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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

FY25 Programmatic Review Panel:

Debra Malone, M.D. (Chair; Col., U.S. Air Force Retired)
Uniformed Services University

Kelley Brix, M.D.
Scientific Matter Expert Consultant

Susanna Chubinskaya, Ph.D.
University of Texas Medical Branch

Zafra Cooper, D.Phil., D.Clin.Psych.
Yale University

Stephen Daniels, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Frederick Hamel, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Tanisha Hammill, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Chief Scientist (ST), Office of the Surgeon General of the U.S. Air Force

Adam Hartman, M.D.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health

Christopher Hlubb, B.S.
Agrilogics Group

Usamah Kayyali, Ph.D.
U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Kendra Lawrence, Ph.D.
U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity

Stephen Liang, M.D., M.P.H.S.
Washington University in St. Louis

Rama Mallampalli, M.D.
The Ohio State University

Andrew McCandlish, Ph.D.
Revagenix, Inc.

Timothy Niewold
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

Ronald Przygodzki, M.D.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Carl Smith, Ph.D. (Maj, U.S. Army)
Combat Casualty Care Research Program

David Stewart, Ph.D.
Theradaptive, Inc.

Tiina Urv, Ph.D.
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health

Aristidis Veves, M.D., D.Sc.
Harvard University

David Winter, Ph.D.
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority

Michael Zuscik, Ph.D.
University of Colorado Denver

Last updated Wednesday, September 17, 2025