amyloid and FDG in Chronic TBI
Patients
David Okonkwo, Nora Presson, Davneet Minhas,
Brian Lopresti, Charles Laymon, James Mountz,
Chester Mathis, Julie Price, Ava Puccio, Kathryn
Edelman, Steven Benso, Anthony Kontos, Michael
Collins, Walter Schneider, Milos Ikonomovic
MHSRS 2015 AWARD WINNERS
2015 MHSRS Distinguished Service/Individual/Team Awards
Distinguished Service Award
Jay A. Johannigman, Col (USAFR), MD
Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, OH
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Academic/Individual
Kia M. Washington, MD
Department of Plastic Surgery, University of
Pittsburgh VA
Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Military/Individual
LTC Andre Cap, USA, MC
US Army Institute of Surgical Research, San
Antonio, TX
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/Academic
Levi J. Hargrove, PhD (Team Lead)
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago,
Northwestern University, Chicago, Il
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/Academic Honorable Mention
John D. Childs, PhD (Team Lead)
USA Medical Department Center & School Health
Readiness COE, San Antonio, TX
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/Military
COL Emil Lesho, MC, USA (Team Lead)
Multidrug-Resistant Organism Repository &
Surveillance Network/ARMOR Program
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/Military Honorable Mention
David D. Luxton, PhD (Team Lead)
National Center for Telehealth and Technology
2015 MHSRS Young Investigator Competition Awards
First Place
Surg Lt CDR, Ed Barnard, FCEM
Selective Aortic Arch Perfusion for the Reversal
of Hemorrhage-Induced Traumatic Cardiac Arrest
in a Swine Model of Non-Compressible Torso
Hemorrhage
Second Place
CPT George E. Black, MC, USA
Suspension of Biologic Time in Severe
Hemorrhagic Shock: Pilot Study Results from the
Biochronicity Project
Third Place
Srinivas Laxminarayan, PhD
Preventing Heat Injuries by Predicting
Individualized Human Core Temperature
2015 MHSRS Poster Awards
Best In Show
A Probabilistic Concussion Model Relating Head Impact Kinematics to Internal Axonal Level Injury and Clinical Outcomes for Interpretation of Wearable Sensor Data
Laurel Ng, PhD*, Melissa Gibbons, PhD, Vladislav Volman, PhD, Pi Phohomsiri, PhD, Darrell Swenson, PhD, Jianxia Cui, PhD, James Stuhmiller, PhD L-3 Communications, San Diego, CA
Poster Session 1
First Place
Evaluation of an Integrative PTSD Treatment
Program for Active Duty Service Members
Salvatore Libretto, PhD*, Sandra
Gordon, BA, CPC, Lara Hilton, MPH, Courtney
Boyd, MA, Weimin Zhang, PhD, Kimberly
McConnell,EdD Samueli Institute, Alexandria, VA
Second Place
Establishing Large Scale Data Repositories
in a Military Health Care Setting
John Evans, LCDR1*,Carol
Jones, MS1, Debra Murphy, PhD2,
Thomas DeGraba, MD2
1Naval Hospital, Camp Lejeune, NC
2National Centers of Excellence
Third Place
Immune-Masking of Thrombosomes: Trehalose
Stabilized Platelet-Derived Hemostatic Agent
Glen Michael Fitzpatrick, PhD1*,Arthur
Bode, PhD1, Veronica Ortiz, SBB2,
Janelle Ober1
1Cellphire Inc., Rockville, MD
2George Washington University,
Washington, DC
Honorable Mention
Transient Alterations of Cutaneous Sensory
Nerve Function by Non-Invasive Cryolipolysis
Emilia Javorsky MD, MPH*,Arthur Bode,
PhD, Lilit Garibyan MD, PhD, Laura Cornelissen
PhD, William Sipprell MD, Joachim Pruessner,
Sarina Elmariah MD PhD, Tuan Luo MD, Ethan A.
