(91outcomes.com) - The Congressionally-chartered federal Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses (RAC-GWVI) is set to release a major, four-year report reviewing the progress of Gulf War health research.
The RAC report will be presented at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, April 28, at a public meeting of the Committee in Room 230 at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) headquarters building, located at 810 Vermont Ave. NW, in Washington, DC. This will be the last report of an independent RAC unless federal legislation is enacted to restore and strengthen the RAC.
A number of Gulf War veterans have travelled from around the country in order to be present.
The Committee's two-day agenda is below. To dial in, please call 1-800-767-1750. The participant code is 56978#.
Public comments will be accepted in writing via email (RAC@bu.edu), and in person and by phone during designated public comment periods.
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****DAY ONE****
Meeting of
the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses
April 28-29,
2014
Department
of Veteran Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, Room 230, Washington, DC
Agenda
Monday, April
28, 2014
8:00 – 8:45
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Informal gathering, coffee
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8:45 – 9:00
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Welcome, introductory
remarks
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Mr. Jim Binns, Chairman
Res Adv Cmte Gulf War
Illnesses
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9:00 – 10:15
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Update of VA OPH Gulf War
research
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Dr. Victoria Davey
VA Office of Public Health
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10:15 –
10:30
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Break
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10:30 –
11:00
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Presentation
of Report to Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Dr. Robert Jesse
and
Remarks of
Dr. Jesse
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Committee Members
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11:00 –
11:30
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Remarks of Honored Guests
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Mr. Jim Binns, Chairman
Res Adv Cmte Gulf War
Illnesses
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11:30 –
12:30
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2014 RAC Report
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Dr. Roberta White, Scientific
Director
Res. Adv Cmte Gulf War
Illnesses
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12:30 –
1:30
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Lunch
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1:30 –
2:30
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Update of VA
ORD Gulf War research Portfolio
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Dr. Victor Kalasinsky
Dr. Robert Jaeger
VA Office of Research and
development
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2:30 –
3:15
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The role of
protein radicals in neuroinflammation as a model of GWI and therapeutic
strategies
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Dr. Michelle Block
Virginia Commonwealth
University
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3:15 –
3:30
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Break
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3:30 –
4:15
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Efficacy of fluoxetine and resveratrol
For easing memory and mood
dysfunction in an animal model of GWI
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Dr. Ashok Shetty
Central Texas Veterans
Healthcare System
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4:15 –
4:45
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Committee and Panel Discussion: ‘how
to discussion’ for GWI animal research
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Dr. Jim O’Callaghan
Dr. Kimberly Sullivan,
Assoc Scientific Dir
Res. Adv Cmte Gulf War
Illnesses
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4:45 – 5:15
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Public comment
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8:00 – 8:30
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Informal gathering, coffee
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8:30 – 9:30
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‘How to discussion:’ GWI
case-criteria and assessment of health outcomes in Gulf War veterans
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Dr. Lea Steele
Red Adv Cmte Gulf War
Illnesses
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9:30 – 10:30
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‘How to discussion:’ GWI
clinical treatments and study recruitment
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Dr. Beatrice Golomb
Res Adv Cmte Gulf War
Illnesses
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10:30 –
10:45
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Break
|
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10:45 –
12:00
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‘How to
discussion:’ GWI exposure assessment and biomarker development
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Dr. Roberta White, Scientific Director
Dr. Kimberly Sullivan, Assoc. Scientific Dir
Res Adv Cmte Gulf War Illnesses
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12:00 –
12:30
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Public Comment
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12:30
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Adjourn
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Meeting of
the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses
April 28-29,
2014
Department
of Veteran Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, Room 230, Washington, DC
Agenda
Tuesday, April
29, 2014
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