Young Investigator Winner

Amy Stahl (second from right), an audiologist from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, receives her award from U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Adam M. Willis (left), Dr. Michael Morris (second from left) and Dr. Terry Rauch (right) at the 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, Florida, Aug. 29, 2024. Stahl placed first in the MHSRS Young Investigators Competition held each year at the symposium. Her work was titled, “Acute Neurological Effects of Repeat Low-Level Blast Exposure.”
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