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REPUBLICAN
PRESS RELEASE
September 24, 2007
GULF WAR ILLNESSES WILL BE SUBJECT OF TUESDAY’S
HEARING
Media contact: Jeff Schrade (202)224-9093
(Washington, DC) At the end of the Gulf War in 1991, thousands of
veterans complained of a variety of illnesses and symptoms, including
chronic fatigue, muscle and joint pain, skin rashes, memory loss,
balance issues, sleep disorders, depression, birth defects, chronic
diarrhea and concentration problems. Since that war ended the federal
government has spent over $300 million researching the possible causes
of the diseases and symptoms which have collectively been called Gulf
War illness.
U.S. Senator Richard Burr, the Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and other committee members will meet
Tuesday to review what scientists and others have found in their
research.
The hearing will be held Tuesday, September 25, in room 562 of the
Dirksen Senate Office Building, starting at 9:30 a.m. Eastern. It will
be broadcast live on the Committee's website and available for viewing
later http://veterans.senate.gov
. Audio may also be available - during the hearing only - at
http://www.capitolhearings.org.
Panel 1
* James Binns, Chairman, Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War
Veterans' Illnesses
* Julie Mock, Gulf War Veteran and President, Veterans of Modern Warfare
* Meryl Nass, MD, Mount Desert Island Hospital, Bar Harbor, Maine
* Lea Steele, PhD, Scientific Director, Research Advisory Committee on
Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses, and Senior Health Researcher, Kansas
Health Institute
* Roberta White, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental
Health, Boston University School of Public Health
Panel 2
* Michael E. Kilpatrick, MD, Deputy Director for Force Health Protection
and Readiness Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs
Accompanied by:
- Col. Janet Harris, PhD, RN, Director of Congressionally Directed
Medical Research Programs, Department of the Army
* Joel Kupersmith, MD, Chief Research and Development Officer, Veterans
Health Administration
Accompanied by:
Timothy O'Leary, MD, PhD, Director of Biomedical Laboratory and Clinical
Science Research and Development Services, Department of Veterans
Affairs
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Larry Scott --
