The Office of External Affairs serves as a liaison to assist members of the media in contacting academic experts at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. The list below will help identify the subject matter expert in a specific area. For more information on any subject at USU, please contact the Office of External Affairs by e-mail at vpe@usuhs.mil or by phone at (301) 295-1219.
 
All experts can be contacted through the Office of External Affairs at vpe@usuhs.mil or by phone at (301) 295-1219.
 
Subject Matter Experts Downloadable List (PDF).


Academic Health Centers/ Military Medicine/ Nursing/ Biochemical Science

Dr. Larry Laughlin

School of Medicine

Dean

Dr. Patricia Hinton Walker

Graduate School of Nursing

Professor

Dr. Christine Kasper

Graduate School of Nursing

Professor


Advanced Practice Nursing Practice & Research Issues in the Military/Federal Health System

Dr. Patricia Hinton Walker

Graduate School of Nursing

Professor


Advanced Prothesis

Dr. Geoffrey Ling

Neurology

Professor


Amputation Research and Rehabilitation

Dr. Patricia Deuster

Military & Emergency Medicine

Professor


Avian Flu and Respiratory Disease

CAPT Gerry Quinnan

Preventive Medicine & Biometrics

Professor


Biostatics

Dr. David Cruess

Preventive Medicine & Biometrics

Professor

Dr. DeChang Chen

Preventive Medicine & Biometrics

Assistant Professor

Dr. Tzu-Cheg Kao

Preventive Medicine & Biometrics

Professor

Ms. Cara Olsen

Preventive Medicine & Biometrics

Assistant Professor

Dr. Douglas Tang

Preventive Medicine & Biometrics

Assistant Professor


Brigade

Lt. Col. John Maurer

USU Brigade

Commander


Cancer Incidence in Military Populations

Dr. Galen Barbour

Preventive Medicine & Biometrics

Director of HAS

Dr. John Potter

U.S. Military Cancer Institute

Director


Chemical, Biological, Nuclear Incidents: Education

CMDR Margaret Calloway

School of Medicine



Combat Medicine/
Casualty Care

Dr. David Burris

Surgery

Chairman


Competency-Based Education

Dr. Patricia Hinton Walker

Graduate School of Nursing

Professor


Cost and Quality Outcomes

Dr. Patricia Hinton Walker

Graduate School of Nursing

Professor


Dengue Fever

Dr. Larry Laughlin

School of Medicine

Dean


Depleted Uranium

Dr. Terry Pellmar

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

Scientific Director


Deployment Issues

COL Charles Beadling

Military & Emergency Medicine

Vice Chair


Deployment: Families, Women

CMDR Rene Hernandez

Military & Emergency Medicine

Course Director


Deployment: Psychology

David Riggs

Center for Deployment Psychology

Executive Director


Dietary Supplements

Dr. Patricia Deuster

Military & Emergency Medicine

Professor

CDR Mark Stephens

Family Medicine

Associate Professor


Disaster, Terrorism, Natural Catastrophes

CAPT Trueman Sharp

Military & Emergency Medicine

Chairman

COL Charles Beadling

Military & Emergency Medicine

Vice Chair


Distance Learning

Dr. Patricia Hinton Walker

Graduate School of Nursing

Professor

Dr. Diane Seibert

Graduate School of Nursing

Assistant Professor


Education Opportunities in the Military

CAPT Cynthia Macri

Recruitment and Diversity

Vice President


Educating Military and Public Health Physicians, Nurses and Scientists

Dr. Diane Seibert

Graduate School of Nursing

Assistant Professor

Dr. Patricia Hinton Walker

Graduate School of Nursing

Professor

Col. Dana Bradshaw

Preventive Medicine and Biometrics

Assistant Professor


Educating Military and Public Health Physicians, Nurses and Scientists: Mechanics

Dr. Diane Seibert

Graduate School of Nursing

Assistant Professor


Educating Military and Public Health Physicians, Nurses and Scientists: Curriculum

