# Presentation: 124144

## VASA VA Statisticians’ Association  

- HSRD Breakfast Session
- 02/15/2008
- 7:00am

## VASA Officers 	

- President:  **Xiao-Hua Andrew Zhou**
- VA Puget Sound Health Care System
- Vice President:  **Susan Loveland**
- VA New England Health Care System
- Program Committee Chair:  **Roslyn Stone**
- VA Pittsburgh Health Care System
- Acting Secretary:  **Christina Cho**
- VA Puget Sound Health Care System

## Mark Glickman - VA New England Health Care System 
Stephen Hillis- CRIISP, Iowa City
Kelvin Lee- Palo Alto Cooperative Studies
Martin Lee – VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System 
Susan Loveland - VA New England Health Care System 
Cindy Christiansen –VA Bedford Health Care System
Roslyn Stone - VA Pittsburgh Health Care System
Linda Young- North Florida/South Georgia Health Care System
Xiao-Hua Andrew Zhou - VA Puget Sound Health Care System 

- Mark Glickman - *VA New England Health Care System** *
- Stephen Hillis- *CRIISP, Iowa City*
- Kelvin Lee-* Palo Alto Cooperative Studies*
- Martin Lee – *VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System *
- Susan Loveland - *VA New England Health Care System*
- Cindy Christiansen –*VA Bedford Health Care System*
- Roslyn Stone - *VA Pittsburgh Health Care System*
- Linda Young-* **North Florida/South Georgia Health Care System*
- Xiao-Hua Andrew Zhou - *VA Puget Sound Health Care System *

## Promote & disseminate statistical methodological research relevant to VA studies;  

Facilitate communication & collaboration among VA-affiliated statisticians;  

Promote good statistical practice;  

Increase participation & visibility of statisticians; 
VA HSR&D 
ASA Joint Statistical Meetings   

Increase participation of statisticians in VA research merit review.  

- Promote & disseminate statistical methodological research relevant to VA studies;
- Facilitate communication & collaboration among VA-affiliated statisticians;
- Promote good statistical practice;
- Increase participation & visibility of statisticians;
- VA HSR&D
- ASA Joint Statistical Meetings
- Increase participation of statisticians in VA research merit review.

## 74 current members
VASA Members in the 15 Centers of Excellence
Ann Arbor, MI: 1 member
Bedford, MA: 4 members
Boston, MA: 6 members
Durham, NC: 7 members
Gainesville, FL: 5 members
Hines IL: 4 members
Houston, TX: 5 members

- 74 current members
- VASA Members in the 15 Centers of Excellence
- Ann Arbor, MI: 1 member
- Bedford, MA: 4 members
- Boston, MA: 6 members
- Durham, NC: 7 members
- Gainesville, FL: 5 members
- Hines IL: 4 members
- Houston, TX: 5 members

## VASA Members in the 15 Centers of Excellence
Indianapolis, IN: 1 member
Iowa City, IA: 1 member
Little Rock, AR: 1 member
Minneapolis, MN: 6 members
Palo Alto, CA: 7 members
Pittsburg, PA: 10 members
Seattle, WA: 2 member
Sepulveda, CA: 1 member

- VASA Members in the 15 Centers of Excellence
- Indianapolis, IN: 1 member
- Iowa City, IA: 1 member
- Little Rock, AR: 1 member
- Minneapolis, MN: 6 members
- Palo Alto, CA: 7 members
- Pittsburg, PA: 10 members
- Seattle, WA: 2 member
- Sepulveda, CA: 1 member

## 
VASA website http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/for_researchers/vasa/
Mission
Current and upcoming VASA activities
Contact information

**VASA website** _[http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/for_researchers/vasa/](http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/for_researchers/vasa/)_
- Mission
- Current and upcoming VASA activities
- Contact information

## HSR&D National Meeting 2008
Workshops: 
Multilevel Models in Health Services Research-Christiansen
Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Health Care Costs-Zhou
Statistical Methods:
Differential Item Functioning in a Graded Response IRT Model: A Bayesian Approach to Item Discrimination-Glickman
Comparison of Statistical Methods to Account for Missing Race in VA Administrative Data-Mor
A Data Security Framework for Research Study Databases Using Metadata-Obrosky

- HSR&D National Meeting 2008
- Workshops:
- Multilevel Models in Health Services Research-Christiansen
- Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Health Care Costs-Zhou
- Statistical Methods:
- Differential Item Functioning in a Graded Response IRT Model: A Bayesian Approach to Item Discrimination-Glickman
- Comparison of Statistical Methods to Account for Missing Race in VA Administrative Data-Mor
- A Data Security Framework for Research Study Databases Using Metadata-Obrosky

## JSM 2009- Washington, DC
August 2-6, 2009
2009 HSR&D National Meeting
Hosted by Ann Arbor COE

- JSM 2009- Washington, DC
- August 2-6, 2009
- 2009 HSR&D National Meeting
- Hosted by Ann Arbor COE

## VASA contact information: 
Xiao-Hua Andrew Zhou 
	Andrew.Zhou@va.gov 
	(206) 277-3588 
-  Christina Cho
	Christina.Cho@va.gov
	(206) 277-4170

- VASA contact information:
- Xiao-Hua Andrew Zhou
- 	_[Andrew.Zhou@va.gov](mailto:Andrew.Zhou@va.gov)_
- 	(206) 277-3588
- -  Christina Cho
- 	_[Christina.Cho@va.gov](mailto:Christina.Cho@va.gov)_
- 	(206) 277-4170