Army

$34,206,971 ($37,372,402 in FY 2005)

171

2,170 (2,292 in FY 2005)

75

886 publications, 301 abstracts, 1403 presentations

- Secured $16 million in Cooperative Research and Development Agreements;
- Revised the Army assurance scheme (commitments to protect human research subjects);
- Most sites obtained (from HHS) Federal Wide Assurances;
- Continued to enhance training and knowledge verification for institution officials, investigators, and Institutional Review Board members

Navy

$11,611,995 ($10,723,611 in FY 2005)

38

779 (692 in FY 2005)

38

554 publications

- National Navy Medical Center (Bethesda) hosted Navy-wide research competition and planned integration with Army's Walter Reed AMC;
- Naval Medical Center Portsmouth hired additional people resulting in better CIP customer satisfaction;
- Naval Medical Center San Diego hosted 300 Navy scholarship medical students for 4-6 weeks each

Air Force

$9,535,000 ($8,426,000 in FY 2005)

105

1109 (910 in FY 2005)

161

182 publications, 105 abstracts, 511 presentations

- Participated in tri-service collaboration in casualty care research;
- Conducted first annual Air Force Medical System Research Symposium;
- Successful office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering inspection of CIP;
- Developed assays for food borne pathogens;
- Developed protocols for epidemic outbreak surveillance (tri-service involvement)

USUHS

$67,300,000 ($58,100,1-000 in FY 2005)

20

304 projects

173

429 publications

- 10 USUHS investigators successfully competed for Defense Threat Reduction Agency research funding;
- Responded to congressional direction to develop a deployment health training program;
- Led conference on Human Performance;
- Helped build collaborative project on radiation countermeasures;
- Began developing an Emerging Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program

Army

$23,116,394 ($11,816,412 in FY2004)

173 managing program

2,287 active protocols compared to 2,224 in FY2004

200-250 ongoing animal-facilitated protocols

852 publications, 372 abstracts, and 1,292 presentations

- Arranging increased CRADA funding for Army research;
- Further work on establishment of an Multi-Center Investigations IRB;
- Continued qualifying for Department of HHS Federal Wide Assurances for most sites; and
- Continued oversight, IRB, and investigator training

Navy

$353,900 ($251,960 in FY2004 )

38.5 full time equivalents supporting

664 active protocols (244 initiated, 138 completed, 60 terminated)

-

618 publications, abstracts, and presentations

- The Secretary of the Navy Instruction for the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) was revised and updated;
- BUMED established an Office of Research Protections to oversee human and animal research protections in the Department of the Navy;
- Started publishing a monthly "Research Protections Update" newsletter and also launched a Department of the Navy HRPP website; and
- Supported 74 Residency Training Programs

Air Force

$8,426,000

-

910 active human protocols with a total of 17,866 subjects enrolled

89 animal research and training protocols

182 publications, 112 abstracts, and 400 presentations

- Successful completion of the first DoD review of the Air Force Human Research Protection Program via establishment of the AF Management Plan and publishing the interim change to AFI 40-402;
- Supported 86 medical/dental residency training programs with 1,179 residents;
- Performance of three staff assistance visits to Air Force IRBs
- Research collaboration with the Army;
- Streamlining of the headquarters-level review process;
- Tri-Service research and IRB collaboration in the National Capital Area;
- Standardization of human subjects protection training across the Air Force;
- Increased Service funding to research sites; and
- Execution of the first Air Force Biomedical Research Strategic Planning meeting

USUHS

$58.1 million

-

273 projects

-

505 publications

- Administered eight congressionally funded DoD research programs for a total of $37.1 million;
- Initiated revision of the instruction and research application for human subjects protections;
- Began involvement with the Base Realignment and Closure-related Research Integration Subcommittee to harmonize human research programs and processes in the National Capital Area;
- Continued their two-year internship program to bring qualified personnel into their IRB office and added a second intern position;
- Staff expansion is helping resolve backlog issues generated during a previous period of reduced staffing; and
- Expanding investigator training program to include on-line and printed materials