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The Implications of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Limited Scope of Gulf War Illness Research

Thursday, July 30, 2009 | 10:00 AM Room 340 Cannon House Office Building

Opening Statement


Panel: 1

Lynn Goldman, M.D., MPH, and Member, Committee on Gulf War and Health, Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies
Accompanied By:
Roberta Wedge, M.S., Institute of Medicine, The National Academies, Senior Program Officer, Board on the Health of Select Populations
James H. Binns, Chairman, Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
Lea Steele, Ph.D., and Former Scientific Director, Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses, Adjunct Associate Professor, Kansas State University School of Human Ecology, Manhattan, KS

Panel: 2

Robert W. Haley, M.D., FACE, FACP, Department of Internal Medicine, Professor of Internal Medicine - Epidemiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX
Roberta F. White, Ph.D., and Associate Dean for Research, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health
Anthony Hardie, (Gulf War Veteran Member, Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses), Madison, WI

Panel: 3

Douglas E. Dembling, Office of Public Health and Environmental Hazards, Associate Chief Officer for Program Coordination, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Accompanied By:
Victoria Anne Cassano, M.D., MPH, Office of Public Health and Environmental Hazards, Acting Chief Consultant, Environmental Health Strategic Healthcare Group, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Joel Kupersmith, M.D., Office of Research and Development, Chief Research and Development Officer, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
David Barrans, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Deputy Assistant General Counsel

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The Implications of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Limited Scope of Gulf War Illness Research.

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