Expert Scientific Panel
Expert Scientific Panel
To best serve the National Center's priorities and projects, feedback is sought as needed from national experts in PTSD and key officials from VA and non-VA federal departments.
The following is a list of the members of our Expert Scientific Panel. We thank each of you for your valuable input.
Chair: Thomas C. Neylan, MD
Director, PTSD Clinic and Stress and Health Research Program
San Francisco VA Medical Center
Professor of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco
COL Dave Benedek, MD, MC, USA
Professor/Deputy Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Associate Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Susan E. Borja, PhD
Chief, Dimensional Traumatic Stress Research Program
Division of Translational Research, National Institute of Mental Health
John Fairbank, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Co-Director, National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
Duke University Medical Center
Director, VISN 6 MIRECC
Durham VA Medical Center
John Fortney, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Division of Population Health
University of Washington
HSR&D Center for Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Director of the Virtual Specialty Care QUERI Program
Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH
Dean Robert A. Knox Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Candice Monson, PhD, C Psych
Professor and Director of Clinical Training
Ryerson University
Sumitra Muraldihar, PhD
Program Director, Million Veteran Program
Office of Research and Development
Department of Veterans Affairs
Alan L. Peterson, PhD, ABPP
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Chief, Division of Behavioral Medicine
Director, STRONG STAR
Director, Consortium to Alleviate PTSD
Deputy Chair for Military Collaboration
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Kerry Ressler, MD, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
James and Patricia Poitras Chair in Psychiatry
Chief, Division of Depression and Anxiety Disorders, McLean Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Barbara O. Rothbaum, PhD, ABPP
Professor in Psychiatry
Director, Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program
Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research
Emory University School of Medicine
Brett Rusch, MD
Medical Center Director
White River Junction VA Medical Center
Elizabeth Yano, PhD, MSPH
Director, VA HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation and Policy
Deputy Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS) for Health Services Research
VA Greater LA Healthcare System
Adjunct Professor of Health Policy and Management
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Ex-Officio: Robert O'Brien, PhD, MA
Scientific Portfolio Manager
Health Services Research and Development (14RDH)
