HSRD Research Enhancement Award Programs (REAPs)
REAP sites support groups of investigators at VA medical centers not affiliated with an HSR&D Center of Excellence, but who already have a history of HSR&D research and career development funding. Sites will develop a core program of investigators, statisticians, economists, and other social scientists to support and facilitate the development of HSR&D research projects and the training and mentoring of new HSR&D investigators.
- Birmingham, AL: Center for Surgical, Medical Acute care Research and Transitions (C-SMART)
- Bronx, NY: Center for Research on Health Care Across Systems and Sites of Care
- Charleston, SC: Center for Disease Prevention and Health Interventions for Diverse Populations
- Denver, CO: Colorado REAP to Improve Care Coordination for Veterans (CRICC)
- East Orange, NJ: Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management (CHEKOM) for Chronic Complex Illness (CCI)
- Gainesville, FL: Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center for Veterans with Neurological Impairment
- Iowa City, IA: Center for Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE)
- Portland, OR: Portland Center for the Study of Chronic, Comorbid Mental and Physical Disorders
- Providence, RI: Systems, Outcomes & Quality in Chronic Disease and Rehabilitation (SOQCR)
- Salt Lake City, UT: Salt Lake Informatics, Decision Enhancement, and Surveillance (IDEAS) Center
- San Antonio, TX: Veterans Evidence-Based Research, Dissemination and Implementation Center (VERDICT)
- San Francisco, CA: Program to Improve Care for Veterans with Complex Comorbid Conditions
- West Haven, CT: Pain Research, Informatics, Medical comorbidities, and Education (PRIME) Center
Center for Surgical, Medical Acute care Research and Transitions (C-SMART), Birmingham, AL
The Center's mission is to:
- Focus on acute care episodes, specifically understanding the relationships between chronic medical conditions and acute care medical and surgical outcomes
- Identify and facilitate safe and optimal patient transitions in healthcare settings
Center Executive Summary (77 KB, PDF)
Contact
Mary T. Hawn, MD, MPH
(205) 933-8101
email: mary.hawn@va.gov
Center for Research on Health Care Across Systems and Sites of Care, Bronx, NY
The Center's mission is to:
- Conduct research to improve processes and outcomes of care for Veterans with complex conditions using multiple healthcare sites and systems
- Develop and test strategies to improve quality of care during patient care handoffs and transitions
- Investigate efficiency and cost implications of dual use of Medicare and VA care for both systems
Center Executive Summary (67 KB, PDF)
Contact
Joan Penrod, PhD
(718) 584-9000 x3814
email: joan.penrod@va.gov
Center for Disease Prevention and Health Interventions for Diverse Populations, Charleston, SC
The Center's mission is to:
- Develop interventions for primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of disease and its complications in Veterans
- Develop interventions to eliminate racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and gender disparities in quality of care and health outcomes for Veterans
- Develop interventions to improve the health of rural dwelling Veterans
Center Executive Summary (139 KB, PDF)
Contact
Leonard Egede, MD, MS
(843) 792-2969
email: leonard.egede@va.gov
Colorado REAP to Improve Care Coordination for Veterans (CRICC), Denver, CO
The Center's mission is to:
- Improve quality of life and care for Veterans entitled to long-term care
- Deploy telemedicine, electronic medical records, and patient-centered methods to coordinate chronic disease management across the continuum of care
- Improve pain management and palliative care across the care continuum
Center Executive Summary (59 KB, PDF)
Contact
Evelyn Hutt, MD
(303) 370-7572
email: evelyn.hutt@va.gov
Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management for Chronic Complex Illness (CCI), East Orange, NJ
The Center's mission is to:
- Evaluate the effectiveness of care by assessing how care for one condition (or clusters of conditions) affects care for other comorbid conditions, thus impacting overall morbidity, mortality, and expenditures
- Evaluate the quality, costs, and efficiency of care by developing composite quality measures linked with costs (efficiency)
- Develop and evaluate care coordination strategies that will improve Veterans' adherence to, and outcomes of, care
Center Executive Summary (57 KB, PDF)
Contact
Leonard Pogach, MD, MBA
(973) 676-1000 x1693
email: leonard.pogach@va.gov
Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center for Veterans with Neurological Impairment (RORC), Gainesville, FL
The Center's mission is to conduct interdisciplinary research that improves the health, function, and community integration of veterans challenged by disability and limited access to health related services.
