Institute for Learning, Education and Development (ILEAD)
VA Gulf War Illness event set for September
The focus of the Veterans Engagement Session is to listen to Gulf War Veterans share their experience with Gulf War Illness (GWI) and to ask them for their input on several GWI related questions. If you could tell the VA Secretary one thing about being a GWV with GWI, what would it be? Please join us to share your story!
The VA Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses (RACGWVI) will hold a committee meeting Sept. 7-8, as well as a Veteran Engagement Session (VES) Sept. 7 for 1990-91 Gulf War Veterans (GWV).
These events will be both virtual and in person at the Sonny Montgomery Room (room 230) at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) building, 810 Vermont Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20420. A current photo I.D. is required to enter the building. These meetings are free and open to the public.
Veteran Engagement Session
The VES will occur on Sept. 7, from 4 to 7 p.m. ET, and is open to 1990-91 Gulf War Veterans, their family members, caregivers and any others interested in research related to the health of 1990-91 GWVs.
The focus of the VES is to listen to GWV share their experience with Gulf War Illness (GWI) and to ask them for their input on several GWI related questions, such as: What health problems concern you most about the 1990-91 Gulf War? What treatments have helped you manage your Gulf War health problems? What aspect of your GWI most affects your quality of life? What helps you most to manage these interferences? If you could tell the VA Secretary one thing about being a GWV with GWI, what would it be? Please join us to share your story!
RACGWVI Committee Meeting
The full committee meeting will cover two days, Sept. 7 and 8. The times each day are 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET. The meeting will focus on available capabilities and resources in exposure assessment and technology, subject matter experts on health consequences of military exposures of 1990-91 Gulf War Veterans, and discussion of future committee recommendations.
At the end of day two, there will be 30 minutes reserved for public comments.
Join us to learn about GWI research!
How to join online
Join the Committee Meeting Online Sept. 7:
9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET
Meeting Password: RACGWVI_Day1
Join by Phone (Toll-free): 1-833-558-0712
Meeting Number (access code): 2762 359 0372
Join the VES Online Sept. 7:
4 to 7 p.m. ET
Meeting Password: RACGWVI_#1
Join by Phone (Toll-free): 1-833-558-0712
Meeting Number (access code): 2762 256 8644
Join the Committee Meeting Online Sept. 8:
9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET
Meeting Password: RACGWVI_Day2
Join by Phone (Toll-free): 1-833-558-0712
Meeting Number (access code): 2764 342 8041
For more information about these meetings and other GWV-related items visit the RACGWVI website.
The RACGWVI is a Congressionally mandated committee under the VA Federal Advisory Committee Act. It meets several times each year to provide advice and make recommendations to the VA Secretary on proposed research studies, plans and strategies related to understanding and treating the health consequences of military service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the 1990-91 Gulf War. All RACGWVI and VES meetings are open to Veterans and their family members, physicians, scientists and members of the general public.
