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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS 

SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH 

HEARING ON VA RESEARCH AND NON PROFIT VA

RESEARCH CORPORATIONS AND

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS 

Thursday, May 16, 2002, 10:00 a.m.
334 Cannon House Office Building 

Panel 1

Mr. Michael Slachta Jr.
Assistant Inspector General for Audit
Department of Veterans Affairs 
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Accompanied by: 

Mr. John Bilobran
Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audit
Department of Veterans Affairs 

John Mather, M.D.
Chief Officer
Office of Research Compliance and Assurance
Department of Veterans Affairs 
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Panel 2 

Honorable Robert H. Roswell, M.D.
Under Secretary for Health
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs 
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Accompanied by: 

Honorable Tim S. McClain
General Counsel
Department of Veterans Affairs 

John R. Feussner, M.D.
Chief Research and Development Officer
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs 

Mindy Aisen, M.D.
Director of Rehabilitation Research and Development
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs 

Panel 3 

Mr. Antonio Laracuente
Chairman
National Association of Veterans’ Research and Education Foundations
Executive Director
Atlanta Research and Education Foundation 
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Franklin Zieve, M.D., Ph.D.
President
McGuire Research Institute, Inc. 
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Mr. Ken Hickman
Executive Director
Brentwood Biomedical Research Institute 

Wendy Baldwin, M.D.
Deputy Director for Extramural Research
National Institutes of Health 
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Statements for the Record

Mr. James R. Fischl
Director of the National Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission
The American Legion 
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Ms. Joy J. Ilem
Assistant National Legislative Director
Disabled Veterans of America 
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Mr. Richard B. Fuller
National Legislative Director
Paralyzed Veterans of America
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Paul A. Hayden
Deputy Director
National Legislative Service
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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