Meeting of
the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses
April 20-21,
2015
Department
of Veteran Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, Room 230, Washington, DC
Agenda
Monday, April
20, 2015
8:45 – 9:00 - Informal
gathering, coffee
9:00 – 9:30 - Welcome,
Introductory Remarks: VA Leadership
9:30 – 9:45 - Welcome,
Introductory Remarks: Dr. Stephen
Hauser, Chairman, Res Adv Cmte Gulf War Illnesses
9:45 – 11:15 - Gene-Exposure Outcomes in GWI and Committee Discussion: Dr. Lea Steele, Baylor University
11:15 –11:30 - Break
11:30 -12:45 - Axonal Transport in Living Rats Exposed to
GW-Relevant Pesticides and Discussion:
Dr. Alvin Terry, Georgia State University
12:45 - 1:45 - Lunch
1:45 – 2:45 - GW Agent Exposure Causes Impairment of Long-Term
Memory Formation and Neuropathology in a Mouse Model of GWI: Dr. Fiona Crawford,
Res Adv Cmte Gulf War Illnesses
2:45 -3:30 - IOM Gulf War Panel Update Program Update: Ms. Roberta Wedge, Institute of Medicine
3:30 – 3:45 - Break
3:45 – 4:30 - Update of VA ORD Gulf War Research Portfolio: Dr. Victor Kalasinsky, Dr. Robert Jaeger, VA Office of Research and
development
4:30 – 5:00 - Million
Veteran Program and GW Illness Research: Dr. Timothy O’Leary, VA Office of Research and Development
5:00 – 5:30 - Public Comment
Meeting of
the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses
April 20-21,
2015
Department
of Veteran Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, Room 230, Washington, DC
Agenda
Tuesday, April
21, 2015
8:45 – 9:00 - Informal
gathering, coffee
9:00 – 9:45 - Ethics and
Federal Advisory Committee Training: Ms.
Purnima Boominathan, VA Office of General Counsel
9:45 – 10:45 - Update of VA OPH Gulf War Research
Dr. Robert Bossarte & Dr. Erin Dursa, VA
Office of Public Health
10:45 – 11:00 - Break
11:00 – 12:00 - VA GWI Research Program
Discussion: Dr. Stephen Hauser, Chairman, Dr. Roberta White, Scientific Director, Res Adv Cmte Gulf War Illnesses
12:00 – 12:30 - Public Comment
12:30 - Adjourn
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