Newly Funded Projects

Only awards/projects with funding start dates that have been confirmed since the last issue of Research Briefs in January 2009 are listed here.

CAREER AWARDEES

Erin Krebs, MD, MPH
Indianapolis VAMC
Improving the Quality and Safety of Opioid Prescribing in Primary Care

PROJECTS

Implementation Rapid-Response Projects

Prakash Deedwania, MD
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Optimization of CHF Management in VA: Improve Post-Discharge Care Plan

Lisa Najavits, PhD
VA Boston Health Care System
Telephone Screening of Community Veterans

Tatyana Shteinlukht, MD, PhD
VA Boston Health Care System
Addressing Tobacco Dependence through Organizational Change in CBOCs

Investigator-Initiated Research

David Aron, MD
Cleveland VAMC
Interprofessional Training for Improving Diabetes Care

David Casarett, MD
Philadelphia VAMC
Veterans' and Families' Priorities for Palliative Home Care Services

Cathleen Colon-Emeric, MD
Durham VAMC
CONNECT for Better Falls Prevention in VA Community Living Centers

John Fortney, PhD
Central Arkansas Health Care System
Veterans Telemedicine Outreach for Post-Traumatic Stress in CBOCs

Michael Gould, MD
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Evaluation of Computerized Decision Support for Managing Lung Nodules

Mark Ilgen, PhD
VA Ann Arbor Health Care System
Management of Suicidal Veterans during Substance Use Disorder

B. Price Kerfoot, MD, EdM
VA Boston Health Care System
Interactive Spaced Education to Optimize Hypertension Management

Kurt Kroenke, MD
Indianapolis VAMC
Stepped Care to Optimize Pain Care Effectiveness (SCOPE)

Kathryn Magruder, PhD, MPH
Charleston VAMC
Patient and Provider Outcomes of E-Learning Training in Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality

Kathleen Schutte, PhD
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Predictors and Outcomes of Treating Bipolar Depression as MDD

Carol VanDeusen Lukas, EdD
VA Boston Health Care System
Training and Coaching to Promote High Performance in VA Nursing Home Care

Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD
VA Pittsburgh Health Care System
Interventions to Improve Fatigue Management among Physician Trainees

Saul Weiner, MD
Hines VAMC
Intervening to Prevent Contextual Errors in Medical Decision-Making

Nursing Research Initiative

Teresita Corvera, RN, PhD
VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System
Prevalence and Clinical Course of Depression among Patients with Heart Failure

Michelle Prisco, MSN, BC-ANP
Washington DC VAMC
The Effect of Acupuncture on PTSD-Related Insomnia

Service-Directed Projects

JoAnn Kirchner, MD
Central Arkansas Health Care System
Veterans Blended Facilitation to Enhance PCMH Program Implementation

Service-Directed Research

Judi Babcock-Parziale, PhD
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
Evaluation of VA's TBI Clinical Reminder and Secondary-Level Evaluation

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