Col. Steven E. Braverman relinquished command of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research to Col. Dana K. Renta July 13 during a change of command ceremony at Forest Glen Annex, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Renta comes to the WRAIR after serving as command surgeon at the U.S. Army Installation Management Command Headquarters.
During his tenure as WRAIR commander, Braverman's leadership truly embodied transparency and collaboration, according to Maj. Gen. Brian Lein, the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and Fort Detrick commander. Braverman's accomplishments include initiating a civilian council and several task forces, including ones for budget, acquisition and space usage, to facilitate important communications and critical processes for research branches and people.
Braverman also leveraged Army funding to build capacity through extramural grants and agreements from commercial and academic partners to increase research productivity and product development. These upgrades created more capacity to make vaccines and drug products within the DOD for research purposes. His effort increased flexibility of production in times of specific need, such as during the Ebola relief mission.
Braverman will go on to serve as the director of Program Analysis and Evaluation at the Army Medical Command.
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