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DEPARTMENT OF WAR - CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

Lina Kubli, Ph.D. (Chair)
Department of Veterans Affairs

Brenda Ryals, Ph.D. (Deputy Chair)
James Madison University

Arthi Amin, Ph.D.
U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity

Janet Cyr, Ph.D.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Col (Ret) Todd Desgrosseilliers
U.S. Marine Corps (Ret), Project Healing Waters

Rong Gan, Ph.D.
Hough Ear Institute, University of Oklahoma

Lynn Henselman, Ph.D.
Wilson Dennis, LLC

Kristy Hentchel, Ph.D.
Office of Naval Research

LTC Andy “John” Merkley, Au.D.
Army Public Health Center

MAJ Douglas Ruhl, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Madigan Army Medical Center

Judy Schafer, Ph.D., J.D.
Department of Veterans Affairs

Lt Col Samuel Spear, M.D.
Hearing Center of Excellence; US Air Force

Mei Sun, Ph.D.
Military Operational Medicine Research Program

Lt Col Brandon Tourtillott, Ph.D.
Air Force Medical Support Agency, Office of the Air Force Surgeon General

Ad Hoc Programmatic Reviewers

Last updated Wednesday, September 3, 2025