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DEPARTMENT OF WAR - CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

FY25 Programmatic Panel:

Col. Brett Theeler, M.D., U.S. Army (Chair)
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Jaydira Del Rivero, M.D.
National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute

Mitchell J. Frederick, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine

Madeleine Kane, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Colorado Hospital

Lt. Col. Michael Kwinn, Ph.D., U.S. Army Retired
Friends4Michael Foundation

Ms. Donna Ludwinski
Solving Kid's Cancer

Pavlos Msaouel, M.D., Ph.D.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Corrie Painter, Ph.D.
Precede Biosciences

Jim Palma
TargetCancer Foundation

Sanford Simon, Ph.D.
Rockefeller University

Steven Sizemore, Ph.D.
The Ohio State University

Steven Thorpe, M.D., FACS
University of Colorado Hospital

Michael Tomasson, M.D.
The University of Iowa

Last updated Wednesday, September 17, 2025