About HunterSeven

Cancer exposure Research

HunterSeven Foundation, a veteran-founded, 501(c)(3) organization, conducts research on military exposures among post-9/11 veterans and educates the veteran and healthcare population on critical health information relating to their exposures.

OUR MISSION

To continue leading research efforts in military exposures and their subsequent long- and short-term impact on the health of the post-9/11 veteran population, with the intention of academic publications, sharing evidence-based data and creating clinical practice guidelines for healthcare providers and the veteran community .

OUR VISION

Our vision is to publish information and research for the purpose of educating the veteran population and healthcare providers with the intention of influencing positive change and impact for veteran-centric healthcare.

OUR APROACH

1. Assess gaps in the current knowledge of civilian healthcare providers as it relates to the importance of veteran-centric healthcare

2. Identify the barriers and/or lack of guidance and resources for civilian providers in providing culturally competent care to post-9/11 veterans.

3. Create a long-term educational foundation for improving resources, awareness, and overall understanding in civilian providers through the means of enactment of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

4. Shift the focus on secondary preventative methods to achieve positive, proactive healthcare outcomes and overall prolong the cohort populations life expectancy.

Who and what is HunterSeven?

distinctively unique organization

HunterSeven Foundation, a veteran-founded, federally-recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that specializes in medical research and education specifically on the post-9/11 veteran cohort. The HunterSeven Foundation has quickly become the leaders in identifying potential toxic exposures and subsequent illnesses in military veterans and in turn is able to educate both the veteran population and the healthcare providers who care for them on critical health information relating to their exposures utilizing evidence-based practice. This proactive approach to addressing potential health concerns is a secondary prevention (“to detect a disease early and prevent it from worsening to chronic or terminal“) tactic and crucial in assuring overall health, wellness and life longevity. The HunterSeven Foundation supports post-9/11 veterans and their families that have been made ill as a result of military exposures and/or injuries through our immediate needs program and healthcare partnerships. What makes the HunterSeven Foundation a distinctively, unique organization is that the all-volunteer team supports the community in which is comes from. Eighty-percent of our staff are post-9/11 military veterans, and seventy-five percent are advanced practice, medically-licensed healthcare providers. HunterSeven Foundation is also the only non-profit organization in the realm of toxic exposures to publish their medical research internationally making them published experts in the field.

What sets Us Apart?

  • Extensive Military Service background amongst the team, including senior enlisted members, high-ranking officers, those within special forces, flight medicine, and legal affairs
  • Advanced degrees in Medicine and Healthcare; PhD, MSN., DNP, APRN, etc.
  • Various practice settings range from trauma to oncology, public health, and clinical research.
  • Medical team with licensure to practice clinical medicine.
  • Capstone Publications featured in: Intl. J of Environ. Res. and Public Health
  • Subsequent Qualitative publications featured in: Psych. and Clinical Neuroscience
  • Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) current certifications:
    * Biomedical Research I & II
    * Health Privacy (HIPAA)
    *Conflicts of Interest (COI)
    * GCP for Clinical
    * Investigations of Drugs and Biologics (ICH)
    * Institutional Review Board (IRB) Chair
    * Research Study Design
    * Bioethics Studies I

We Are a Diverse Team

The HunterSeven Foundation team is a uniquely diverse group of like-minded individuals with varied backgrounds, expertise, and experiences volunteering to further the mission. We are clinicians, care providers, and advocates seeking to improve the health of post-9/11 veterans through outreach, medical research, and evidence-based education.

H7F is divided into two teams:
Leadership & Advisory Board

OUR
TEAM

Leadership Team

Headshot of Kyle Simoni. leadership team

Kyle Simoni

President
FounderHunterSeven Foundation

Headshot of Dr. Sheri Boucher, DNP-RN, LtCol. (r).Vice President of Leadership team of H7

Dr. Sheri Boucher

DNP-RN, LtCol. (r). Vice President

Headshot of CCM Timothy “Chachi” Pachasa (ret.), Chief Operations Officer

CCM Timothy “Chachi” Pachasa (ret.)

Chief Operations Officer

Headshot of Matthew Flynn Director of Government & Legal Affairs

Matthew Flynn

Director of Government
& Legal Affairs

headshot of Chelsey Simoni, RN, MSN, Co-Founder, Executive Director

Chelsey Simoni

RN, MSN, Co-Founder,
Executive Director

Headshot of Keith Dow, ASW, Director of Immediate Needs & Clinical Care

Keith Dow, ASW

Director of Immediate Needs
& Clinical Care

Headshot of MSgt. Jason Martin (ret.), Board of Directors, Secretary

MSgt. Jason Martin (ret.)

Board of Directors, Secretary

Brandon Nergararian

Director of Health, Fitness,
and Wellness

Headshot of Jonathan Tosi, Business Development and Financial Planning

Jonathan Tosi

Business Development
& Financial Planning

OUR
TEAM

advisory board

Team head shot SEAC John W Troxell in military uniform. advisory board member

CSM John Wayne Troxell, (ret.)

3rd SEAC to JCS

Headshot of LTC Matt Howard (ret.), Marine Corps Aviator, Cancer Fighter

LTC Matt Howard (ret.)

Marine Corps Aviator, Cancer Fighter

Dr. Jimmy Efird

Chief Statistician, BVAHCS, Professor of Medicine

Headshot of Dr. Pollie Bith-Melander, Ph.D, advisory board member

Dr. Pollie Bith-Melander

Ph.D, Medical Anthropologist

Headshot of Nikki Selby in uniform in the desert. Advisory board member.

LCDR Nikki Selby (ret.)

Navy Flight Nurse Emergency Provider

headshot of jacole hall

Mrs. Jacole Hall

Surviving Spouse of Dominic Hall,
Founder of Vaspire316

headshot matt houston

Matt Houston

United States Army,
Multiple Myeloma Survivor

Headshot of Brandi Benson United States Army Sarcoma Survivor

Brandi Benson

United States Army
Sarcoma Survivor

Headshot of William Clark in military Uniform. advisory board member

CMC William “Billy” Clark (ret.)

Naval Special Warfare,
Colon Cancer Survivor

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