| DATE | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
| 2/27/23 | SWIFT IVI Grant Application Feedback #1 | Jennifer Manuel, PhD MS Salomeh Keyhani, MD MPH Lenny Lopez, MD MDiv MPH |
| 2/6/23 | HSR&D National Meeting Presentation Feedback Session #2 | N/A |
| 1/30/23 | HSR&D National Meeting Presentation Feedback Session #1 | N/A |
| 12/5/22 | “Modulation of the gut microbiome by dietary fiber to improve calcium absorption and bone health in older men" | Karin Wu, MD |
| 11/21/22 | “Implementation and Assessment of an Inpatient Virtual Care Consult Service" | Charlie Wray, DO MS Amy O'Shea, PhD |
| 10/31/22 | “Developing a smartphone-based intervention targeting high-risk situations of nicotine vaping among young adults" | Nhung Nguyen, PhD |
| 10/24/22 | “Characterizing risk factors, mental health outcomes, and patient-centered care needs for early menopause among women Veterans" | Carrie Gibson, PhD |
| 10/3/22 | "Real-world effectiveness of lung cancer screening for Veterans " | Alison Rustagi, MD PhD |
| 9/19/22 | "Hybrid Tele-Ophthalmology for Veterans with Age-Related Macular Degeneration" | Frank Brodie, MD MBA |
| 8/29/22 | "Expansion of Community Care Use in VA: Causes and Implications" | Liam Rose, PhD |
| 6/6/22 | "Work-In-Progress: Assessing fracture risk after bariatric surgery among Veterans" | Eileen Koh, MD |
| 5/23/22 | "Brave New (Hybrid) World: Leveraging telemedicine for access to cardiovascular disease care" | Rebecca Lauren Tisdale, MD MPA |
| 5/16/22 | "The evaluation of pre-existing mental health diagnoses on outcomes for patients with CML" | Kelly Schoenbeck, MD |
| 4/25/22 | "Exploring the Impact of Virtual Care on Veterans with Heart Failure" | Charlie Wray, DO MS |
| 4/18/22 | "Improving Pain Management in Cirrhosis – K23 Aims" | Jessica Rubin, MD MPH |
| 3/28/22 | "Incidence and causal determinants of severe post-vaccination COVID-19 among a national cohort of veterans" | Dan Kelly, MD MPH Salomeh Keyhani, MD MPH |
| 3/21/22 | "Training PCPs to Deliver Brief Education on Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for PTSD" | Rachel Ranney, PhD |
| 3/14/22 | "Logistics of an exercise trial for LUTS in older male veterans" | Scott Bauer, MD ScM |
| 2/28/22 | "Assessing for bias in ancestry-informed lung function prediction" | Jonathan Witonsky, MD |
| 2/7/22 | "Applying Data-Driven Methods to Predict Suicide Risk Among LGBTQ+ Veterans" | Emily Dolsen, PhD |
| 1/24/22 | "Screening for latent infections among Veterans using biologic or targeted small molecules" | Gabriela Schmajuk, MD MSc |
| 1/3/22 | "Maximizing the benefit of lung cancer screening for veterans: Quantifying real-world screening outcomes to personalize screening decisions in the VA" | Alison Rustagi, MD PhD |
| 12/13/21 | "Functional and Psychosocial Reserve and Resilience in Older Adult Survivors of Critical Illness" | Julien Cobert, MD |
| 11/22/21 | "Drivers of racial disparities in management of muscle invasive bladder cancer: examining local and geographic variations in evaluation and treatment" | Samuel Washington, MD MAS |
| 10/25/21 | "Improving Lung Cancer Screening Implementation: ascertaining facility-level variation in screening outcomes to validate best practices and optimize performance" | Alison Rustagi, MD PhD |
| 10/18/21 | "Presumptive Agent Orange Exposure is Associated with Subsequent Development of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Among United States Veterans" | Bhavika Kaul, MD MAS |
| 9/20/21 | "Health disparities and premature mortality among veterans with schizophrenia" | Alison Hwong, MD PhD |
| 9/13/21 | "Germline genetic testing for metastatic prostate cancer" | Maren Scheuner, MD MPH |
| 8/30/21 | "Risk factors and health outcomes related to earlier age at menopause among women Veterans in the VA: An HSR&D IIR proposal using NLP, EHR data, and ?" | Carolyn Gibson, PhD MPH |
| 8/16/21 | "Risk of fracture following bariatric surgery among veterans" | Eileen Koh, MD |
| 6/21/21 | "Examining Factors Related to Long-Acting Injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Acceptability Among At-Risk Veteran Populations" | José Gutierrez, PhD FNP-BC |
| 6/14/21 | "Brainstorming session for application for the VA Advanced Fellowship in Health Services Research and Development" | Beth Cohen, MD MAS Salomeh Keyhani, MD MPH |