Lerner MD, PhD, Yookyung Jung PhD, Conor Evans
PhD, David Zurakowski PhD, Charles B. Berde MD,
PhD, R. Rox Anderson MD
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Pelvic Fracture Is Strongly Associated with
Lower Limb Traumatic Amputation in Combat
Related Blast – A Prospective, Multicenter,
Observational Study
Ed Barnard, FCEM1,2*,Victoria
Ganem, RN1, Alejandra Mora, BS1,
Vikhyat Bebarta, MD1
1US Army Institute of Surgical
Research, Fort Sam Houston, TX
2Institute of Naval Medicine,
Gosport, United Kingdom
Poster Session 2
First Place
ion of Kollidon VA64 in the WRAIR PBBI Model:
Studies from the Operation Brain Trauma Therapy
Krista Caudle1,Stefania
Mondello2, Janice Gilsdorf1,
Frank Tortella1, Deborah Shear1
1Walter Reed Army Insttiute of Research,
Silver Spring, MD
2Univ of Messina, Italy
Second Place
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy as a
Point-of-Care Diagnostic for Infection in Wound
Effluent
Nicole J. Crane, PhD1,2,3*,Shubha
Yesupriya, BS1, Meron Ghebremedhin, MS1,3
1Naval Medical Research Center
2USUHS, Bethesda, MD
3Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the
Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD
Third Place
Assessing Objective Neuromarkers in an Immersive
Virtual Reality Environment
Brennan Cox, PhD1*,Katherine
Service, BS1, Seth Reini, PhD2,
Weimin Zheng, PhD1
1Naval Health Research Center, San Diego,
CA
2Navy Experimental Diving Unit, Panama
City Beach, FL
Honorable Mention
Differential Contributions of Platelets and
Fibrinogen to Early Hyperfibrinolysis During
Hemorrhage and Shock and Its Correction with
Small-Volume IV Bolus of 7.5% NaCl Adenosine,
Lidocaine and Mg2+ (ALM)
Geoffrey P. Dobson, PhD*,Hayley L.
Letson, MSc
James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland,
Australia
Penetrating Ballistic-Like Brain Injury in Rats
Sindhu Madathil, PhD*,Lai Yee Leung,
PhD, Katherine Cardiff, BS, Xiaofang Yang, BS,Frank
Tortella, PhD,
Deborah Shear, PhD, Ying Deng-Bryant, PhD
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver
Spring, MD
Poster Session 3
First Place
Burn Scars Modulation Through Laser Deliver of
Stem Cells
Dr. Luis Rodriguez-Menocal1*,M.
Salgado1, R.J. Christy2, S. Becerra2,
J. Gil1, A. Candanedo1, S. Natesan2,
J. Valdes1,
M. Solis1, C.I. Schulman1, J.S. Waibel1, S.C.
Davis1, E.V. Badiavas1
1University of Miami, Miami, FL
2US Army ISR, San Antonio, TX
Second Place
Skin Regeneration Using Dermal Substrates that
Contain Autologous Cells and Silver Nanoparticles to
Promote Bactericidal Activity - In vitro Studies
Michael Zieger, PhD1*,Rahim
Rahimi, MS2, Manuel Ochoa, MS2,
Gonzalo Campana, MD1, Sunil Tholpady, MD,
PhD1,
Rajiv Sood, MD1, Babak Ziaie, PhD2
1Indiana University School of Medicine,
Indianapolis, IN
2Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Third Place
Fleet Disease/Non-Battle Injuries and ICD-9
Diagnosis Code Matching in Theatre Medical Data
Chelsea Saia, MPH*,ina Luse, MPH
Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center,
Portsmouth, VA
Honorable Mention
Antibiotic-Loaded Keratin Hydrogels as a
First-line Therapy for Battlefield Burns
Daniel Roy, PhD1,2*,Christine
Kowalczewski, PhD1,2, Kameel Isaac, BS1,
Luke Burnett, PhD2, Seth Tomblyn, PhD2,
Robert Christy, PhD1
1US Army Institute of Surgical Research,
San Antonio, TX
2KeraNetics, LLC, Winston-Salem, NC
Global Health Engagement Missions: Lessons
Learned Aboard U.S. Naval Hospital Ships-A
Qualitative Analysis
SCDR Heather King, NC, USN, PhD, CRNA1*,CAPT
(ret.) Patricia Kelley, NC, USN, PhD, RN, FNP, GNP,
FAANP2, CAPT (ret.) John Malone, MC, USN1, CAPT
Christine Johnson, MC, USN1, CDR Gregg Montalto, MC,
USN1, Monique Bouvier, RN, PNP1, Michael Coronado1
1Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA
2US Department of Veterans Affairs Office of
Research & Development, Washington, DC
MHSRS 2014 AWARD WINNERS
Distinguished Service Award
John Parrish, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Individual
LTC Brett Freedman, MC, USA Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/Intramural
CDR Jonathan Forsberg, MC, USN (Team Lead)
Naval Medical Research Center
Team Members: Jonathan Forsberg, Benjamin Kyle
Potter, Eric Elster, Tom Davis,
Nicole
Crane, Dane Hope, Elizabeth Polfer, Keith
Alfieri, Korboi Evans, Fred O’Brien
Outstanding Research Accomplishment/Team/Academic
M. David Rudd, PhD
University of
Memphis (Team Lead)
