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