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In June 2022, the inaugural VA Office of Research and Development (ORD)-sponsored Summer Research Programs (SRPs) welcomed 115 student participants at 21 VA sites across the country. This three year pilot program is a cornerstone of ORD's efforts to strengthen and diversify the VA scientific work force by offering research experiences to Veterans, children of Veterans, and underrepresented students. Of note, this first cohort of students included 74 college students, 8 graduate students, 11 high school students, 17 medical students, 3 medical professional students, and 2 VA employees.
ORD Summer Research Program locations are indicated with stars..
For questions regarding the VA ORD Summer Research Program, please contact VHACOORDDEIWG@va.gov, or any of the site point of contacts (POCs) listed below.
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SRP Site |
Focus Area |
Website/POC email |
Site PI |
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Asheville, NC VAMC |
Multi-disciplinary, including bench science, mental health, primary care, and nursing |
Karla Weidner, Paula Geigle |
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Baltimore VAMC |
Data science, geriatrics and aging science, rehabilitation and whole health |
Jeffrey.Beans@va.gov; |
Beth Hogans and Odessa Addison |
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Bedford, MA |
Health services research and implementation science |
Donald Keith McInnes |
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Boston VAHCS |
AI in medicine, clinical research |
Satish Singh |
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Boston VAHCS |
Neuroscience and Mental Health Research |
Robert Strecker |
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Central Western Massachusetts VAMC |
Women’s Health |
Kristin Mattocks, Amy Kroll-Dersosiers |
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Charleston VAMC |
Bench Science and Clinical Science: Cardiology (heart failure, myocardial infarction); Vascular (stroke, aortic aneurysm); Orthopedics (bone repair); Immunology (cellular immune system) Neurology (brain, sleep, cognitive function) Mental Health (PTSD, suicide prevention, substance abuse) Rehabilitation Research: Human Rehabilitation Science; Stroke Recovery; Gait analysis; Neurocognitive studies Health Services Research: Health services delivery; Quality improvement studies; Data science; Health Care access studies |
R. Amanda LaRue and Jeffrey Jones |
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Cleveland VAMC |
A) Prosthetics/Orthotics, B) Neural interfaces, C) Health Monitoring and Maintenance, D) Activity-Based Neurorehabilitation, E) Computer-Aided Diagnosis and Detection of Disease |
Jeffrey Capadona |
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Columbia, SC VAMC |
Neurobiology of stress, cardiovascular disease, obesity, women’s health, Gulf War Illness Syndrome, and renal disease. |
Michael Ryan |
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Hines VAMC, Hines IL |
Veterans with disabilities, whole health, infectious diseases, antibiotic stewardship, and QUERI funded projects |
Charlesnika Evans |
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Minneapolis VAMC |
Veteran Mental Health |
Program Director: Melissa.polusny@va.gov |
Melissa Polusny Snezana Urosevic |
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Nashville VAMC |
Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Nephrology, Gastroenterology |
Holly Algood |
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Oklahoma VAMC |
Bench/preclinical science |
Robert Hal Scofield |
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Phoenix VAMC |
Nutrition |
Diane Parrington |
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Pittsburgh VAMC |
Rehabilitation engineering, Assistive technology design and development, Bioengineering, Clinical research |
POC:D. Joshua Marino, at djm131@pitt.edu |
Rory Cooper |
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Providence RI VAMC |
Long-term services and support |
whitney_mills@brown.edu Whitney.Mills@va.gov |
Whitney Mills |
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Puget Sound VAHCS (Seattle) |
Cachexia/sarcopenia (clinical and pre-clinical research) and TBI-related hormone dysfunction (clinical research) |
Jose Garcia and Lindsey Anderson |
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Rocky Mountain VAHCS (Aurora, CO) |
Suicide Prevention |
Lisa Brenner, Samantha Hack |
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VA Caribbean VACHS (San Juan, PR) |
Clinical Research (Health Disparities Research, TBI, Mental Health, Cardiac, Pulmonary, Cancer, Gastro, Nuclear Medicine, Women Health) |
irma.molina@va.gov |
Irma Molina-Vicenty |
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Southern Arizona VAHCS, Tucson, AZ |
Medical student research focusing on clinical and basic science investigations |
Jason Wertheim |