Melissa Mistretta is a program manager for the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, Maryland. She joined the CDP in 2013 as a project manager for the EBP Champion Consultant project and subsequently managed the TACTICS research project and the HSRP intramural research award.

Ms. Mistretta earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining CDP, she worked at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation’s corporate headquarters.