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category: U.S. Government
created: 2024-12-31
description: The Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (NAMRL) conducts research
  to address health and performance challenges in aerospace environments, focusing
  on areas like spatial disorientation, fatigue, and aircrew physiology. Equipped
  with advanced facilities, it supports military readiness and safety under the leadership
  of Dr. Richard Arnold.
location: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
summary: The United States Navy Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (NAMRL) at NAMRU-D
  conducts basic and applied research and development in the biomedical and allied
  sciences to better understand and mitigate challenges and threats aerospace operational...
tags:
- Aerospace Medicine
- Biomedical Research
- Military Health
title: NAMRL
updated: 2025-01-06
---

The Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (NAMRL) at [NAMRU-D](/organizations/namru-d/) conducts basic and applied research and development in the biomedical and allied sciences to better understand and mitigate challenges and threats aerospace operational environments pose to service member health, safety, readiness, and performance. 

The lab is equipped with capabilities in acceleration and sensory sciences, biomedical sciences, environmental physiology, and engineering and technical services, all of which are supported by a unique collection of state-of-the art science research devices. 

Key areas of investigation include pilot spatial disorientation, situational awareness, motion sickness, vestibular function, unusual acceleration environments, effects of altitude, aircrew physiology, sustained operations and fatigue, personnel selection, back and neck pain and injury in aircrew, en route patient care, and visual and auditory sciences. 
### Personnel
[Dr. Richard Arnold](/people/richard-arnold/) is the director of NAMRL since the 2010 formation of [NAMRU-D](/organizations/namru-d/) at [Wright-Patterson Air Force Base](/places/wright-patterson-air-force-base/) in Dayton, Ohio (previously NAMRL was a standalone lab in Pensacola, Fl).[^1]

[^1]: [Who Are Dayton’s Navy Scientists? Dr. Richard Arnold](https://www.dvidshub.net/news/319884/who-daytons-navy-scientists-dr-richard-arnold)