Our focus within the Life Sciences Group includes research support services and solutions that aim not only to improve warfighter health, performance, resilience and readiness, but also to develop healthcare solutions for medical treatment facilities in the Government sector.
The Life Sciences Group utilizes a broad network of health science professionals to provide subject matter expertise across a diverse range of therapeutic areas including infectious disease, polytrauma, and traumatic brain injury. Under the guidance of senior civilian and military staff, our scientists, program managers, pharmacists, nurses, clinical coordinators, research support staff, operations and administrative support personnel help solve problems in basic and applied research, pre-clinical and clinical investigation, regulatory compliance for research involving humans and animals, logistics, acquisition, and program administration.
Across our portfolio of contracts, experienced Odyssey personnel provide non-personal services in medical research, product development, lifecycle sustainment, acquisition strategy development, and procurement support, with a focus on cost, schedule, and performance management to achieve desired results for projects of varying size, scope, and complexity.
ODYSSEY IMPROVES THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF WARFIGHTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH LEADING MEDICAL RESEARCH, INCLUDING:
- Clinical Research
- Scientific Staffing Support
- Pre-Clinical Research
- Laboratory Management
- Program / Project Management
- Acquisition / Procurement
WE RESPOND TO FLUCTUATING NEEDS
Our access to a broad network of professionals allows us to quickly provide short- or long-term scientists, research associates, lab technicians, equipment technicians, administrative, program management, and research support staff who can make a difference.
WE COLLABORATE EASILY WITH PROJECT TEAMS
Odyssey creates a culture that fosters teamwork within our organization and on every project. Our personnel are bright, hardworking individuals who enjoy working with our customers and partners on challenging projects to deliver exceptional results.
WE HAVE PROVEN PAST PERFORMANCE
Our portfolio of successful projects demonstrates our ability to correctly plan, staff, and manage projects of varying scope, size, and complexity with high customer satisfaction.
Expertise
Our wide range of capabilities includes Program Management, Engineering and Platform Integration, Specialty Engineering, Test & Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning, Digital Engineering, Acquisition Management, Integrated Logistics Support, Software Development, Research & Development, Clinical Research, Support Services, Financial Management, Information Technology, Training, and Information Assurance / Risk Management.
Odyssey’s Dynamic Data Gateway (DDG) is a baseline commercial product for rapid deployment of dynamic data pipelines. A fully customizable white-glove resource, DDG is designed to help users consume, transform, and store their data on relevant cloud platforms.
Our Exceptional Services Support to Medical R&D Customers
WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH (WRAIR)
For the Brain Trauma Neuroprotection Branch, we employ a team of scientists and technicians who utilize Penetrating Ballistic-like Brain Injury (PBBI) and Controlled Cortical Impact (CCI) animal models to develop and transition novel biological and pharmaceutical solutions to mitigate the effects of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and related polytrauma.
For the Malaria Vaccine Branch, we provide scientific research support for the development of vaccines against Malaria and SARS-CoV-2, with particular focus on the production, purification and characterization of the immunogens and evaluation of the antibody responses to them in culture and vaccinated animals.
Within the Bacterial Diseases Branch, our researchers in the Department of Diarrheal Disease Research (DDR) support the development of vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics against diarrheal pathogens, including Shigella and Enterotoxigenic E. Coli (ETEC), that are major sources of morbidity for the deployed warfighter.
Our researchers in the Wound Infections Department develop, test and transition medical countermeasures against trauma-related wound infections with a focus on new alternative antibacterial drugs (including bacteriophages), new classes of small-molecule antibiotics, and newly isolated monoclonal antibodies to combat the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms and improve outcomes for soldiers with wound-related bacterial infections.
NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO (NMCSD)
Our Clinical Research Associates (CRAs) support cradle-to-grave Institutional Review Board (IRB) administration of protocols involving human subjects for the Clinical Investigation Department (CID). With their in-depth knowledge of regulatory processes, they assist Principal Investigators with IRB submissions, recruiting and consenting of subjects, maintaining regulatory documentation, and collecting data for analysis. We also provide graduate medical education assistance and the services of a Clinical Research Pharmacist to support research investigators, other research assistants, or nurse researchers in the performance of complex research and experimentation.
NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH / NAVAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE (NMCP/NHJAX)
Our Clinical Research Coordinators (CRCs), with the support of a Protocol Developer, Nurse and Assurance Specialist, provide research support services to the Clinical Investigation Department (CID) focusing on Graduate Medical Education Program relevant biomedical research in general surgery, psychology, otolaryngology, pediatrics, nursing research, orthopedics, women’s health, and emergency medicine.
NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT–DAYTON (NAMRU-D)
We provide administrative support services for NAMRU-D’s aerospace and environmental physiology effects projects. Our support to the Command includes Human Resources, logistics/procurement and electronic records systems, cybersecurity, hazardous materials management, and public affairs expertise. We also provide life scientists who support biomedical research at the Environmental Health Effects Lab, including designing and conducting studies to identify toxic effects before they compromise combat effectiveness and Warfighter health.
NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER (NMRC)
Our staff supports safety for both biomedical equipment and biological agents by ensuring standard medical safety guidelines are met through the proper installation, configuration, calibration and maintenance of the equipment.
NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER (NHRC)
Odyssey acquisition experts support advanced research strategies at all NHRC laboratories and program offices by managing contracts for medical modeling and simulation, Warfighter performance and deployment health, infectious disease, and HIV prevention research.
NAVY REFRACTIVE SURGERY CENTER (NRSC)
NTSC delivers ophthalmic research services to support various research projects focused on state-of-the-art surgical vision correction for active duty Navy and Marine Corps personnel. Odyssey team members support clinical research protocols in the areas of visual performance, optical aberrations, quality of vision, operational visual assessments, visual simulation, and the outcomes of refractive surgery, including but not limited to Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK), Laser In-Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK), and Small-Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE).
Dynamic Digital Gateway
Odyssey’s Dynamic Data Gateway (DDG) is a baseline commercial product from which to rapidly deploy dynamic data pipelines to consume, transform and store data on relevant cloud platforms to provide our customers a fully customizable white-glove experience for consuming and interacting with their data.
An important aspect of pre-clinical and clinical research involves the use of biostatistical analysis to model, synthesize and present large sets of data for assessment and publication. Data science is an interdisciplinary method that utilizes statistics, scientific computing, processes, algorithms and software systems to extract scientific knowledge and insights from structured and unstructured data. Combined with computer programming, DDG customized elements extract data, automate the transformation of raw data into relevant analytics, and visualize the data to glean insights for decision-making and intelligence.
In collaboration with our Technical Center and members of our Medical Group, Odyssey Data Scientists developed DDG to support complex data extraction, transformation and visualization of various medical research pipelines. It uses Application Programing Interface (API) calls to discover changes to a cloud-based repository of raw data files. Upon discovery of newly uploaded files, the process determines the structure of incoming data and inserts those data into an organized cloud-based database. Our solution utilizes Google Drive as the repository for files due to its wide use and availability, and Google Big Query, a Platform as a Service (PaaS) that supports querying using ANSI SQL, due to it’s built-in machine learning capabilities. This architecture allows for flexibility and add-on development to best support the end-user needs.
Our Data Extraction process translates existing data extraction methods into Python scripts. The platform creates clean datasets that are processed using signal processing testing and customer-prescribed feature identification algorithms, and produces the data pipelines. A series of methods then extracts data from the database for use in a web-based application portal.
The DDG dashboard runs in the Google Cloud environment to permit end-users to easily browse data from different timeframes, alter the time window, zoom in and out, and build an image of the resulting graph for exportation.
Based on specific end-user needs, we can implement Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) model development to continue to improve the automation of analysis.