Veteran Engagement Groups

Throughout the VA Health Care System, a growing number of Veteran Engagement Groups collaborate across all stages of the research process. These groups give Veterans and caregivers opportunities to share valuable expertise and lived experience with researchers, with the aim of improving research and health outcomes for all Veterans in VA care.

Center of Innovation (COIN)-Affiliated Groups

• Ann Arbor, MI: CCMR Veteran Research Engagement Council (VREC)
• Bedford and Boston, MA: CHOIR Veteran Engagement in Research Group (VERG)
• Charleston, SC: HEROIC Veteran Research Engagement Board (VREB)
• Denver, CO: Denver Veteran Engagement Research Board (VREB)
• Durham, NC: ADAPT Veteran Research Engagement Panel (VetREP)
• Hines, IL: CINCCH Veteran Engagement Panel (VEP)
• Houston, TX: IQuEST Community Engagement Committee (CEC)
• Indianapolis, IN: CHIC Veteran and Community Engagement Group (VCEG)
• Iowa City, IA: Iowa City Center for Access & Delivery Research and Evaluation-Office of Rural Health Veteran Engagement Panel (CADRE-ORH VEP)
• Los Angeles, CA: CSHIIP Greater Los Angeles Veteran Engagement Team (GLA-VET)
• Minneapolis, MN:
  • CCDOR Lung Precision and Oncology Program (LPOP) Panel
  • CCDOR Veteran Impact Panel on Research
  • CCDOR Voices of Healing
  • CCDOR Women’s Health Panel
• Nashville, TN:
  • VETWISE-LHS Veteran Engagement Panel
  • MAS-EXPAND Veteran Advisory Board
• North Little Rock, AR: CeMOHR Veteran Engagement Council
• New York City, NY: VETCARE Veteran Advisory Board (VA COIN VAB)
• Palo Alto, CA: Ci2i Veterans and Family Research Engagement Council (VFREC)
• Pittsburgh/Philadelphia, PA: CHERP Veterans Community Advisory Board
• Portland, OR: CIVIC Veteran Engagement Group (VEG)
• Providence, RI: Providence COIN Veteran Engagement Group (VEG)
• Salt Lake City, UT:
  • IDEAS Veteran Research Engagement Panel (VetREP)
  • Long COVID Veteran Engagement Panel
• San Francisco, CA: 3DI Veteran Engagement Group (VEG)
• Seattle, WA: Seattle Veteran Engagement Group (VEG)

Consortia of Research (CORE)-Affiliated Groups

• Bedford, MA/Southwest Texas/Virtual: Veteran Economic Security Panel (VESP)
• Leeds, MA: ACCENT Veteran and Community Engagement Panel (VCEP)
• Minneapolis, MN: Chronic Pain Veteran Engagement Panel (VEP),
  Overdose Prevention Veteran Engagement Panel (VEP)
• Palo Alto, CA: Virtual Care CORE Veteran Engagement Panel
• Portland, OR: Suicide Prevention CORE SPRINT Veteran Engagement Council (VEC)

National, Regional, or Other Groups

• Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology Veterans Research Engagement Council (VCEP) (supported by VA Rehabilitation Research Development and Translation[RRDT])
• RECOVER Veteran and Caregiver Engagement Panel (VCEP) - supported by VA RRDT
• Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veteran Illness (administered by the VA Office of Research and Development)
• Rural Colorado Veteran Research Engagement Panel
• Rural Midwest Veterans Panel
• Women’s Improvement Network (WIN)

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