| 6/7/21 | "Exploring the Impact of 'Digital Dose' on Health Care Utilization in Older Veterans with Heart Failure" | Charlie Wray, DO MS |
| 5/24/21 | "One year into COVID-19: utilization of in-person, telehealth, and hybrid physical therapy" | Matthew Miller, PT DPT NCS PhD |
| 5/17/21 | "Feedback on HSR&D CDA-2 resubmission: Improving Care for Veterans by Understanding and Facilitating Transition to Recommended PTSD Treatment" | Nicholas Holder, PhD |
| 5/3/21 | "Improving Individualized Decision-Making for Treatment of Male Stress Urinary Incontinence" VA CDA Submission Input/Review |
Lindsay Hampson, MD MAS |
| 4/26/21 | "Patient, Device, and Facility Characteristics Associated with Remote Monitoring Compliance of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices" Manuscript review |
Sanket Dhruva, MD MHS Anoop Muniyappa, MD MS |
| 4/12/21 | "'I think it’s comforting': Everyday music engagement at home in dementia caregiving relationships" Manuscript review |
Theresa Allison, MD PhD |
| 3/8/21 | "Data from the PRIME pilot trial: a prebiotic intervention to improve calcium absorption after gastric bypass surgery" | Karin Wu, MD |
| 3/1/21 | "Using translational epidemiology to build a new framework for age-related lower urinary tract symptoms pathophysiology" | Scott Bauer, MD MS |
| 2/22/21 | “Improving Decision-Making for Older Veterans with Stress Urinary Incontinence” VA Career Development Grant |
Lindsay Hampson, MD MAS |
| 2/8/21 | "Effect of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines on clinical outcomes in a national cohort of Veterans with Covid-19" CSRD Merit Proposal |
Daniel Kelly, MD |
| 2/1/21 | "Heart-brain communication in veterans with schizophrenia: neurovascular and autonomic mechanisms of aberrant brain activity" CDA-2 Proposal |
Michael Jacob, MD PhD |
| 1/25/21 | "Developing strategies for safe and effective pain management in cirrhosis patients with chronic pain" KL2 Grant Submission |
Jessica Rubin, MD MPH |
| 12/14/20 | "Lung Cancer Screening at the VA: investigating effectiveness, safety, and cost-effectiveness" Specific Aims for a Career Development Award |
Alison Rustagi, MD PhD |
| 11/30/20 | "Association of Military Exposure with IPF in US Veterans" | Bhavika Kaul, MD |
| 11/16/20 | "Improving Care for Veterans by Understanding and Facilitating Transition to Recommended PTSD Treatment" CDA Proposal |
Nicholas Holder, PhD |
| 11/9/20 | "Virtual Care Strategies to Improve Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation among Veterans" HSR&D IIR Proposal |
Linda Park, PhD MS FNP-BC |
| 11/2/20 | "Improving Safety of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices in Veterans" CDA-2 Proposal |
Sanket Dhruva, MD MHS |
| 10/26/20 | “Women Veterans’ health related to menopause and aging: Next steps” | Carolyn Gibson, PhD MPH |
| 10/19/20 | "Advanced glycation end products and cardiovascular disease in the CHS and MESA cohorts" | Julio Lamprea Montealegre, MD PhD |
| 9/21/20 | "'Investigating Alternative Glycemic Metrics to Predict Geriatric Outcomes in Nursing Home Residents with Diabetes" VA CDA Proposal |
Alexandra Lee, PhD MSPH |
| 9/14/20 | "Factors Associated with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement After Acute Myocardial Infarction Among U.S. Veterans” Manuscript discussion |
Gregory Judson, MD Sanket Dhruva, MD MHS |
| 7/27/20 | “Smoking cessation treatment engagement in cancer patients” | Ellen Herbst, MD Natalie Purcell, PhD MA MPA Stella Bialous, RN DrPH FAAN Tracy Lin, PhD |
| 7/20/20 | "Medication safety dashboards in rheumatology” | Gabriela Schmajuk, MD MSc |
| 7/6/20 | "Epidemiology of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis among US Veterans” | Bhavika Kaul, MD |
| 6/8/20 | "Electronic health record-linked bobanks for the advancement of statin precision medicine" | Akinyemi Oni-Orisan, PharmD |
| 5/18/20 | "Social Immunology for Distancing Pathology: exploring a potential resilience to COVID-19” | Mehrdad Arjomandi, MD |
| 5/4/20 | "Skeletal Health and Valvular Calcification: Is Bone a Key to the Heart?" | Jorge Kizer, MD |
| 4/27/20 | "Safety of Cardiovascular Implantable Devices in Veterans" Career Development Award Proposal |
