APPENDIX A
Workshop Agenda
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Workshop on a National Center for the Study of War-Related Illnesses and Postdeployment Health Issues
March 18, 1999
Room 2004, Foundry Building
1055 Thomas Jefferson St., N.W.
Washington, DC
12:30-12:40 |
Introduction and Overview Merwyn Greenlick, Ph.D., Chair |
12:40-1:10 |
War-Related Illnesses: A Historical Perspective Capt. Craig Hyams |
1:10-1:50 |
Legislative Mandate for National Center(s) Congressional Staff—House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs |
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Ralph Ibson—House majority staff Susan Edgerton—House minority staff William Cahill—Senate majority staff Kim Lipsky—Senate minority staff |
1:50-3:15 |
Department of Defense, Centers for Deployment-Related Health History and Overview of the DoD Approach—Lt. Col. James Riddle Deployment Health Clinical Center—Lt. Col. Charles Engel Deployment Health Research Center—Karl E. Friedl, Ph.D., and Dr. Frank Garland Discussion |
3:15-3:30 |
BREAK |
3:30-5:15 |
Department of Veterans Affairs Proposal History and Overview—Frances Murphy, M.D. Data and Information—Han K. Kang, Ph.D. National Center for PTSD—Matthew Friedman, M.D. VA Research—Tim Gerrity, Ph.D. Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Centers—Marsha Goodwin, R.N., M.A., M.S.N. Discussion |
5:15-6:00 |
Public Comment on Purpose and Goals of a National Center(s) William Brew—Paralyzed Veterans of America Matt Puglisi—The American Legion Paul Sullivan—National Gulf War Resource Center |