War Related Illness and Injury Study Center
CETCE Team and Collaborators
Complex Exposure Threats Center of Excellence (CETCE)
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The CETCE team of clinicians and scientists are responsive to Veteran concerns by evolving, innovating, and tailoring our clinical and research services to meet the rising challenges of exposure-informed care. The team also is dedicated to ensuring effective coordination and collaboration of efforts both within and outside the VA by engaging key external collaborators and academic institutions .
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CETCE relies on input from an External Committee of Veteran and Service Members stakeholders and subject matter experts to identify and predict new exposures of concern and potential health outcomes .
CETCE Leadership
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Mathew Reinhard , PsyD, WRIISC/CETC Director
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John Barrett , MD, MPH, MS, FAAFP, FACPM, FACOEM, WRIISC/CETCE Deputy and Medical Director
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Jose Ortiz , MD, MPH, FACOEM, WRIISC Senior Occupational and Environmental Medicine Consultant, CETCE Associate Director
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Michelle Costanzo , PhD, WRIISC/CETCE Research Director
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Ryan Brewster , PhD, WRIISC Education Director
CETCE Staff
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Charity Breneman , PhD, Senior Exercise Physiologist
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Thomas Chacko , PhD, Staff Scientist
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Ashley Chung , MPH, Communications Specialist
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Drew Delp , MS, Cohort Management Coordinator
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Robert Forsten , DO, Senior Clinician and Psychiatry Consultant
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Owen Killy , BS, Research Assistant
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Calvin Lu , PhD, Staff Scientist
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Jeffrey M. Page , MSc, Research Information Scientists
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Michelle Kennedy Prisco , MSN, ANP-C, Environmental Exposure Specialist
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Lily Reck , BS, Research Assistant
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Immanuel Samuel , PhD, Associate Scientific Director
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Sherri Tschida , PhD, Advanced Fellow in Complex Exposures
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Harold Yu , MPAS, Physician Assistant, Exposure Cohorts Clinical Program Manager
CETCE Collaborators
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Deployment Health Working Group (DHWG)
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Joint Service Explosive Ordnance Disposal (JSEOD)
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National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
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Uniformed Services University (USU) Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (CNRM)
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Uniformed Services University (USU), John P. Murtha Cancer Research Program (MCCRP)
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USU, School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics
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University of Maryland (UMB) School of Medicine General Clinical Research Center
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University of Maryland (UMD) Applied Research Laboratory For Intelligence and Security (ARLIS)
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University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), Perelman School of Medicine
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US Navy Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, EOD Group 2
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Women's Operational Military Exposure Network (WOMEN) Center of Excellence (CoE)