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SERVES CORE Team

Principal Investigators

The Principal Investigators for the SERVES CORE are Dr. James LePage, PhD, Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Development at the VA North Texas Health Care System, and a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Dr. Brian J. Stevenson, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist and researcher for the VISN1 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) at VA Bedford Healthcare System and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at UMass Chan Medical School; and Dr. Jack Tsai, PhD, MSCP, Research Director for the VA National Center on Homelessness among Veterans and Regional Dean and Professor of Public Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

SERVES CORE leadership; left to right: James LePage, PhD; Brian J. Stevenson, PhD; Jack Tsai, PhD, MSCP

Left to right: James LePage, PhD; Brian J. Stevenson, PhD; Jack Tsai, PhD, MSCP

Co-Investigators & Consultants

Morris Bell, PhD- VA Connecticut Health Care System

Lori Davis, MD - VA Birmingham Health Care System

Richard Nelson, PhD - VA Salt Lake City Health Care System

Lisa Ottomanelli, PhD - VA Tampa Health Care System

Gary Bond, PhD - Independent Researcher

Jean Yoon, PhD - VA Health Economics Research Center

Lisa Mueller, PhD - VA Bedford Health Care System

Steven Arxer, PhD - University of Texas at Arlington

Marc Rosen, MD - VA Connecticut Health Care System

Emre Umucu, PhD - VA South Texas Health Care System

Bo Kim, PhD - VA Boston Health Care System

Hong Yu, PhD - VA Bedford Health Care System

Mayumi Gianoli, PhD - VA Connecticut Health Care System

Dina Hooshyar, MD - VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans

Robert Rosenheck, MD - Yale University

Matthew Sprong, PhD - VA Hines Health Care System

Advisory Board Members

Shana Bakken, PhD - VA Vocational Rehabilitation Office

Susan Black, DSW - Veterans Benefit Administration (VBA-VACO)

Eric Elbogen, PhD - VA National Veterans Financial Resource Center (FINVET)

Marsha Ellison, PhD - UMass Chan Medical School and VA Bedford Health Care System

Carma Heitzmann, PhD - Homeless Veterans Community Employment Services (HVCES)

Joseph Liberto, MD - VA National Substance Use Disorders Unit

Sandra Resnick, PhD - Northeast Program Evaluation Center (NEPEC)

Mehmet Sofuoglu, PhD - VISN 1 Mental Illness, Evaluation and Clinical Center (MIRECC)

Susan Strickland, PhD - VA Office of Suicide Prevention

Key Project Staff

April Crawford, MS - VA North Texas Health Care System

Taylor Hunt, BS - VA Bedford Health Care System

Jason Flake, PhD - VA North Texas Health Care System


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