Sanket Dhruva, MD MHS |
| 4/20/20 | "Impact of Virtual Primary Care on Diabetes Quality Care" Oral Presentation for the Society of General Internal Medicine Meeting Lipkin Award Finalist |
Amy Lu, MD |
| 4/13/20 | "Age-related changes in skeletal muscle and lower urinary tract symptoms in older adults" K23 Specific Aims and Significance |
Scott Bauer, MD MS |
| 4/6/20 | "Increasing the use of cognitive processing therapy and prolonged exposure therapy among patients with PTSD" VA HSR&D Career Development Award LOI |
Nicholas Holder, PhD |
| 3/30/20 | "Improving Diabetes Treatment in Older Adults" QUERI Supplemental Funding Proposal |
Alexandra Lee, PhD MSPH |
| 3/23/20 | "Covid19/Coronavirus Studies in the Veteran Population" Rapid Project Launch Brainstorming |
Dan Kelly, MD MPH |
| 3/2/20 | "Substance use disorder among VA patients: A comparison of diagnosis rates and survey-based prevalence from the Behavioral Healthcare Quality (BHQ) study” | Katherine Hoggatt, PhD MPH |
| 2/10/20 | "Emulating a Carotid Trial Using VA data: The Comparative Effectiveness of Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Revascularization Compared to Medical Therapy" Oral Presentation for the International Stroke Conference |
Salomeh Keyhani, MD MPH |
| 2/3/20 | "Impact of Social Risk Factor Adjustment on Alternative Payment Models and Kidney Care Disparities" K Award Specific Aims |
Lehka Tummalapalli, MD MBA |
| 12/9/19 | "PERSONAL-pilot: placebo-controlled, randomized n-of-1 trials of tamsulosin for patient-selected lower urinary tract symptoms" | Scott Bauer, MD |
| 11/25/19 | "Analysis of Client Language in Brief Smoking Cessation Interventions: Identifying Mechanisms of Change" VA HSR&D Pilot Project |
Ellen Herbst, MD |
| 11/4/19 | "Improving Access to Care through the Novel use of Telemedicine" Response to reviewers and revised specific aims |
Charlie Wray, DO MS |
| 10/21/19 | "Impact of Community Care on Time to Treatment in Veterans Diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea" Oral Presentation HSR&D/QUERI National Meeting |
Bhavika Kaul, MD |
| 10/7/19 | Practice talks for HSR&D/QUERI National Meeting | Karen Seal, MD MPH Carolyn Gibson, PhD MPH |
| 9/9/19 | "Safety of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices in Veterans" HSR&D Career Development Award |
Sanket Dhruva, MD MHS |
| 8/26/19 | "A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve Physical Activity after Cardiac Rehabilitation: the Mobile4Heart Study" Oral presentation for the Annual Meeting for the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation |
Linda Park, PhD MS FNP-BC |
| 8/12/19 | "Markers of CKD Mineral Bone Disorder as Targets to Address Physical Dysfunction and Sarcopenia" CSR&D Merit Review Award |
Cynthia Delgado, MD |
| 7/29/19 | "Impact of Hematologic Malignancies on the Cognitive Trajectory of Older Adults." Proposal for Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) |
Li-Wen Huang, MD |
| 7/15/19 | "What's Happening with Cerner?" | Mary Whooley, MD |
| 7/15/19 | "Development of a Data Science Elective for Residents" Grant Proposal |
James Anstey, MD |
| 5/20/19 | "Does Choice Equal Quality? A Mixed-Methods Comprehensive Evaluation of the Quality of Community Care through the Mission Act vs. VA care for Veterans with PSTD, Depression and Chronic Pain" | Jennifer Manuel, PhD |
| 5/6/19 | "Cardiovascular Risk Factor Modification and Atrial Fibrillation" | Cara Pellegrini, MD |
| 4/22/19 | "Longitudinal Association between Angina and Quality of Life" | David Schopfer, MD MAS |
| 4/15/19 | "Arrythmic MVP in the VA Population" | Francesca Delling, MD MPH |
| 3/4/19 | "Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Safety" | Sanket Dhruva, MD MHS |
| 2/4/19 | "Fatigability: Moving From Outcomes Research to Function Research" | Micah Prochaska, MD |
| 1/28/19 | "Impact of Home-based Cardiac Rehabilitation on Functional Status" Career Development Award Application |
David Schopfer, MD MAS |
| 1/14/19 | "Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Safety" Career Development Award Application |
Sanket Dhruva, MD MHS |
| 1/7/19 | "Bone Marrow Fat and Skeletal Health in Type 2 Diabetes" | Tiffany Kim, MD |
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