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

Opening Statements

• Hon. Harry E. Mitchell, Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
• Hon. David P. Roe, Ranking Republican Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
• Hon. John J. Hall, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York

Witness Testimonies

• Panel 1

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



• Panel 2

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



• Panel 3

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



• Panel 4

• Submissions for the Record 

• Major Denise Nichols, RN, MSN, USAFR (Ret.), Vice Chair, National Vietnam and Gulf War Veterans Coalition