September 15, 2025
HJF recently announced new leadership positions for two growing business segments.
Stephen Dalal, formerly the Vice President of U.S. Research Development, has been named Vice President of Innovation Development. He will lead the HJF Innovation Ecosystem Initiative, with oversight of the HJF Innovation Labs @ MontgomeryCountyMD, and the Innovation Advisory Committee.
Tiffany Hamm, formerly the Vice President of Global Research Development, has been named Vice President of HJF’s Research & Development. She will be leading a portfolio comprising key domestic and international programs, including partnerships with:
- Austere environment Consortium of Enhanced Sepsis Outcomes (ACESO)
- Biotechnology High Performance Computing Software Applications Institute (BHSAI)
- Creative Forces: National Endowment for the Arts Military Healing Arts Network
- Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)
- Department of War’s Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS) program
- Operational and Undersea Medicine Directorate (OUMD) at the Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC)
- HJF’s Ukraine awards
“These changes reflect HJF’s focus on public-private collaborations to accelerate medical innovation for the benefit of both American warfighters and global health,” said HJF President and CEO Joseph Caravalho, Jr., M.D. “I have confidence Stephen and Tiffany are the right champions to lead these HJF charges.”