The WRAIR aims to conduct biomedical research that is responsive to Department of Defense and US Army requirements and delivers life-saving products including knowledge, technology and medical material that sustain the combat effectiveness of the Warfighter.

 

With our headquarters dedicated to Senator Daniel E. Inouye and located in Silver Spring, Maryland, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research is the largest biomedical research facility currently serving the Department of Defense. Established in 1893, our research and development now reaches around the world from Maryland to Germany, Thailand, and Kenya.

 

Our vision is to be the premier DoD biomedical research organization, constantly relevant, integrating basic research and advanced technology that protects, projects, and sustains the Warfighter today, invents global medical solutions for the future, and keeps the Warfighter on point for the Nation. We host two Centers of Excellence for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience Research and for Military Infectious Disease Research, each center ranging from blast induced neurotrauma to malaria vaccine development.

  

Expertise

Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience Research

• Applied Neurobiology Brach
• Behavioral Biology Branch
• Closed-Head Brain Injury Branch
• Military Psychiatry Branch
• Research Transition Branch

 

Infectious Disease Research

• Bacterial Disease Branch
• Military Malaria Research Program
• Entomology Branch
• Preventive Medicine Branch
• Military HIV Research Program
• Viral Diseases Branch
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Major Accomplishments

• Developed and validated Battlemind Training to manage combat stress
• Conducted clinical trials of a P. vivax vaccine candidate, the first human subject challenge model to test vaccine efficacy
• Developed the world’s only dedicated cutaneous Leishmaniasis drug development program
• Through our Military HIV Research Program (MHRP), first identified HIV-1 heterosexual transmission and showed efficacy of an HIV vaccine
• Developed a new Japanese encephalitis and hepatitis A vaccine

 

Partnerships and Collaboration

The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research prides itself on the numerous partnerships and collaborations with other governmental institutions, pharmaceutical companies, and not-for-profits. Collaborations are accomplished through cooperate research and development agreements (CRADAs), interagency agreements, memoranda of agreement and education partnership agreements.

 

Global Platforms

Collaboration is a critical component of research and development and the WRAIR prides itself on the work accomplished through our numerous partnerships.

• US Army Medical Research Unit—Europe (USAMRU-E) , Heidelberg, Germany
• US Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS) Bangkok, Thailand
• US Army Medical Research Unit–Kenya (USAMRU-K)