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Beatrice Golomb — UC San Diego

Created: Fri Apr 24Updated: Fri Apr 24

Overview

Dr. Beatrice Golomb is a professor of medicine at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine who led the successful ICD code submission for Gulf War Illness.

Key Contributions

  • 30+ years of GWI research — Conducted numerous studies on GWI over three decades
  • Led ICD code submission — Successfully navigated the rigorous evidence review, panel presentations, and public comment process
  • Comprehensive GWI expertise — Contributed to understanding of:
- Exposure relations - Illness features - Objective markers - Underlying mechanisms - Treatments targeting these mechanisms
  • Advocacy statement: "This is long-overdue validation for the suffering of the quarter-million afflicted veterans—and a formal acknowledgment that their illness is real, physical and service-related."

Related Pages

gulf-war-illness-icd-code-2025 — The ICD code Golomb led the submission for.

gulf-war-illness-overview — Comprehensive overview of GWI background, exposures, symptoms, and objective markers that Golomb has contributed to understanding.

Sources

  • raw/articles/New_Diagnostic_Code_for_Gulf_War_Illness_Marks_Major_Step_Forward_for_Veteran_Care_and_Research_-_Boston_University.md