MHSRS 2023 Award Winners
Distinguished Service and Team Awards
Distinguished Service Award
Richard D. Branson, MSc, RRT, FCCM, FAARC
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati, OH
Distinguished Service Award
Thomas A. Davis, Ph.D.
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD
Bethesda, MD
Outstanding Research Accomplishment (Individual Academia-Industry)
Steven E. Wilson, M.D.
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
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
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
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
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
Team Lead
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 SchoolHospital, Boston, MA
Samantha M. Riedy, Ph.D.
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Hospital, Silver Spring, MD
Umang Sharma, Ph.D.
U.S. Army Institute of Surgical ResearchHospital, Fort Sam Houston, TX
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, DVM3; Thomas H. Edwards; 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
Feasibility 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 null, 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. Vega1; 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; XThe 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 Prtland 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, BA1,2; 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
null 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.
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