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Interviews with VA HSR&D investigators
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Eric Apaydin, PhD, MPP, MS, talks with Center for Information Dissemination and Education Resources (CIDER) writer Karen Jamrog at the 2023 HSR&D national meeting, about his research on burnout, employee engagement, and changing organizational contexts in VA primary care during the early COVID-19 pandemic.
Steven Dobscha, MD, Director of the Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC) discusses his research investigating primary care patient perspectives on VA's population-based suicide risk screening program (Risk ID), and other related items of interest with Diane Hanks of the Center for Information Dissemination and Education Resources (CIDER).
Cindie Slightam, MPH, Senior Project Manager at the Center for Innovation to Implementation (Ci2i) discusses her project creating a paid internship for Community College students from historically excluded groups. The program sought to introduce research as a career option, and present VA as a place for that career, to students who might normally not be exposed to it.
Drs. Goldsmith and Danan discuss the workshop on why and how to address sex and gender in VA research that they designed and subsequently led at the 2023 HSR&D National Meeting.
Megan Shepherd-Banigan, PhD, MPH, of the Durham Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT) discusses her CDA project seeking to induce family-involved initiation and completion of psychotherapy for Veterans living with PTSD.
Director Amy Kilbourne discusses the origin, milestones, current events, and future directions of the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) program.
Guneet Jasuja, PhD, MPH, of the Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR) discusses her work researching social stressors and health issues among older transgender and gender diverse Veterans.
Craig Rosen, PhD, of the Center for Innovation to Implementation (Ci2i) discusses his work researching burnout among VA clinicians, previous research that his most recent study was built on, and related topics of interest.
Dr. Black discusses her experience in the CONDUIT QUERI Eval, and working with Veterans in VA. CONDUIT’s objective was to unite 6 inter-related Partnered Implementation projects to improve access to medications for Opioid Use Disorder.
Jacqueline Ferguson, PhD, MS, of the VA Palo Alto Center for Innovation to Implementation (Ci2i) discusses her research into variations in patterns, by chronic conditions, for Veterans receiving primary care via telehealth as well as in-person.
Lynn Garvin, PhD, MBA, of the Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR) discusses her peer-led intervention to provide VA Video Connect (VVC) telehealth to Veterans experiencing Homelessness and Substance Use Disorder.
VA telehealth programming had focused largely on rural populations where disparities in health care access and telehealth use existed, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced an expansion to offer telehealth more broadly. Lucinda Leung, MD, PhD, MPH, discusses rural-urban differences in VA telehealth use nationally before and after pandemic onset.
Joel Boggan, MD, MPH, of the Durham VA Medical Center talks about his experience with the Evidence Synthesis Program at VA, working with Veteran populations, and how quality improvement methodologies can be used to improve health services in Primary Care settings.
David Chan, MD, PhD, of the HSR&D Center of Innovation to Implementation in Palo Alto, CA, discusses his work understanding how ambulance visits to VA hospitals act as an indicator of care quality.
Sam Edwards, MD, MPH, of the Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (<a href=https://www.portlandcoin.research.va.gov/ target="_blank">CIVIC</a>) in Portland OR, talks about his research studying care fragmentation among Veterans receiving home based primary care (HBPC). Care fragmentation - the dispersion of a patient&rsquo;s care across clinicians and healthcare settings - is associated with increased Emergency Department visits and hospital admissions among medically complex patients.
Hildi Hagedorn, PhD, investigator with the Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research <a href="https://www.ccdor.research.va.gov/" target="_blank">CCDOR</a> in Minneapolis, MN, talks about her research focused on implementation of best-practice recommendations for the identification and treatment of substance use disorders (SUD). Dr. Hagedorn was the recipient of the <a href="/for_researchers/awards/hsrd_awards/awardees.cfm?award=2504">2020 HSR&amp;D Health System Impact Award</a> for her career-long body of work focused on increasing system-wide implementation of evidence-based treatments for Veterans with SUD.
Seppo Rinne, MD, PhD, BS of the Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (<a href="https://www.choir.research.va.gov/" target="_blank">CHOIR</a>) talks about his work with the <a href="https://www.choir.research.va.gov/CHOIRRESEARCH/features/EMPIRIC_QUERI.asp" target="_blank">EMPIRIC QUERI</a> partnered evaluation. The mission of EMPIRIC QUERI is to improve VA&rsquo;s electronic health record modernization (EHRM) by ensuring that it is informed by frontline clinician and staff experiences. EMPIRIC is identifying challenges and best practices to support clinicians and inform the nationwide Cerner rollout.
Heather Gilmartin, PhD, NP, investigator and nurse scientist at the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.seattledenvercoin.research.va.gov/" target="_blank">Denver/Seattle Center of Innovation</a>&nbsp;in Denver, Colorado discusses her HSR&amp;D Career Development Award program work, which is focused on building supportive learning environments&nbsp; VA&rsquo;s cardiac catheter labs.
Dr. Kristin Mattocks conducts a wide-ranging interview with her friend and HSR&amp;D colleague, Dr. Rani Elwy. Dr. Elwy shares insights into her long-running VA HSR&amp;D research career, discusses turning failure into success, and looks at the two-way relationship between mentors and mentees. <br><br> Kristin Mattocks, PhD, MPH, is an investigator and Associate Chief of Staff for Research at the VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System, Director of the HSR&amp;D-funded <a href="/centers/creek/">Community Care Research, Evaluation, and Knowledge Center</a>, and the Associate Dean for Veterans Affairs at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. <br><br> Rani Elwy, PhD, MS, is an investigator with the HSR&amp;D-funded <a href="https://www.choir.research.va.gov/index.asp" target="_blank">Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research</a>, and Director of the Implementation Science Core at the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University.
Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (<a href="https://www.queri.research.va.gov/" target="_blank">QUERI</a>) dissemination coordinator Diane Hanks talks with Dr. Joe Geraci, investigator and clinical psychologist at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, New York. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Geraci is the co-Director of the Transitioning Servicemember/Veteran Suicide and Prevention Center, which is a joint effort between VISN 2 and VISN 17. Recently, Dr. Geraci partnered with QUERI to evaluate the effectiveness of the <a href="https://etssponsorship.com/" target="_blank">Transitioning Servicemember/Veteran Sponsorship</a> initiative. <br><br> Dr. Geraci is a retired U.S. Army Infantry Lieutenant Colonel, having served for 20 years and been deployed as a combat leader with elite Special Operations/Ranger, Airborne, and Infantry units to Afghanistan four times since September 11, 2001.
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