RAC Meeting Agenda Released (Tentative)

Meeting of the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses -- March 1-2nd, 2010 – at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Room 230, Washington, DC

AGENDA
Monday, March 1, 2010

8:00 – 8:30 Informal gathering, coffee

8:30 – 8:35 Welcome, introductory remarks Mr. Jim Binns, Chairman, Res Adv Cmte Gulf War Illnesses

8:35 – 9:30 Glia --The other brain Dr. Douglas Fields National Institutes of Health (NIH)

9:30 – 10:30 Chronic pain and glia Dr. Linda Watkins
University of Colorado

10:30 – 10:45 Break

10:45 – 11:30 Microtubules and neurodegeneration -  Dr. Peter Baas
Drexel University

11:30 – 12:00 XMRV virus, chronic fatigue Dr. Nancy Klimas and Gulf War illness Miami VAMC

12:00 – 12:30 Planned survey of the health situation of Dr. Vidar Lehmann
Norwegian Gulf War veterans Norwegian Armed Forces Medical Services

12:30 – 1:30 Lunch (on your own)

1:30 - 2:15 UTSW neuroimaging studies update Dr. Robert Haley
University of Texas Southwestern, VA Dallas Healthcare System

2:15 – 3:00 Long-term health effects from sarin Dr. Mariana Morris
exposure Wright State University

3:00 – 3:15 Break

3:15 –4:30 Committee discussion: 2009 annual report Dr. Roberta White and
Committee discussion

4:30 – 5:00 Public comment

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

8:00 – 8:30 Informal gathering, coffee

8:30 – 9:15 War-Related Illness and Injury Centers Dr. Gudrun Lange
(WRIISC) research program update DVA NJ Healthcare System

9:15 – 10:00 Gulf War Veterans Information System Mr. Sterling Stokes
(GWVIS) report and tracking update VA Office of Performance Analysis and Integrity

10:00 – 10:30 Advisory Committee on Gulf War Mr. Steve Smithson
Veterans: Final Report recommendations Res. Adv. Cmte Gulf War Illnesses

10:30 – 10:45 Break

10:45 – 11:45 New VA Gulf War Research Program

• Dr. Joel Kupersmith, Chief Research and Development Officer
• Dr. Timothy O’Leary, Deputy Chief Research and Development
  Dr. William Goldberg, Scientific Program Manager GW research,
• Dept. of Veterans Affairs

11:45 – 12:45 (TENTATIVE)VA Gulf War Task Force Mr. John Gingrich
Chief of Staff, Dept. of Veterans Affairs

12:45- 1:15 Public Comment

1:15 Adjourn