 2018
Grant Writing Scholars Evaluation Results
In February, the 2018 class of SC MIRECC Grant Writing
Scholars (GWS) participated in a grant writing workshop in Little Rock. The GWS
program provides investigators with individual mentoring and didactic training
in successful grant writing. The program prepares scholars for submitting
grants to funding agencies such as SC MIRECC, VA Health Services Research and
Development (HSR&D), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Scholars
from Jackson, New Orleans, and Houston participated in-person and virtually
from meeting rooms in Houston, Jackson, and New Orleans.
In This Issue
2018 VA Operational Plan
VA
released a new Operational Plan to improve organizational functions and deliver
better choices for Veterans in Spring 2018. This plan is built on former
Secretary David J. Shulkin’s Five Priorities for VA. Our
SC MIRECC mission to promote
equity in engagement, access, and quality of mental
health care for Veterans facing barriers to
care, especially rural Veterans, aligns with
several of the plan’s goals and objectives. Here we list a few of these and
note our work to address the goals.
 2018 TRIPS Awardees
The Training Residents in
Psychiatry Scholarship (TRIPS) program aims to increase the number of
psychiatry residents entering postresidency research training fellowships in
VISNs 16 and 17. It also increases the visibility of the SC MIRECC, improves
resident perception of VA and careers within VA, and recognizes residents with academic
medicine interests and promise.
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 Research
to Practice: Incorporating Emotion-Regulation Skills in Couple- and
Family-based PTSD Treatment
A 2017 review by VA researchers explored the value of
incorporating emotion-regulation skills in couple- and family-based treatment
for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Authors of the well-organized
article, by Deborah A. Perlick, Frederick J. Sautter and Julia J. Becker-Cretu,
et al., are/were affiliated with the VISN 2 South MIRECC at the James J. Peters
Medical Center (Bronx, NY), the South Central MIRECC, the Southeast Louisiana
Veterans Health Care System, the Washington, D.C. VA Medical Center, and the
Office of Patient Care Services.
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Recent Publications
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Abraham, T. H., Koenig, C. J., Zamora, K., Hill, C., Uddo, M., Kelly, P. A., Hamilton, M. F., Curran, G. M., Pyne, J. M., & Seal, K. H. (2017). Situating mental health work in place: Qualitative data from interviews with Veterans in Southeastern Louisiana and Northern California. Health & Place, 47, 63-70.
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Conti, E. C., Barrera, T., Amspoker, A. B., Wilson, N., Shrestha, S., Wagener, P., Armento, M., Evans-Hudnall, G., Cummings, J. P., Kunik, M. E., & Stanley, M. (2017). Predictors of outcomes for older adults participating in Calmer Life, a culturally tailored intervention for anxiety. Clinical Gerontologist, 40(3), 172-180.
Pilot Study Research Program Applications Due October 1
VISN 16 researchers and researchers located in San Antonio or Dallas,
Texas (VISN 17) who are interested in pilot funding for research that can be
used to develop clinical policy or programs that improve access, quality and
outcomes of mental health and substance use treatment services for rural and/or
underserved Veterans are invited to submit an application to the SC MIRECC
Pilot Study Research Program.
Implementation, Design and Analysis Support Available for Affiliates
MIRECC Implementation, Design and Analysis Support (MIDAS) offers
centralized design, methodologic and analytic support to VISN 16 investigators
and investigators located in San Antonio or Dallas, Texas (VISN 17) who are
seeking intramural or extramural funding or conducting pilot projects.
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