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WRIISC-HOME Webinar Series

Time:

12:00 PM- 1:00 PM (EST)

Location:

Adobe Connect- Register on TMS or TRAIN (links found below in event detail)

https://www.warrelatedillness.va.gov/WARRELATEDILLNESS/education/webinars/save-the-dates-2025.asp

WRIISC-HOME: Health Coaching Veterans with Gulf War Illness (GWI) and Chronic Multi-symptom Illness (CMI). Do symptoms improve? (Introductory) – November 12th at noon ET
To Register: VA employees - click here.
Non-VA employees - click here.

WRIISC - HOME Webinar Series 2025

It’s here - our free accredited FY 25 Webinar Series for military environmental exposures! Veterans have a wide range of military environmental exposure and post-deployment health concerns, including those that are medically unexplained, poorly understood, or difficult to diagnose. Increasing interest from the media, congressional and other stakeholders highlight more education is needed. This webinar series provides clinicians and staff with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively identify, evaluate, and manage symptoms and to communicate effectively with Veterans with military environmental exposure concerns and resulting health outcomes.

FY25 Schedule:

10/08/24	Potential Relationship Between Military Exposures & Traumatic Brain Injury (Advanced)	Maheen M. Adamson, PhD, MHL - Research Director WOMEN COE Stuart Hoffman, PhD – Senior Health Science Officer – Office of Research and Development
11/12/24	Health Coaching Veterans with Gulf War Illness (GWI) and Chronic Multi-symptom Illness (CMI). Do symptoms improve? (Introductory)	Rebecca McCullers, RN, NBC-HWC, DC WRIISC Robert Forsten, DO, MS: Senior Clinician and Psychiatry Consultant, DC WRIISC Walt Jachimowicz, RN, NBC-HWC, DC WRIISC Health Wellness Coach
12/10/24	What do Veterans tell us about their experience of care for military environmental exposures? (Intermediate)	Katharine Bloeser, LICSW, PhD, Researcher - NJ WRIISC
01/14/25	Complex and Emerging Military Exposure Threats (Intermediate)	Jose Ortiz, MD, MPH, FACOEM: Associate Director, CETC, DC WRIISC Calvin Lu, MA, PhD, CETC, DC WRIISC Staff Scientist Harold Yu, BS, MPAS Physician Assistant Program Manager, CETC, DC WRIISC
02/11/25	CMI in post 9/11-era Veterans and US Civilians: A comparison. (Intermediate)	Michele Madden, Medical Statistician - HOME Erin Dursa, PhD, MPH- Director Surveillance Military Environmental Exposures (SMEE) Aaron Schneiderman, PhD, MPH, RN – Director of Epidemiology Program, HOME
03/11/25	K2 Surveillance Program (Introductory)	William Culpepper, PhD, MA, Deputy Director Epidemiology - HOME Anisa Moore, MD, Director VET-HOME
04/08/25	Menopause in the Women Veteran Population (Intermediate)	Jennifer Jennings, MD, WOMEN CoE Clinical Director, CA WRIISC Erin Dursa, PhD, MPH- Director Surveillance Military Environmental Exposures (SMEE) - HOME Carolyn (Carrie) Gibson, PhD – Clinical Research Psychologist – San Francisco VAHCS
05/13/25	High Exposure Populations: Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians and the development of exposure summary for clinical care (Intermediate)	Immanuel Samuel, PhD: Associate Scientific Director, DC WRIISC / CETC / HJF John Barrett, MD, MPH, MS, FAAFP, FACPM, FACOEM: Medical Director and Deputy Director DC WRIISC/CETC Sherri Tschida, PhD, MA, Clinical Psychology: Advance Fellow in Complex Exposures, DC WRIISC/ CETC
06/10/25	Dyspnea on Exertion and Airborne Hazards Exposure (Intermediate)	Daniel Wilhite, PhD, Research Investigator, AHBPCE, NJ WRIISC Michael Falvo, PhD: Co-Director AHBPCE, NJ WRIISC Anays Sotolongo, MD: Co-Director AHBPCE, NJ WRIISC
07/08/24	Military Environmental Exposures and Risk of Breast Cancer: Clinical Observations and Noteworthy Research (Intermediate)	Dylan Jester, PhD, MPH, Research Statistician - WOMEN CoE, CA WRIISC Haley Moss, MD, MBA, Director Breast and Gynecologic Oncology System of Excellence – Durham VAMC
08/12/25	VA Coordination with DoD Cancer Studies – Missile Silo and Pilot Occupations (Intermediate)	Peter Rumm, MD, MPH, FACPM - HOME Director of Policy
09/09/25	Mitochondrial function and potential relevance to Gulf War Illness (Intermediate): 90 Mins	Edward Shadiack, MD, NJ WRIISC Omowunmi Osinubi, MD, NJ WRIISC

Location: This webinar series is presented virtually, using Adobe Connect via registering in TMS and TRAIN. TMS/TRAIN registration links are generally sent out approximately 45 days before the scheduled presentation.

Audience: Physicians including psychiatrists, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, counselors, social workers, and dietitians when programs are appropriate.

Credit/hours: 1.0 Hour CEU

Accreditations: JA IPCE, ACCME, ACCME-NP, ANCC, AAPA, ACPE, APA, NYSED-P, ASWB, NYSED-SW, NBCC (CDR when appropriate). Program evaluations must be sent, and CEU requested, no later than 15 days after the live broadcast.? ??

This course is jointly offered by the Health Outcomes Military Exposures (HOME) Office and the Department of Veterans Affairs, Institute for Learning,

Education and Development (ILEAD). You received this announcement because of your likely interest in the content of the specific offering. Please forward this note to other VHA employees who might also be interested in this learning opportunity.