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DEPARTMENT OF WAR - CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

Marcelo Bonini, Ph.D. (Chair)
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center

Kelley Brix, M.D., M.P.H.
Consultant

Danielle Carlin, Ph.D.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Hazardous Substances Research Branch

Deborah Cory-Slechta, Ph.D.
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

William "Joel" Culpepper, Ph.D.
Health Outcomes Military Exposures, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

M. Sgt. Kevin Ferrara, U.S. Air Force Retired
Advisers to Fire Service Organizations

Drew Helmer, M.D.
Michael E. DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Baylor College of Medicine

Jooyeon Hwang, Ph.D.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Andrew Koemeter-Cox, Ph.D.
Consultant

Ronald "Wayne" Matheny, Ph.D.
Defense Health Agency

Col. Patrick McNutt, Ph.D., U.S. Army Reserve
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

1st Lt. Andrew Myatt, U.S. Army Retired
Wounded Warrior Project

Tech. Sgt. Vera Roddy, U.S. Air Force Retired
Veterans of Foreign Wars

Jonathan Shannahan, Ph.D.
Purdue University

Last updated Wednesday, September 17, 2025