VA HSR&D Podcasts

QUERI Dissemination Coordinator Diane Hanks talks with Allison Lewinski, PhD, MPH, RN, a post-doctoral fellow with the HSR&D Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation about a recent systematic review of the evidence support self-management of epilepsy and other chronic diseases.

Portia Y. Cornell, PhD, is an investigator with the HSR&D Center for Long-term Services and Supports. In this episode, she talks with QUERI Dissemination Coordinator Diane Hanks about her research into the impact that rural social workers in PACT teams can have on Veterans’ health outcomes.

Kristen Wing, MA, is a Communications Specialist at the Veterans Rural Health Resource Center in Iowa City, IA, which is affiliated with the VA Office of Rural Health. In this podcast, she discusses her poster, "Community Clergy Training Program to Improve Rural Veterans' Mental Health."

George Sayre, PsyD, is a Qualitative Research Specialist with the HSR&D Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value Driven Care in Seattle, WA. In this podcast, he discusses his poster, “Participatory Action Dissemination.”

Kyrstal Stryczek, MA, is a Research Health Scientist with the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center. In this podcast, she discusses her poster, “Painful Conversations: Pain Management SCAN-ECHO (Specialty Care Access Network Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) Improves Provider Conversations with Patients about Pain Care.”

Kelty B. Fehling, BS, MPH is anAffiliate Investigator with the HSR&D Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value Driven Care in Denver, CO. In this podcast, she discusses her poster, "Challenges and Opportunities of Shifting Mandates and Culture Associated with the VA's Implementation of Veteran Access Initiatives."

Jennifer Henry, LSW, is a Research Project Manager with the VA HSR&D Center for Clinical Management Research at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. In this podcast, she discusses her poster, “Integrating the Life-Sustaining Treatment Template into Current Processes in Community Living Centers.”

Implementing eScreening Technology in Four Clinics in the Veterans Health Administration: A mixed-method study

James Pittman, PhD, LCSW, is the Associate Director of the VA Center of Excellence Stress and Mental Health Clinical Research Unit at the VA San Diego Healthcare System. In this podcast, he discusses his poster, “Implementing eScreening Technology in Four Clinics in the Veterans Health Administration: A mixed-method study.”

Amanda M. Midboe, PhD, is an Investigator with the HSR&D Center for Innovation to Implementation in Palo Alto, CA. In this podcast, she discusses her poster, “Use and Adaptation of Implementation Facilitation to Improve Engagement and Retention in Care of Vulnerable US Veterans.”

Sherry L. Ball, PhD, is an HSR&D Research Health Scientist at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, in Cleveland, OH. In this podcast, she discusses her poster, “Expanding Access to Pain Care: Promoting Specialist and Primary Care Provider Networks with SCAN-ECHO (Specialty Care Access Network Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes).”