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USU Partners with Navy Medicine to Modernize Hospital Corpsman Training and Expand Educational Opportunities
BLUF – The Uniformed Services University is partnering with Navy Medicine to modernize Hospital Corpsman Basic training by awarding transferable college credits toward associate and bachelor’s degrees, aligning instruction with national EMT certifications, and establishing new EMT-Basic and Paramedic Navy Enlisted Classifications. For Navy Medicine, the initiative strengthens trauma care, expeditionary medical readiness and joint interoperability while providing corpsmen with recognized academic credentials and expanded career opportunities, particularly as they prepare for independent clinical decision-making in austere environments and support En-Route Care and Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical Systems.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/10/usu-partners-with-navy-medicine-to.html
For This Navy Doctor, Studying Death Is Part of Serving the Living
BLUF – Navy Lt. Cmdr. (Dr.) Emerson Maniwang, a 2019 USU graduate and former Seabee battalion surgeon, is completing a forensic pathology fellowship at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to develop expertise in determining causes of death, identifying remains and recognizing mortality trends that can inform public health and prevention. For Navy Medicine, his training demonstrates how forensic pathology can improve combat casualty care and force protection by identifying preventable deaths and potentially survivable battlefield injuries while preparing medical teams for casualty identification and mortality analysis during large-scale combat operations.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/10/for-this-navy-doctor-studying-death-is.html
USU’s National Institute for Defense Health Cooperation Strengthens Partnerships for a Changing World
BLUF – The Uniformed Services University’s National Institute for Defense Health Cooperation is bringing disaster medicine, global health engagement and security-cooperation education under one organization to strengthen U.S. and partner-nation health systems and improve readiness for disasters, humanitarian crises and conflict. For Navy Medicine, the institute provides a framework for expanding medical interoperability with allies and civilian partners—including shared trauma systems, evacuation planning and medical logistics—capabilities increasingly important for distributed operations where U.S. forces may depend on partner nations for casualty care and sustainment.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/09/usus-national-institute-for-defense.html
On Day 3 of MHSRS 2026, USU Research Confronts the Threats a Force Can’t See
BLUF – On the third day of the 2026 Military Health System Research Symposium, Uniformed Services University researchers highlighted studies focused on improving warfighter survivability and recovery, including advances in prolonged casualty care, infectious disease prevention, rehabilitation, operational psychology, and the use of artificial intelligence and data science to support military medical decision-making. For Navy Medicine, the research demonstrates how multidisciplinary collaboration is accelerating the translation of scientific discoveries into practical capabilities that enhance expeditionary medicine, combat casualty care, force health protection, and readiness across the Military Health System.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/08/on-day-3-of-mhsrs-2026-usu-research.html
As MHSRS 2026 Opens, USU Research Looks to the Future Fight
BLUF – Uniformed Services University researchers opened the 2026 Military Health System Research Symposium by presenting research focused on future battlefield challenges, including more realistic airway management training, early detection of blast-related brain injury, penetrating brain trauma, and drug-resistant combat wound infections, while military leaders emphasized translating scientific discoveries into capabilities that improve warfighter care. For Navy Medicine, the presentations highlight continued investment in operationally relevant research that will strengthen combat casualty care, traumatic brain injury management, infectious disease response, and expeditionary medical readiness for future large-scale conflicts.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/08/as-mhsrs-2026-opens-usu-research-looks.html
USU Medical Students Forge Officer and Provider Roles in Global Rotations
BLUF – The article highlights how fourth-year Uniformed Services University medical students use month-long global health and operational medicine rotations in locations such as Peru, Ghana, Kenya, and Thailand to strengthen both their identities as military officers and future physicians, gaining firsthand experience in austere medicine, multinational collaboration, leadership, and cross-cultural care. For Navy Medicine, these rotations help develop operationally minded physicians who are better prepared for expeditionary missions, humanitarian assistance, and coalition operations by building the clinical adaptability and leadership skills needed to care for service members and partner forces worldwide.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/07/usu-medical-students-forge-officer-and.html
Art, Medicine, and the Power of First Impressions: One EMDP2 Student’s Multi-Layered Vision
BLUF – Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Shokoufeh Shadabi, an Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program (EMDP2) student at the Uniformed Services University, describes how her work as a portrait artist has sharpened the observation, empathy, and attention to subtle human cues that are essential to becoming an effective military physician, illustrating the connection between art and clinical medicine. For Navy Medicine, her story highlights the value of developing future physicians with strong observational and interpersonal skills, demonstrating how humanities and the arts can enhance patient-centered care, diagnostic reasoning, and compassionate leadership in military medicine.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/07/art-medicine-and-power-of-first.html
Unifying the Military Medical Pipeline – USU and HPSP Recruiting Collaboration
BLUF – The Uniformed Services University and the Health Professions Scholarship Program have launched the Military Medical Community initiative, creating a coordinated recruiting effort that gives prospective medical students a single, transparent entry point to learn about both pathways through shared virtual events, mentoring, and tri-service outreach. For Navy Medicine, the initiative strengthens the physician accession pipeline by improving recruitment efficiency, expanding outreach to high-quality candidates, and helping ensure a sustained supply of military physicians prepared to meet future operational and readiness requirements.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/07/unifying-military-medical-pipeline-usu.html
Three USU EMDP2 graduates selected as 2026 Pat Tillman Scholars
BLUF – Three graduates of the Uniformed Services University’s Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program (EMDP2)—Air Force 2nd Lt. Price Parker, Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Wenthe, and Air Force 2nd Lt. Bryce Daniel—were selected as 2026 Pat Tillman Scholars, recognizing their exceptional leadership, military service, and commitment to becoming military physicians after serving as enlisted personnel. For Navy Medicine, the recognition highlights the value of programs like EMDP2 in developing experienced enlisted service members into future physician leaders, strengthening the pipeline of operationally seasoned clinicians who bring firsthand military experience to patient care and medical leadership.
https://news.usuhs.edu/2026/07/they-answered-call-to-serve-now-theyre.html
UK, US Deepen Defence Ties with Joint Medical Training
BLUF – The article reports that the United States and United Kingdom have signed a new agreement expanding joint military medical education, research, and operational training through a partnership between the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the UK Defence Medical Command, including participation in programs such as Operation Bushmaster and increased faculty and research exchanges. For Navy Medicine, the agreement strengthens interoperability with a key ally, creating new opportunities to share best practices in expeditionary medicine, trauma care, and operational medical readiness while preparing medical personnel for coalition operations in future conflicts.
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