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Lapse in Federal Appropriations
The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on September 30, 2025. Military personnel will continue in a normal duty status without pay until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status. Visit www.dha.mil/shutdownExternal link for more information.
DEPARTMENT OF WAR - CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

Stuart Campbell, MPT (Chair)
Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence

Lanny Boswell, Ph.D., PT, OCS (Capt., U.S. Navy, Retired)
Naval Health Research Center

Susannah Engdahl, Ph.D.
American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association

Christopher Fantini, M.S.P.T., CP, BOCO
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Prateek Grover, M.D., Ph.D., MHA, FAAPMR
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

Mark Muller, M.S., CPO, FAAOP
California State University, Dominguez Hills

Maj. Bradley Ritland, Ph.D., DPT, U.S. Army
U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Elizabeth Russell Esposito, Ph.D.
Military Operational Medical Research Program

Brian Schulz, Ph.D.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research and Development

Brock Wester, Ph.D.
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Tristan Wyatt (Pfc., U.S. Army, Retired)
Consumer

Ad Hoc Programmatic Reviewers

Last updated Monday, September 22, 2025