Center Executive Summary (105 KB, PDF)
Contact
William C. Mann, OTR, PhD
(352) 376-1611 x 4901
email: William.Mann@va.gov
website: http://www.rorc.research.va.gov
Center for Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE), Iowa City, IA
The Center's mission is to:
- Identify fundamental barriers and facilitators to the adoption of evidence-based practices
- Apply this understanding to develop, test, and disseminate novel interventions to improve the cost and quality of VA health care delivery
Center Executive Summary (67 KB, PDF) **previously a COE in 2009**
Contact
Eli N. Perencevich, MD
(319)338-0581 x 3535
email: eli.perencevich@va.gov
website: http://www.cadre.research.va.gov/
Portland Center for the Study of Chronic, Comorbid Mental and Physical Disorders, Portland, OR
The Center's mission is to conduct interdisciplinary research to improve care for Veterans afflicted with both physical and mental disorders
Center Executive Summary (60 KB, PDF)
Contact
Linda Ganzini, MD, MPH
(503) 220-8262 x56492
email: linda.ganzini@va.gov
website: http://www.portlandreap.research.va.gov/index.htm
Center on Systems, Outcomes & Quality in Chronic Disease & Rehabilitation (SOQCR), Providence, RI
The Center's mission is to advance understanding of the influence of institutional and community healthcare systems on outcomes and quality of care in chronic disease and rehabilitation.
Center Executive Summary (84 KB, PDF)
Contact
Peter Friedmann, MD, MPH
(401) 273-7100 ext. 3871
email: peter.friedmann@va.gov
Salt Lake Informatics, Decision Enhancement, and Surveillance Center (IDEAS), Salt Lake City, UT
The Center mission is to:
- Improve care for Veterans by integrating surveillance, decision support, and other information technology-based interventions to enhance the effectiveness of patient and clinician behavior
- Champion the translation of innovative informatics-based tools and interventions into the mainstream of VA health services research and healthcare delivery
Center Executive Summary (23 KB, PDF)
Contact
Matthew Samore, MD
(801) 582-1565 x2423
email: matthew.samore@va.gov
Veterans Evidence-Based Research, Dissemination, and Implementation Center (VERDICT), San Antonio, TX
The Center's mission focuses on:
- Organizational effectiveness and change in healthcare settings, relational coordination, and communication among healthcare teams, especially those in primary care and in-patient settings
- Chronic care management, coordination of care, perioperative risk management, and genomic health services for complex patients;
- Quality of care improvement and outcomes for patients with diabetes, obesity, pneumonia, epilepsy, serious mental illness, and PTSD
- Post-deployment health
Center Executive Summary (36 KB, PDF)
Contact
Helen Hazuda, PhD
(210) 617-5300
email: helen.hazuda@va.gov
website: http://www.verdict.research.va.gov/
Program to Improve Care for Veterans with Complex Comorbid Conditions, San Francisco, CA
The Center's mission is to support research that will improve the quality of healthcare and comprehensive outcomes for Veterans, especially those with complex comorbid conditions.
Center Executive Summary (20 KB, PDF)
Contact
Sara J. Knight, PhD
Acting Director
(415) 221-4810 x2534
email: sara.knight@va.gov
website: http://www.sfhsrd.research.va.gov/
Pain Research, Informatics, Medical Comorbidities, and Education Center (PRIME), West Haven, CT
The Center's mission is to:
- Promote access, continuity, and sustainability of safe and effective interventions for pain and pain-related disability
- Increase respect for patient risks, preferences, and priorities in pain care
- Reduce ethnic/racial, geographic, gender-related, and age-related disparities in access and delivery of effective pain care
- Promote organizational change that can increase health-related quality of life and reduce symptom burden for Veterans with pain and comorbid chronic disease
Center Executive Summary (79 KB, PDF)
Contact
Robert D. Kerns, PhD
(203) 937-3841
email: robert.kerns@va.gov