FROM RESEARCH TO READINESS: PHYSICIAN-SCIENTIST CANDIDATES JOIN THE RANKS AT UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY

BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 15 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following news release:

Military operational medicine happens both in the field, where clinicians care for service members in challenging and often austere environments, and in the laboratory, where scientists study the pathogens, diseases and other threats that can affect the health and readiness of the force. At the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), three first-year physician-scientist candidates are poised to connect those two worlds from day one.

Army 2nd Lt. Aidan Batchelor, Army 2nd Lt. Mikayla Bridges, and Navy Ensign Andrew Hall joined USU's MD/PhD program, pairing full-time research with medical education. Under an updated program s...