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Thirty-five Principal Investigators (PIs) were selected by Clinical Science Research and Development (CSRD) for the Spring 2024 cycle. Applications were released on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, in eRA Commons Just-in-Time (JIT).
Congratulations to the 10 Career Development Award selectees and 25 Merit Award selectees!
Career Development Award Selectees
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Alpenglow, Jeremy K., PhD, Salt Lake City, ''The role of alpha-adrenergic vasoconstriction on blood flow to exercising skeletal muscle in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction''
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Christopher, Karen, MD, Aurora, ''Prediction Tools for Diabetic Retinopathy Among Veterans Using Machine Learning and Large-scale Data Analysis Techniques''
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Crowe, Michael, PhD, Boston, ''Predicting Suicide Risk: The Role of Aggression''
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Elam, Rachel Elizabeth, MD, Augusta, ''Fracture Risk Assessment in Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis''
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Lier, Audun Joachim, MD, Northport, ''Integrating infectious diseases screening and treatment with medication assisted therapy for Veterans with opioid use disorder''
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Perez, Luis, PhD, Aurora, ''Veteran Kidney Dietary Adherence Associations with Kidney-Related Outcomes and Patient Perspectives, Experiences, and Perceptions with Diet and Medically Tailored Meals (KDA-MTM study)''
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Rodriguez, Lauren, PhD, Philadelphia, ''Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Examine Relationships Between Emotional Responding, Craving, and Substance Use, in Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder''
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Stevenson, Brittany, PhD, Minneapolis, ''Understanding and Treating Substance Use Disorder and Comorbid Conditions in Veterans’ Real-Life Settings''
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Valle, Luca F., MD, Los Angeles, ''Precision Modeling of Radiation Recurrent Prostate Cancer with Molecular Imaging and Transcriptomics''
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Yu, Carol Chu, PhD, Minneapolis, ''Using Neuroimaging to Enhance Veteran Suicide Risk Detection and Prevention''
Merit Award Selectees
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Demazumder, Deeptankar, MD, PhD, Pittsburgh, ''Automated artificial intelligence analysis of physiological waveforms and EHR using existing VA technology for early identification of subclinical critical illness''
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Garraway, Isla Pearl, MD, PhD, Los Angeles, ''Multi-level factors impacting clinical outcomes in Veterans with low-/intermediate-risk prostate cancer''
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Greenland, John, MD, PhD, San Francisco, ''Cytomegalovirus Immune Responses in Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction Pathogenesis''
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Howlett, Jonathon R., MD, San Diego, ''Individualized computational assessment of the effects of GABA receptor modulation in posttraumatic stress disorder''
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Hsiai, Tzung K., MD, PhD, Los Angeles, ''BCCMA: VA-iMITIGATE Project 3: Integrating Metabolic and Vascular Sensors to Monitor Cardiometabolic Disorders after Nutrition Interventions''
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Inslicht, Sabra, PhD, San Francisco, ''The Effects of Orexin Antagonism on Fear Extinction in PTSD''
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Jalal, Shadia I., MD, Indianapolis, ''Biomarker Directed trial of Temozolomide and PARP inhibition in relapsed SCLC''
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Jalal, Shadia I., MD, Indianapolis, ''Evaluating the impact of intermittent fasting in combination with checkpoint inhibitors in patients with non-small cell lung cancer''
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Kulkarni, Rajan P., MD, PhD, Portland, ''Mechanistic Assessment and Treatment of Immune Related Adverse Events''
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Lal, Brajesh K., MD, Baltimore, ''VTE Risk Assessment and Management: Machine Learning from Clinical and Genetic Information''
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Legget, Kristina T., PhD, Aurora, ''Exercise Effects on the Neurobiology Underlying Stress-Related Eating Behaviors in Veterans''
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Padilla, Jaume, PhD, Columbia, ''Arterial Destiffening Effects of SGLT2 Inhibition in Veterans with Obesity''
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Pandit, Lavannya M., MD, Houston, ''A Novel Mechanism of Vascular Remodeling in Interstitial Lung Disease Associated Pulmonary Hypertension''
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Riblet, Natalie, MD, White River Junction, ''Suicide prevention in Department of Veterans Affairs community care network mental health settings''
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Rose, John B., MD, Birmingham, ''Targeting induced surface calreticulin as a tumor agnostic therapeutic approach''
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Roumie, Christianne L., MD, Nashville, ''Optimal first line therapies for patients with Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Syndrome.''
