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DEPARTMENT OF WAR - CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

Melissa Mehalick, Ph.D. (Chair)
Military Operational Medicine Research Program/Joint Program Committee 5

Spc. Robert Elder, U.S. Army (Ret)
Veterans Engagement Board

Daniel Falk, Ph.D.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Maj. Yosef Fufa, U.S. Army
U.S. Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, Texas

Shwe Gyaw, M.D.
National Institute on Drug Abuse

Lt. Cmdr. Heather Hauck, U.S. Navy, M.D.
U.S. Naval Hospital, Rota, Spain

Fuad Issa, M.D.
Psychological Health Center of Excellence

Christopher Johnson, M.S.W.
U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

Elyse Katz, Ph.D.
U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity

Lt. Col. Aaron Tritch, U.S. Air Force, Ph.D.
U.S. Air Force Medical Readiness Agency


Last updated Thursday, August 28, 2025