Defense Agencies: Joint Service Schools: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

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College of International Security Affairs

The College of International Security

Affairs (CISA) is one of NDU’s f‌ive

colleges. CISA educates students from

across the international, interagency,

and interservice communities. CISA’s

primary areas of concentration include

counterterrorism, conf‌lict management of

stability of operations, homeland security,

and defense and international security

studies. CISA is also home to NDU’s

International Counterterrorism Fellowship

Program.

For further information, contact the College of

International Security Affairs, 260 Fifth Avenue,

Fort McNair, Washington,DC 20319–5066. Phone,

202–685–2290. Internet, http://www.ndu.edu/cisa.

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814–4799

Phone, 301–295–3770. Internet, http://www.usuhs.mil.

President CHARLES L. RICE

Authorized by act of September 21,

1972 (10 U.S.C. 2112), the Uniformed

Services University of the Health

Sciences was established to educate

career-oriented medical off‌icers for the

Military Departments and the Public

Health Service. The University currently

incorporates the F. Edward Hebert School

of Medicine (including graduate and

continuing education programs) and the

Graduate School of Nursing.

Students are selected by procedures

recommended by the Board of Regents

and prescribed by the Secretary of

Defense. The actual selection is carried

out by a faculty committee on admissions

and is based upon motivation and

dedication to a career in the uniformed

services and an overall appraisal of the

personal and intellectual characteristics

of the candidates without regard to

sex, race, religion, or national origin.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens.

Medical school matriculants will be

commissioned off‌icers in one of the

uniformed services. They must meet

the physical and personal qualif‌ications

for such a commission and must give

evidence of a strong commitment to

serving as a uniformed medical off‌icer.

The graduating medical student is

required to serve a period of obligation of

not less than 7 years, excluding graduate

medical education.

Students of the Graduate School of

Nursing must be commissioned off‌icers

of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Public

Health Service prior to application.

Graduate nursing students must serve

a commitment determined by their

respective service.

For further information, contact the President, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301

Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814–4799. Phone, 301–295–3770. Internet, http://www.usuhs.mil.