Dr. Diane Seibert

Graduate School of Nursing

Assistant Professor

Dr. Patricia Hinton Walker

Graduate School of Nursing

Professor


Electrodiagnostic Medicine and Neuromuscular Disease

COL William Campbell

Neurology

Chairman


Emerging Infectious Disease

Dr. Chris Broder

Microbiology

Assistant Professor

CAPT Gerry Quinnan

Preventive Medicine & Biometrics

Professor


Environmental Health

COL Rob Lipnick

Preventive Medicine & Biometrics

Chief Biostheistics
& Epidemiology

CDR Francesca Litow

Preventive Medicine & Biometrics

Assistant Professor

Lt. Col. Peter Lapuma

Preventive Medicine & Biometrics

Assistant Professor

LCDR Gary Morris

Preventive Medicine & Biometrics

Assistant Professor


Exertional Heat Illness

Dr. Patricia Deuster

Military & Emergency Medicine

Professor

COL Francis O'Connor

Family Medicine

Associate Professor


Family Nurse Practitioners

Dr. Diane Seibert

Graduate School of Nursing

Assistant Professor


Health Care Informatics

Dr. Patricia Hinton Walker

Graduate School of Nursing

Professor


Health Disparities

Dr. Gloria Ramsey

Graduate School of Nursing

Associate Professor


Health Disparities in Military Medical System

Dr. Richard Tannenbaum

Medical and Clinical Psychology

Assistant Professor

Dr. Gloria Ramsey

Medical and Clinical Psychology

Outreach Director


Health Law

J.E. Baker

Office of General Counsel

General Counsel

Brad Beall

Office of General Counsel

Deputy G.C.

Jason Karr

Office of General Counsel

Associate G.C.


Health Services Research

Dr. Patricia Hinton Walker

Graduate School of Nursing

Professor


Hemorrhage Fever Viruses

Dr. Arash Rahbari

Microbiology

Researcher

Dr. Christopher Broder

Microbiology

Professor & Chair


Hemorrhage Viruses: Hemorrhagic Fevers

CAPT Gerry Quinnan

Preventive Medicine and Biometrics

Professor


High risk Behaviors in Military Personnel

Dr. Toni Hooper

Preventive Medicine and Biometrics

Assistant Professor


HIV/ AIDS

CAPT Gerry Quinnan

Preventive Medicine and Biometrics

Professor

Dr. Chris Broder

Microbiology

Assistant Professor


Human Performance

Dr. Patricia Deuster

Military & Emergency Medicine

Professor

COL Francis O'Connor

Family Medicine

Associate Professor


Humanitarian Efforts/ Response

CAPT Trueman Sharp

Military & Emergency Medicine

Chairman

COL Charles Beadling

Military & Emergency Medicine

Vice Chair


Integrating Genetics into NP Curriculum

Dr. Diane Seibert

Graduate School of Nursing

Assistant Professor


Laser Therapy

Dr. Juanita Anders

Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics

Associate Professor


Learning Engagements

Dr. Diane Seibert

Graduate School of Nursing

Assistant Professor


Malaria and Other Tropical Diseases

COL Lisa Keep

Preventive Medicine and Biometrics

Director

COL Naomi Aronson

Medicine, Directory Div. Info. Dis.

 


Medical Effects of WMD (For Rad/Nuc)

COL William Dickerson

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

MMO Director


Medical Effects of WMD: Education

CMDR Margaret Calloway

School of Medicine

 


Medical Ethics

J.E. Baker

Office of General Counsel

General Counsel

Jason Karr

Office of General Counsel

Associate G.C.


