WITNESS LIST

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

Department of Veterans Affairs Research – From Bench to Bedside  

Wednesday, June 7, 2006, 12:30 p.m.
334 Cannon House Office Building

Panel 1

Honorable Jonathan B. Perlin, M.D., Ph.D., MSHA, FACP
Under Secretary for Health
Department of Veterans Affairs 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Joel Kupersmith, M.D.
Chief Research and Development Officer
Department of Veterans Affairs

Accompanied by:

Robert L. Ruff, M.D., Ph.D.
Acting Director, Rehabilitation
Research and Development Service
Department of Veterans Affairs

Matthew J. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D.
Executive Director
National Center for PTSD
Department of Veterans Affairs

and

Michael S. Watson, Ph.D.
Member, Genomic Medicine Program Advisory Committee
Executive Director, American College of Medical Genetics 

Panel 2

Mr. Carl Blake
Senior Associate Legislative Director
Paralyzed Veterans of America
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Rick Weidman
Executive Director, Policy & Government Affairs
Vietnam Veterans of America
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Dennis E. Niewoehner, M.D.
Member, American Thoracic Society
Testifying on behalf of Friends of VA Research
Chief, Pulmonary Section, VAMC, Minneapolis, Minnesota
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Statements for the Record

 *Ms. Barbara West
Executive Director
National Association of Veterans’ Research and Education Foundations
 

*  Note:  the testimony of the National Association of Veterans’ Research and Education Foundations will not be available until after the hearing is completed.  The testimony will be posted electronically on the Committee website as soon as it is available.