Team members: M. David Rudd, PhD (University of
Memphis) and Craig J. Bryan, PhD (University of
Utah)
Young Investigator Competition
First Place
Lt Joseph D. Roderique, USN, MD
Naval Medical Center San Diego, CA
MHSRS-828
Evaluation of High-Dose Hydroxocobalamin and
Ascorbic Acid as an Injectable Antidote
for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Second Place
Ms. Somayyeh Mossadegh, BM
Royal Air Force, Royal Centre for Defence
Medicine, United Kingdom
MHSRS-56
A Novel Anatomical and Physiological Scoring
System for Military Pelvic
and Perineal Blast Injuries Shows Significantly
Superior Predictive Outcomes
Than Current Scoring Systems; Injury Severity
score-ISS, New ISS, Trauma ISS, Revised Trauma
Score
Third Place
Ernesto Lopez, MD
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston,
TX
MHSRS-900
Nebulized Epinephrine Limits Pulmonary Vascular
Hyperpermeability to Water
and Proteins in Ovine Burn and Smoke Inhalation
Injury
American College of Surgeons
Committee on Trauma Region 13 Resident
Presentations
Basic Science Category
CPT Jonathan J. Sexton, USA
Administration of FTY720 During
Tourniquet-Induced Hind Limb
Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Attenuates Morbility
and Mortality
Clinical Science Category
Capt Dylan Pannell, Canadian Forces
Factors Associated with Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder Amongst
Canadian Armed Forces Personnel Deployed to
Afghanistan
Poster Competition
Gold/1st Place
MHSRS-829
Stem Cell-Derived Inner Ear Organoids for
High-Content Drug Screening
Karl Koehler, PhD1
Xiao-Ping Liu, PhD2, Andrew Mikosz,
BA1, Jeffrey Holt, PhD2,
Eri Hashino, PhD1
1
Indiana University School of Medicine2
Harvard Medical School
Silver/2nd Place
MHSRS-341
Can Mathematical Models Help Diagnose
Lower-airway Lung Diseases?
Bora Sul1, Anders Wallqvist1,
Michael Morris2, Jaques Reifman1,
Vineet Rakesh1*
1
Biotechnology HPC Software Applications
Institute, Telemedicine & Adv Technology
Research Center,
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command,
Fort Detrick, MD, USA
2
Department of Medicine, San Antonio Military
Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA
*Presenter
Bronze/3
MHSRS-1190
Inter-observer reliability of reporting
of Injury Severity Scoring following
combat trauma;
different
perspectives, different values?
Iain M Smith, MB BChir, MSc, MRCSEd1,2,3,
David N Naumann MB, BChir, MRCS1,
Paul Guyver, FRCS4, Jonathan
Bishop, PhD3, Jonathan B
Lundy, MD5, Douglas M Bowley,
MBBS, FRCS1
1
Royal Centre for Defence Medicine
2
202 (Midlands) Field Hospital
3NIHR Surgical Reconstruction
& Microbiology Research Centre4
Institute of Naval Medicine
5
United States Army Institute of Surgical
Research<
Honorable Mention
MHSRS-123
Investigation of the concussion
mechanism: An
end-to-end model that translates
external measures to internal neurologic
injury for head impact
Dr. Laurel Ng, Melissa Gibbons, PhD, Pi
Phohomsiri, PhD, Vladislav Volman, PhD,
Jianxia Cui, PhD, Darrell Swenson, PhD,
David Shelley, PhD, Jessica Wong, MS,
Kiran Mathews, MS, James Stuhmiller, PhD
L-3/ATI
MHSRS-515< Blunt Impacts to
the Back: Biomechanic and Injury
Response for Model Development
Jason Forman, PhD1, John Paul
Donlon1, Brandon Perry1,
Kyvory Henderson1, David
Lessley, PhD1,
Rob
Salzar, PhD1, Tim Walilko,
PhD2
1
University of Virginia Center for
Applied Biomechanics
2
Applied Research Associates
MHSRS-1069
Changes in Barometric Pressure Alter
Susceptibility to Central Nervous System
Oxygen Toxicity
Heather E. Held, PhD1,
Raffaele Pilla, PhD1, Csilla
Ari, PhD1, Tina Fiorelli, PhD2,
Carol S. Landon1, Jay B. Dean1
Department of Molecular Pharmacology &
Physiology, Hyperbaric Biomedical
Research Laboratory, Morsani College of
Medicine, University of South Florida,
Tampa, FL
2
Molecular Medicine, Byrd Alzheimer's
Institute, University of South Florida,
Tampa, FL
MHSRS-992
Evaluation of Prehospital Pelvic Binder
Usage in US Military Casualties with
Pelvic Fractures
Col Chetan U. Kharod MD, MPH1,
LTC Creighton C. Tubb, MD2
COL Kirby Gross, MD3, COL
(ret) John F. Kragh, Jr, MD4
1
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health
Education Consortium, Military EMS &
Disaster Medicine Fellowship, JBSA-Fort
Sam Houston, Texas; and Assistant
Professor, Department of Military and
Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services
University, Bethesda, MD2
San Antonio Military Medical Center,
