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Meeting of the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses
July 18-19, 2007
Wednesday, July 18:
Meeting Held in Simmons Biomedical Research Bldg (NIB), Room 11.120
University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, Texas
[Please Note: The meeting will be held in a different location Thursday, July 19]
Preliminary Agenda
Wednesday, July 18
8:00 – 8:30
Informal gathering, coffee
8:30 – 8:35
Welcome, introductory remarks Jim Binns, Chairman
Res Adv Cmte Gulf War Illnesses
8:35 – 10:45
University of Texas Southwestern School of
Medicine Gulf War Illnesses Research Program
Dr. Robert Haley
Univ of Texas Southwestern staff
10:45 – 11:00
Break
11:00 – 12:30
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS): study of
molecular pathogenesis, protein biomarkers, and
virus infection
Dr. Jonathan Kerr
St. George’s University of London
12:30 – 1:30
Lunch
1:30 – 3:20 University of Texas Southwestern School of
Medicine Gulf War Illnesses Research Program
Univ of Texas Southwestern staff
3:20 – 3:35 Break
3:35 – 4:05 University of Texas Southwestern School of
Medicine Gulf War Illnesses Research Program
Univ of Texas Southwestern staff
4:05 – 5:00
Discussion regarding University of Texas
Southwestern School of Medicine Gulf War Illnesses
Research Program
Committee
5:00 – 5:30 Public comments
Thursday, July 19:
Meeting Held at the Hilton Anatole
2201 Stemmons Freeway
Dallas, Texas
Preliminary Agenda
Thursday, July 19
8:00 – 8:30
Informal gathering, coffee
8:30 – 9:10
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) reveals evidence
of structural brain changes among veterans deployed
in the first Gulf War
Dr. Roberta White
Boston University School of Public
Health
9:10 – 10:30
Diagnosis and treatment of chronic toxic injury
Dr. William Meggs
East Carolina University School of
Medicine
10:30 – 10:45
Break
10:45 – 11:30
Update on recently published research relevant to the
health of Gulf War veterans
Dr. Beatrice Golomb
University of California at San
Diego School of Medicine
11:30 – 12:30
Lunch
12:30 – 12:45
Overview of chronic multisymptom illnesses
conference
Dr. Daniel Clauw
University of Michigan School of
Medicine
12:45 – 1:15 Update on VA Gulf War research programs
Dr. Bill Goldberg
VA Office of
Research and Development
1:15 – 1:30
Committee business: Report update Dr. Lea Steele
Res Adv Cmte Gulf War Illnesses
1:30 – 2:00 Public comments
2:00 Adjourn
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