AFRL scientist wins Flemming Award for role in development of warfighter medical database

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Lt. Col. Tammy M. Savoie of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Human Effectiveness Directorate, Biosciences and Protection Division, has been named recipient of the 58th Annual Arthur S. Flemming Award in the Administrative category.
 
Lt. Col. (Dr.) Savoie is chief of AFRL's Fatigue Countermeasures Branch and Aircrew and Protection Branch located at Brooks City-Base, Texas and Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. She was honored for being instrumental in developing a suite of automated medical system solutions and coordinating with multiple government contractors to support warfighters in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan.
 
"This force health protection accomplishment had universal impact with 30 Air Force, Army, and Navy units deploying the software to collect combat medical data," said Col. Earl V. McCallum, Jr., chief of the Air Force Promotion, Evaluation and Recognition Division at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, in a statement announcing the awards. 

Lt. Col. Savoie deployed to Iraq to collect patient medical information in the field and make it electronically available to medical providers anywhere a patient might be transferred. She executed Army and Air Force operational tests from start-to-finish resulting in worldwide deployment of the system for use by expeditionary medical forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

Her efforts resulted in 500,000 health records from Iraq flowing to an electronic watch board for medical surveillance, according to information released by Col. McCallum. 

The federal government established the Flemming Awards in 1948 to recognize exceptional employees who have at least three but no more than 15 years of government service. Nominees are acknowledged for their work contributions, educational achievements and local community involvement.