Department of Orthopedics &
Rehabilitation, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston,
TX
3
U.S. Army Institute of Surgical
Research, Joint Trauma System, JBSA-Fort
Sam Houston, TX4
U.S. Army Institute of Surgical
Research, Damage Control Resuscitation,
JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, TX
MHSRS-64
Lumbar Spine Postures in Marines During
Simulated Operational Conditions
David Berry2, Karen Kelly,
PhD1, Ana Rodrigues-Soto2,
Sara Gombatto, PhD3, Rebecca
Jaworski, PhD1, Sam Ward, PT,
PhD2
1Department of Warfighter
Performance, Naval Health Research
Center, San Diego, CA
2
Departments of Radiology, Orthopaedic
Surgery, and Bioengineering, University
of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
3
San Diego State University, San Diego,
CA
MHSRS-717
Heat and Perspiration Management System
for Prosthetics
Matthew Jorgensen, Josh Charest, Michael
Leddy, Andrew Frazier
Johns Hopkins University
MHSRS-993
Delivering Oxygen in High Altitude
Helicopter MEDEVAC Missions
Charles Paschal, Christine Wasner CTR,
Nicolle Perez CTR, William Sovitsky,
Brian Dacanay CTR, Henry Kobrinski PA-C
U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, Ft.
Detrick, MD
Inter-observer reliability of reporting of Injury Severity Scoring following combat trauma;
different perspectives, different values?
Iain M Smith, MB BChir, MSc, MRCSEd1,2,3, David N Naumann MB, BChir, MRCS1, Paul Guyver, FRCS4, Jonathan Bishop, PhD3, Jonathan B Lundy, MD5, Douglas M Bowley, MBBS, FRCS1
1 Royal Centre for Defence Medicine
2 202 (Midlands) Field Hospital
3NIHR Surgical Reconstruction & Microbiology Research Centre4
Institute of Naval Medicine
5 United States Army Institute of Surgical Research<
Investigation of the concussion mechanism: An end-to-end model that translates
external measures to internal neurologic injury for head impact
Dr. Laurel Ng, Melissa Gibbons, PhD, Pi Phohomsiri, PhD, Vladislav Volman, PhD, Jianxia Cui, PhD, Darrell Swenson, PhD, David Shelley, PhD, Jessica Wong, MS, Kiran Mathews, MS, James Stuhmiller, PhD L-3/ATI
Jason Forman, PhD1, John Paul Donlon1, Brandon Perry1, Kyvory Henderson1, David Lessley, PhD1,
Rob Salzar, PhD1, Tim Walilko, PhD2
1 University of Virginia Center for Applied Biomechanics
2 Applied Research Associates
Changes in Barometric Pressure Alter Susceptibility to Central Nervous System Oxygen Toxicity
Heather E. Held, PhD1, Raffaele Pilla, PhD1, Csilla Ari, PhD1, Tina Fiorelli, PhD2, Carol S. Landon1, Jay B. Dean1
Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, Hyperbaric Biomedical Research Laboratory, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 2 Molecular Medicine, Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Evaluation of Prehospital Pelvic Binder Usage in US Military Casualties with Pelvic Fractures
Col Chetan U. Kharod MD, MPH1, LTC Creighton C. Tubb, MD2 COL Kirby Gross, MD3, COL (ret) John F. Kragh, Jr, MD4
1 San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, Military EMS & Disaster Medicine Fellowship, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, Texas; and Assistant Professor, Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD2 San Antonio Military Medical Center, Department of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, TX 3 U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, Joint Trauma System, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, TX4 U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, Damage Control Resuscitation, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, TX
Lumbar Spine Postures in Marines During Simulated Operational Conditions
David Berry2, Karen Kelly, PhD1, Ana Rodrigues-Soto2, Sara Gombatto, PhD3, Rebecca Jaworski, PhD1, Sam Ward, PT, PhD2
1Department of Warfighter Performance, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA
2 Departments of Radiology, Orthopaedic Surgery, and Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
3 San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Heat and Perspiration Management System for Prosthetics
Matthew Jorgensen, Josh Charest, Michael Leddy, Andrew Frazier
Johns Hopkins University
Delivering Oxygen in High Altitude Helicopter MEDEVAC Missions
Charles Paschal, Christine Wasner CTR, Nicolle Perez CTR, William Sovitsky, Brian Dacanay CTR, Henry Kobrinski PA-C
U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, Ft. Detrick, MD