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HSR&D and QUERI Centers, projects, Career Development Awards, and highlighted publications in Durham

include:

COIN (Center of Innovation): 

Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care

Director: Gene Oddone, MD, MHSc

This Center's mission is to conduct high-quality research on strategies that enhance the delivery, 

access, quality, and cost-effectiveness of primary care for Veterans and the VA healthcare system.

CREATE (Collaborative Research to Enhance and Advance Transformation and Excellence): 

Transforming Prevention into Action

Director: Gene Oddone, MD, MHSc

This CREATE will use rigorous health services research methods to evaluate novel prevention 

strategies. Projects to be funded in this CREATE include:

• Will Veterans Engage in Prevention after HRA-guided Shared Decision Making? – Gene 

Oddone, MD, MHSc

• Clinical Trial of Group Prevention Clinics (GPC) – David Edelman, MD, MHS

• Stay Strong: A Physical Activity Program for Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans – Caroline 

Richardson, MD (housed in Ann Arbor)

• Risk Stratification and Tailoring of Prevention Programs – Matthew Maciejewski, PhD

Evidence-Based Synthesis Center

Director: John Williams, Jr., MD, MHSc

ESP Centers generate evidence syntheses on important clinical practice topics. These reports help: 

develop clinical policies informed by evidence; the implementation of effective services to 

improve patient outcomes and to support VA clinical practice guidelines and performance 

measures; and set the direction for future research to address gaps in clinical knowledge.

Currently Funded Projects at Durham

• Internet-Based Smoking Cessation for OEF/OIF Veterans – Patrick Calhoun, PhD

• Outlook: An Intervention to Improve Quality of Life in Serious Illness Study – Karen Steinhauser, 

PhD

• Advanced Comprehensive Diabetes Care for Veterans with Poorly-Controlled Diabetes – Matthew 

Crowley, MD

• Bariatric Surgery's Return on Investment for Veterans and VHA – Matthew Maciejewski, PhD 

• Group Physical Therapy for Veterans with Knee Osteoarthritis – Kelli Allen, PhD

• Incorporating Genomics into Routine Clinical Care for Veterans with Colon Cancer – Dawn

Provenzale, MD, MS

• Cardiovascular Intervention Improvement Telemedicine Study – Hayden Bosworth, PhD

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• Randomized Trial of Titrated Disease Management for Patients with Hypertension – George

Jackson, PhD

• Maintenance After Initiation of Nutrition TrAINing (MAINTAIN) – Corrine Voils, PhD

• Caregiver Outlook: An Intervention to Improve Caregiving in Serious Illness – Karen Steinhauser, 

PhD

• Discharge Information and Support for Patients Receiving Outpatient Care in the ED – Susan

Hastings, MD

• Helping Invested Families Improve Veterans Experiences Study (HI-FIVES) – Courtney Van Houtven, 

PhD

• Abstinence Reinforcement Therapy (ART) for Rural Veteran Smokers – Patrick Calhoun, PhD

Current Career Development Awardees

• Kelly Muir, MD – Improving Glaucoma Medication Adherence

• Christi Ulmer, PhD – Sleep Disturbance in OEF/OIF Veterans with PTSD: A CVD Risk Factor

Research Career Scientists

• Hayden Bosworth, PhD

• Matthew Maciejewski, PhD

• Morris Weinberger, PhD

Highlighted Publications

• Study Shows Significant Financial Burden for Caregivers of Veterans with Polytrauma and 

Traumatic Brain Injury

Van Houtven C, Friedemann-Sanchez G, Clothier B, et al. Is Policy Well-Targeted to Remedy Financial Strain among 

Caregivers of Severely Injured U.S. Service Members? Inquiry Winter 2012/13;49(4):339-51.

• Study Suggests OEF/OIF Veterans with PTSD Experience More Pain Complaints than Veterans 

without PTSD

Runnals J, Van Voorhees E, Robbins A, Brancu M, Straits-Troster K, Beckham J, and Calhoun P. Self-Reported Pain 

Complaints among Afghanistan/Iraq Era Men and Women Veterans with Comorbid Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and 

Major Depressive Disorder. Pain Medicine August 7, 2013;E-pub ahead of print.

• Receiving VA Care is Stronger Predictor of Appropriate Care for Veterans with Diabetes than 

Continuity of Care

Maciejewski M, Wang V, Burgess Jr. J, et al. The Continuity and Quality of Primary Care. Medical Care Research and 

Review October 2013;70(5):497-513.

Search the full list of citations from the Durham Center at

www.hsrd.research.va.gov/publications/citations/coe_generator.cfm

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