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Biography
Dr. Tribble completed his medical training at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences followed by Internal Medicine residency at the Naval Hospital Portsmouth, Infectious Diseases fellowship at the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC), and a Doctorate in Public Health at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). After assignments at the Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 in Cairo, Egypt, NNMC Infectious Diseases Division, and the Enteric Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Dr. Tribble joined the faculty at USU to establish the Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program (IDCRP), a Department of Defense and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)/National Institutes of Health (NIH) collaborative research program. As IDCRP Science Director, Dr. Tribble provides senior leadership for strategic planning and clinical research. Dr. Tribble’s areas of research focus include trauma-related infectious complications, SSTI epidemiology and S. aureus infection prevention strategies, deployment/travel-associated infection epidemiology and clinical management. Dr. Tribble has also had longstanding research efforts in the field of bacterial diarrheal disease vaccine development including development and investigation of experimental infection models in volunteers, with particular emphasis on Campylobacter jejuni.
Research interests
Keywords
- R Medicine (General)
- Infectious diseases
- Travel medicine
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Comparing SARS-CoV-2 infections in the US Military Health System and national data: opportunities for future pandemic surveillance
Craig-Kuhn, M. C., Stewart, L., Sercy, E., Stern, C., Graham, B., Michel, A., Parmelee, E., Shackelford, S., Pollett, S., Burgess, T. & Tribble, D. R., 2026, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 13, 1714024.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Early Factors Related to Healthcare Utilization by Infection Status among Combat Injured
Stewart, L., Shaikh, F., Sercy, E., Carson, M. L., Gedeon, D., Wyatt, A. C., Campbell, W. R., Mende, K., Kiley, J. L., Richard, P. & Tribble, D. R., 1 Mar 2026, In: Military Medicine. 191, 3-4, p. e772-e781Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Long COVID and the Military: A Current Research Landscape, Knowledge Gaps, and Future Directions: A Current Research Landscape, Knowledge Gaps, and Future Directions
Pollett, S., Agan, B. K., Letizia, A. G., Richard, S. A., Porter, C., Epsi, N. J., Haigney, M., Saunders, D., Colombo, R., Burgess, T. H., Morris, M., Tribble, D. R., La Croix, C., Jones, M. & O’Connell, R. J., 1 Jan 2026, In: Military Medicine. 191, 1-2, p. e102-e110Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Microbiome dynamics in the congregate environment of U.S. Army Infantry training
Kok, C. R., Morrison, M. D., Thissen, J. B., Mabery, S., Leigh Carson, M., Kimbrel, J. A., Bennett, J. W., Tribble, D. R., Millar, E. V., Mende, K. & Be, N. A., 3 Feb 2026, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 14, 2, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Statistical Accuracy of Administratively Recorded Race/Ethnicity in the Military Health System and Race/Ethnicity Ascertained via Questionnaire
McAdam, J., Richard, S. A., Olsen, C. H., Byrne, C., Clausen, S., Michel, A., Agan, B. K., O’Connell, R., Burgess, T. H., Tribble, D. R., Pollett, S., Mancuso, J. D. & Rusiecki, J. A., Apr 2026, In: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 13, 2, p. 1513-1526 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Researchers at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Release New Data on Military Medicine (Comparing SARS-CoV-2 infections in the US Military Health System and national data: opportunities for future pandemic surveillance)
Timothy Burgess, Simon Pollett, Laveta Stewart & David Tribble
25/02/26
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Study Results from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Update Understanding of Military Medicine (SARS-CoV-2 infection and sleep health in Military Health System beneficiaries)
Timothy Burgess, Stephanie Richard, Brian Agan, Simon Pollett, David Lindholm, Katrin Mende, Rachel Lee, Anuradha Ganesan, David Tribble, Rhonda Colombo & Milissa Jones
25/02/26
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Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Researchers Detail Findings in COVID-19 (Evaluating the risk and risk factors of dysautonomia as a post-acute sequelae of COVID-19: a secondary analysis of a matched case-control dataset)
Timothy Burgess, Simon Pollett, Laveta Stewart, James Mancuso, Tracey Koehlmoos, David Tribble, Benjamin Pierson & David Saunders
24/10/25
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New Military Medicine Study Results from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Described (Early Factors Related to Healthcare Utilization by Infection Status among Combat Injured)
Laveta Stewart, Katrin Mende, John Kiley, David Tribble & Patrick Richard
16/09/25
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Study Findings from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Broaden Understanding of Military Medicine (Long COVID and the Military: A Current Research Landscape, Knowledge Gaps, and Future Directions)
Michael Morris, Timothy Burgess, Stephanie Richard, Robert J. O'Connell, Chad Porter, Brian Agan, Simon Pollett, Mark Haigney, David Tribble, David Saunders, Rhonda Colombo, Nusrat Epsi, Milissa Jones & Christina La Croix
18/08/25
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