Laboratory Information:
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
503 Robert Grant Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500
Website: http://wrair-www.army.mil/
Technology Transfer Website: http://wrair-www.army.mil/WRAIRPartnershipAndCollaborations.aspx
Agency/Department: Dept. of Defense - Army
Region: Mid-Atlantic
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Gabriela Zollner
Phone: (301) 319-3182
Fax: (301) 319-9810
Email: gabriela.zollner@us.army.mil
Background/History of the Laboratory:
WRAIR's focus on research
for the soldiers affects all aspects of its operations
because military medical research priorities differ from
those of the civilian sector. WRAIR scientists have a unique
understanding of military operations and environments,
including the stresses and exposures troops encounter and the
performance requirements of a deployed military force.
Despite WRAIR's focus on the military, its research has
been used to solve nonmilitary medical problems around the
world. Its history is filled with the life- saving or
life-enhancing discoveries of distinguished
scientists.
Mission of the Laboratory:
Conduct biomedical research that is responsive to Department
of Defense and U.S. Army requirements and delivers life
saving products including knowledge, technology, and medical
materiel that sustain the combat
effectiveness of the warfighter.
Facilities:
Technology Transfer Mechanisms:
- Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Human stress studies
- Laboratory animal care
- Bacteriology and ricketsiology
- Control of insect vectors of important diseases
- Defense against chemical and biological agents
- Drug and vaccine delivery systems
- Drug and vaccine development against infectious diseases and biologically active substances
- Effects of microwave and directed energy of biological systems
- Effects of transient overpressure on respiratory systems
- Medical considerations of blast overpressure and toxic gases
- Medical neurosciences of stress and performance
- Monoclonal antibodies for vaccines and rapid identification and detection
- Parasite diseases such as schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis, malaria
- Pathology research
- Preventative medicine
- Stereotyping of disease strains
- Trauma and wound healing
- Treatment of septic shock
- Virology and retrovirology
