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<h2> Three HSR&D Researchers Awarded Best Abstract At AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting</h2>





<p>The VA Health Services Research & Development Service (HSR&D) was well-represented at the recent 2011 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. In total, three abstracts by VA HSR&D investigators were included among the 21 award winners. Awardees are selected from the entire field of all qualifying research papers submitted in response to AcademyHealth's Call for Papers. In addition, a separate review committee considers all 21 category-based winners, and selects three as "Best Overall Abstract" awardees&mdash;one of these was also by a VA HSR&D investigator. </p>

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<em>Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Survival in a Cohort of Predominantly Older Men</em><strong> by Matthew Maciejewski, Ph.D.,</strong> Research Career Scientist Awardee, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care at the Durham VA Medical Center and Duke University. (Abstract Submission Category: Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Illness. Selected for Best Overall Abstract.)

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<li><em>Trends in Diagnoses and Condition-Attributable Costs among Female VA Patients</em>, by <strong>Jean Yoon, Ph.D., M.H.S.,</strong> health economist, Health Economics Resource Center, Menlo Park, California. Co-authors Jennifer Scott, M.S., research associate, and Ciaran Phibbs, Ph.D., health economist, both of the of the Health Economics Resource Center, Menlo Park, California; and Susan Frayne, M.D., Ph.D., of the Center for Health Care Evaluation at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System are also VA HSR&D investigators. (Abstract Submission Category: Gender and Health.)</li>

<li><em>Implementation of Evidence-Based Weight Practices in Specialty Mental Health</em> <strong>by Alexander Young, M.D., M.S.H.S.,</strong> investigator, Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior at the VA Great Los Angeles Healthcare System, and the University of California, Los Angeles. Co-author Amy Cohen is also a VA HSR&D investigator with Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Los Angeles. (Abstract Submission Category: Behavioral Health.)</li></ul>

<p>AcademyHealth is the professional organization for health services researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners, and is a non-partisan informational resource for health services research and policy. The ARM offers VA HSR&D investigators an annual forum in which to present their research to, and intersect with, over 3,000 attendees from government, private industry, and academia.</p>





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