Reassessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry (2022) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix C: Committee Member and Staff Biographies
Appendix C: Committee Member and Staff Biographies
Pages 267-272
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Before that appointment, he taught and conducted research at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health and at the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. His epidemiologic research has addressed a wide range of public health issues, including exposures related to military deployments, veterans' health, environmental effects of energy development, risks from environmental exposures during pregnancy, and drinking water safety.
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She is the recipient of the Prince Albert II de Monaco/Institut Pasteur Award, the Rosenblith New Investigator Award, and the National Institutes of Health Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2020 and has served as a member on two consensus committees, including the Committee for Review of the Department of Defense Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program, and as a member of the planning committee on the Implications of the California Wildfires for Health, Communities, and Preparedness.
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Murphy did not participate directly, her company was one of three companies that conducted work under a blanket purchase agreement with the Office of Post-Deployment Health Services at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct an analysis of the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry data linked with VA medical records (no evaluation component and all directed by VA)
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Roberta Wedge, M.S., is a senior program officer in the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies. She has directed or substantially contributed to numerous studies on veterans' and service members' health, including three reports on health outcomes seen in veterans serving in the 1990–1991 Gulf War; smoking cessation in military and veteran populations; the long-term health consequences of exposure to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan; and a comprehensive assessment of the treatment efforts for posttraumatic stress disorder in the Department of Defense (DoD)
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BPH addresses the science base for population health and public health interventions and examines the capacity of the health system, particularly the public health infrastructure, to support disease prevention and health promotion activities, including the education and supply of health professionals necessary for carrying them out. BPH has examined such topics as the safety of childhood vaccines and other drugs, systems for evaluating and ensuring drug safety post-marketing, the health effects of cannabis and cannabinoids, the health effects of environmental exposures, population health improvement strategies, the integration of medical care and public health, women's health services, health disparities, health literacy, tobacco control strategies, and chronic disease prevention, among others.
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