Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

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WELCOME

It is my pleasure to introduce you to the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), the largest and most diverse biomedical research laboratory in the Department of Defense.
Our resources include a new facility in Silver Spring, Maryland that was dedicated in September 2001 to Senator Daniel K. Inouye

, and laboratory and clinical facilities in Asia

, Africa

, and Europe

. Our greatest resources are the dedicated scientists, technicians, and support personnel who make up the core of the WRAIR today.

PUBLICATIONS

Petersen K, Waterman P. Prophylaxis and treatment of infections associated with penetrating traumatic injury . Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2011 Jan;9(1):81-96.
Lesho E, Jawad N, Majeed H. Towards a better approach to medical humanitarian assistance in Iraq . Military Medicine. 2011;176:1-3.
Lesho E, Craft D, Kirkup BC Jr, Waterman P, Summers A, Vahey MT, Kester KE, Bowden R. Surveillance, characterization, and preservation of multidrug-resistant bacteria . Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2011;11:8-10.
Ake J, Scott P, Wortmann G, Huang XZ, Barber M, Wang Z, Nikolich M, Van Echo D, Weintrob A, Lesho E. Gram-negative multidrug-resistant organism colonization in a U.S. military healthcare facility in Iraq . Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2011;32:545-52.
Lesho E, Forestiero FJ, Hirata MH, et al. Transcriptional responses of host peripheral blood cells to tuberculosis infection . Tuberculosis. 2011 doi:10.1016/j.tube.2011.07.002.
Lesho E, Gleeson T, Summers A, Kirkup B, Chahine M, Babel B, Waterman P, Craft D. Joint collaboration enhances infection control at home and abroad: the maiden voyage of the Multidrug-resistant organism Repository and Surveillance Network . Military Medicine. 2011;176:241-3.
Riley MC, Kirkup BC, Johnson JD, Lesho EP, Ockenhouse CF. Rapid whole genome optical mapping of Plasmodium falciparum . Malaria Journal. 2011; 10:252.
Lesho E. Prospective data, experience and lessons learned at a surgically-augmented brigade medical company (Level II+) during the 2007 Iraq surge . Military Medicine. 2011;176 :763-8.

Last Modified Date: 10-Jan-2012