Exploring Military Exposures and Mental, Behavioral, and Neurologic Health Outcomes Among Post-9/11 Veterans (2025)
Chapter: Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas
Appendix B
Public Meeting Agendas
FIRST INFORMATION-GATHERING MEETING
February 22, 2024
Washington, DC
| 2:00–2:05pm |
Welcome and Introductions |
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Conduct of the Public Session |
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Deborah Cory-Slechta and Jeannette South-Paul, Committee Cochairs |
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| 2:05–3:00 |
Charge to the Committee |
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Patricia Hastings, Department of Veterans Affairs |
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Accompanied by Peter D. Rumm, Department of Veterans Affairs |
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Accompanied by Aaron Schneiderman, Department of Veterans Affairs |
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| 3:00–3:15 |
Public Comment |
| 3:15 |
Closing Remarks |
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Public Meeting Adjourns |
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Jeannette South-Paul |
SECOND INFORMATION-GATHERING MEETING
April 3, 2024
Virtual Meeting
| 1:00–1:05pm |
Welcome and Introductions |
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Conduct of the Public Session |
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Deborah Cory-Slechta, Committee Cochair |
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| 1:05–2:35 |
Panel on Military Exposures |
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Deborah Cory-Slechta, Moderator |
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PACT Act Toxic Exposure Screening |
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Thomas F. Mattras, VA Office of Primary Care |
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Environmental Sampling and the Periodic Occupational and Environmental Monitoring Summary |
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John Kolivosky, Defense Health Agency |
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Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record (ILER) |
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Larry Vandergrift, Defense Health Agency |
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Committee Q&A |
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| 2:35–3:45 |
Panel on VA Research and Data on Selected Health Outcomes |
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Jeanette South-Paul, Moderator and Committee Cochair |
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Traumatic Brain Injury |
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Stuart Hoffman, VA Office of Research and Development |
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Measuring Chronic Multisymptom Illness (CMI) in 1990-1991 Gulf War Veterans: Case Definitions and Challenges |
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Erin Dursa, VA Health Outcomes Military Exposures |
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Committee Q&A |
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| 3:45–3:55 |
Public Comment |
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Jeannette South-Paul, Moderator |
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| 3:55–4:00 |
Closing Remarks |
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Public Meeting Adjourns |
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Jeannette South-Paul |
THIRD INFORMATION-GATHERING MEETING
June 3, 2024
Virtual Meeting
| 1:00pm |
Welcome and Introductions |
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Conduct of the Public Meeting |
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Jeannette South-Paul, Committee Cochair |
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| 1:05–2:05 |
Panel on Mental Health Provider Perspectives on Military-Related Toxic Exposures and Mental Health |
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Jeannette South-Paul, Moderator |
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Chris Ivany, Family Care Center, LLC |
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Tracy Neal-Walden, Cohen Veterans Network |
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Ajus Ninan, U.S. Army |
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| 2:05–2:15 |
Break |
| 2:15–3:15 |
Panel on Veteran and Advocate Perspectives on Military-Related Toxic Exposures and Mental Health |
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Rajeev Ramchand, Moderator and Committee Member |
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Anthony Hardie, Veterans for Common Sense |
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Charles Henry, Henry and Co. Consulting, Wounded Warrior Project |
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Chelsey Simoni, Hunter7 Foundation |
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Thomas Smoot, Lift and Shift Foundation, Wounded Warrior Project |
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Carla Stumpf Patton, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) |
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| 3:15–3:30 |
Public Comment |
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Jeannette South-Paul, Moderator and Cochair |
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| 3:30 |
Closing Remarks |
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Public Meeting Adjourns |
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Jeannette South-Paul, Cochair |
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