Migraine/Headache

Dr. Ann I. Scher

Preventive Medicine and Biometrics

Assistant Professor


Military and Emergency Medicine

CAPT Trueman Sharp

Military & Emergency Medicine

Chairman


Military Medical Exercises

CAPT Trueman Sharp

Military & Emergency Medicine

Chairman


Military Medical History

Dr. Dale C. Smith

Medical History

Professor and Chairman


Military Medical Illness and Patient Visits

Dr. Galen Barbour

Preventive Medicine and Biometrics

Director of HAS


Military Medical Students

Dr. Richard MacDonald

Office of Student Affairs

Assistant Dean
for Student Affairs

COL John McManigle

Office of Student Affairs

Assistant Dean


Military Nursing Students

COL Linda Wanzer

Graduate School of Nursing

Program Director,
Acting Dean

Dr. Diane Seibert

Graduate School of Nursing

Assistant Professor


Mililtary Training Network

Lt. Col. Albert Moran

Continuing Health Education

MTN Director


Neuroepidemiology

Dr. Ann I. Scher

Preventive Medicine and Biometrics

Assistant Professor


Neuroscience and Neuromuscular Research/Disease

Dr. William Campbell

Neurology

Chairman

Dr. Regina Armstrong

Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics

Assistant Professor

Dr. Christine Kasper

Graduate School of Nursing

Professor


Nuclear Incidents/ Nuclear Weapons Effects

COL John Mercier

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

MEIR Director


Nurse Anesthetists

Lt Col Adrienne Hartgerink

Graduate School of Nursing

RNA Program Director


Nurse Practitioner Curriculum Development

Dr. Diane Seibert

Graduate School of Nursing

Assistant Professor


Occupational Medicine

CDR Francesca Litow

Preventive Medicine and Biometrics

Assistant Professor


Outcomes Research

Dr. Patricia Hinton Walker

Graduate School of Nursing

Professor


Patient Safety Issues

Dr. Eric Marks

Medicine

MD

Dr. Patricia Hinton Walker

Graduate School of Nursing

Professor

Col. Dana Bradshaw

Preventive Medicine and Biometrics

Assistant Professor


Patient Safety Issues - related to the Perioperative Environment

COL Linda Wanzer

Graduate School of Nursing

CNS Program Director


Perioperative Nursing - Clinical Nurse Specialist

COL Linda Wanzer

Graduate School of Nursing

CNS Program Director


Primary Care Genetics

Dr. Diane Seibert

Graduate School of Nursing

Assistant Professor


Population Health

Dr. Patricia Hinton Walker

Graduate School of Nursing

Professor

Col. Dana Bradshaw

Preventive Medicine and Biometrics

Assistant Professor


Post Graduate Nursing

Dr. Diane Seibert

Graduate School of Nursing

Assistant Professor


Practice-based Research for Advanced Practice Nurses in Military/Federal Health System

Dr. Patricia Hinton Walker

Graduate School of Nursing

Professor


Post Traumatic Stress Disorder/ Stress

Dr. Robert Ursano

Psychiatry

Chairman


Public Health (Responses to Disasters, Terrorism, Natural Catastrophes)

CAPT Trueman Sharp

Military & Emergency Medicine

Chairman

CAPT Gerry Quinnan

Preventive Medicine and Biometrics

Professor

Dr. Patricia Hinton Walker

Graduate School of Nursing

Professor

Col. Dana Bradshaw

Preventive Medicine and Biometrics

Assistant Professor


Radiation Countermeasures

Dr. Terry Pellmar

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

Scientific Director


Radiological Issues

Dr. James Smirniotopoulos

Radiology

Chairman

COL William Dickerson

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

MMO Director


Rehabilitation Research

Dr. Patricia Deuster

Military & Emergency Medicine

Associate Professor


Simulation

CAPT Joseph Loprieato

Pediatrics

Associate Professor

Dr. Diane Seibert

Graduate School of Nursing

Assistant Professor

Dr. Patricia Hinton Walker

Graduate School of Nursing

Professor

Lt Col Adrienne Hartgerink

Pediatrics

Assistant Professor

Lt Col Kevin Bohan

Pediatrics

CAN Program Dir.


Spinal Cord/ Column Injury

COL Geoffrey Ling

Neurology

Professor

Dr. Jack Tsao

Neurology

Assistant Professor


Sports Medicine

Fred Brennan

Family Medicine

Assistant Professor


Technology Transfer

J.E. Baker

Office of General Counsel

General Counsel

Brad Beall

Office of General Counsel

Deputy G.C.


Traumatic Brain Injury

COL Geoffrey Ling

Neurology

Professor

Dr. Deb Warden

Walter Reed Army Medical Center

 


Trauma

Dr. David Burris

Surgery

Chairman


Tuition Free Health Professional Education

CAPT Cynthia Marci

Recruitment and Diversity

Vice President


USU Alumni

Sharon Willis

Office of External Affairs

Deputy, External Affairs/
Alumni Affairs Director


Viral Disease

Dr. Chris Broder

Microbiology

Assistant Professor

CAPT Gerry Quinnan

Preventive Medicine & Biometrics

Professor


Women's Health

Dr. Diane Seibert

Graduate School of Nursing

Assistant Professor


Women's Health in Deployed Environments

Dr. Diane Seibert

Graduate School of Nursing

Assistant Professor


Wound Management

Dr. David Burris

Surgery

Chairman


Current as of March 20, 2007

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