Joint Base Andrews, Md. –
Biomedical Sciences Corps Week is Jan. 23-27.
The Biomedical Sciences Corps was created in 1965 and prior to that had many names including the Sanitary Corps and the Army Medical Administrative Corps. BSCs can be found in various command, staff, research and clinical positions. Today the Biomedical Sciences Corps is composed of 18 specialties and 17 distinct career fields including optometry, public health, physical therapy, bioenvironmental engineering, pharmacy, biomedical laboratory, clinical psychology, physician assistants, aerospace physiology, audiology, architectural construction, health/ medical physics, clinical social work, dietetics, medical entomology, occupational therapy, podiatry and speech language pathology.
On Jan. 25, 79th Medical Wing Airmen were invited to attend a Career Broadening Panel led by Defense Health Agency Corps leaders: Col. Melissa Howard, Pharmacy Associate Chief; Col. Nathan Johnson, Laboratory Associate Chief and Col. Andy Mullins, Public Health Associate Chief.
The week will end with a BSC luncheon on Friday, Jan. 27 at 11:30 a.m. with guest speaker Brig. Gen. James Dienst, the Air Force Biomedical Sciences Corps Chief and Defense Health Agency J7 Director.