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DEPARTMENT OF WAR - CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

Melissa Mehalick, Ph.D. (Chair)
Defense Health Agency, Psychological Health Center of Excellence

Jana Drgonova, Ph.D.
National Institute on Drug Abuse

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

Maj. Yosef Fufa, D.N.P., PMHNP-BC
U. S. Army

Cmdr. Heather Hauck, M.D., FAPA
U.S. Navy

Lt. Col. Tekia Jones, D.N.P., PMHNP-BC
Air Force Medical Command

Christopher Johnson, LISW-S, BCD
U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

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

Jane Olien, LCSW, BCD
Consumer Advocate, Defense Health Agency, Medical Affairs/Behavioral Health Clinical Operations

Marisa Roberto, Ph.D.
The Scripps Research Institute

Jayanthi Sankar, Ph.D.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research and Development

Nancy Skopp, Ph.D.
Defense Health Agency, Psychological Health Center of Excellence


Last updated Thursday, August 28, 2025