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Silveira, Maria J., MD, Ann Arbor, ''Better options for chronic cancer pain: a SMART study''
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Stehlik, Josef, MD, Salt Lake City, ''Randomized Trial of Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 Inhibition (SGLT2i) in Heart Transplant Recipients''
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Szeszko, Philip R., PhD, Bronx, ''Integrating Immune Dysregulation and Reward Circuitry in Veterans with Mood Disorders and Suicide''
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Tanner, Nichole Tripician, MD, CHARLESTON, ''Prediction Augmented Screening Initiative''
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Travers, Jeffrey B., MD, PhD, Dayton, ''Acid Sphingomyelinase Inhibition to Mitigate the Environmental Exposure Risks of Ultraviolet Light-Induced Actinic Neoplasia and Squamous Cell Carcinoma in US Veterans''
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Tregellas, Jason R., PhD, Aurora, ''GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Effects on Neuronal Function and Cognition in Veterans with Schizophrenia''
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Wang, Michael M., MD, PhD, Ann Arbor, ''Conserved molecular features in cerebral small vessel disease''
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Wilson, Keith T., MD, Nashville, ''Dysregulated Polyamine Metabolism in H. pylori-associated Gastric Inflammation and Disease Progression''
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Zhou, Wei, MD, Tucson, ''Role of Carotid Disease in Cognitive Impairment and Dementia''
Submit Button September
Only Research and Development (R&D) office staff users with signing official (SO) roles can submit JIT data. After uploading documents into eRA Commons JIT, PIs should alert their local R&D office SO to click the submit button. Documents uploaded into JIT areas need to be submitted to allow Office of Research and Development staff access to make decisions (approve, return or disapprove) in a timely manner.
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Please Note:
A message related to our FY25 budget is expected to be distributed in the coming week.
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The National Association of Veterans' Research and Education Foundations (NAVREF) is the membership organization of non-profit research and education foundations affiliated with Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers. Each year, NAVREF hosts an annual meeting to as part of their commitment to foster collaboration and innovation within the VA research community. This year, for the first time, investigators funded by the ORD Career Development Award (CDA) program were invited to the annual meeting. CDA participants heard from NAVREF and ORD senior leadership, presented their work in a poster session, and attended sessions on a range of topics designed to support their transition to independently funded VA researchers.
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With the transition to the new Investigators, Scientific Review and Management (ISRM) Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs), Pre-application, and full research application Requests for Applications (RFAs) process, Health Systems Research (HSR) will no longer use the HSR Scientific Review Mailbox (vhacoscirev@va.gov).
Please refer questions about the new processes to the following mailboxes, which will ensure receipt of more rapid replies containing the most current and accurate information.
General questions should be sent to the ISRM mailbox: VHAISRM@va.gov
For Grants.gov or eRA Commons questions/issues: vhacordera.vhacordera@va.gov
CDA specific questions should be sent to the CDA mailbox:VHACADEReview@va.gov
Clinical trial questions should be sent to the CT mailbox:clin-review@va.gov
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Investigators may want to mark their calendars for VA Health Systems Research Cyberseminars in October. Registration links for examples of offerings that may be of interest are included below:
Requesting Research Data Access Using DART
Wednesday, October 2, 3:00pm ET Data Access Miniseries Tim Trautman, BSD
Meet VIReC: The Researcher's Guide to VA Data
Monday, October 7, 1:00pm ET VIReC Database and Methods Seminar Maria Souden, MSI, PhD
See the listing of additional upcoming seminars at Upcoming Cyberseminars — Catalog (va.gov.
CSRD Acting Director, Miriam Smyth, PhD, and Paula P. Schnurr, PhD, Executive Director, National Center for PTSD, attended “Advancing Treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder” on September 6, 2024. The hybrid public meeting was organized by the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA. Drs. Smyth and Schnurr were panelists on the “Federal Partner Discussion” that, in addition to VA, included DoD, FDA, SAMHSA, and OASH. The meeting included a 90-minute period of comments from the public.
Congratulations to Dr. Przygodzki!
CSRD extends congratulations to Dr. Ronald Przygodzki who will be receiving a lifetime achievement award in the area of molecular pathology at the Association for Molecular Pathology annual meeting in November. Dr. Przygodzki is the Director of Genomic Medicine in the Office of Research and Development
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ORD Scientific Portfolio Managers Drs. Shakeria Cohen, Carol Fowler, and Mark Roltsch participated in a one and a half day meeting in August at the Human Engineering Research Laboratory (HERL) at Bakery Square in Pittsburgh to strategize for the coming year for the Summer Research Program (SRP). The SRP was recently renewed by ORD for the next 5 years, funding 25 sites nationwide. The meeting included a tour of the HERL Laboratory which houses a Rehabilitation Research Development funded research center. Pictured are Dr. Rory Cooper (seated) and standing from left – Josh Marino from HERL (and the Pittsburgh SRP), Dr. Roltsch, and Sarah Jackson from the Charleston VA.
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 ORD's third annual fall family picnic, Picnic in the Park, was held Saturday September 21, at Potomac Woods Park in Rockville, MD. Approximatey 40 attended including 25 staff members, family, and friends plus fur babies.
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CSRD Scientific Portfolio Manager Dr. Jayanthi Sankar will be attending the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience 2024 to be held October 5-9 in Chicago, Illinois. She also will be attending the symposium, Neurogenic Bowel and Bladder: Advancing Understanding and Novel Electrical Therapies, to be co-chaired by Dr. Audrey Kusiak from ORD on October 8.
The Data Monitoring Committee (DMC), that provides data and safety monitoring for CSRD-funded projects, is seeking new members -- oncologists, biostatisticians, neurologists, and others. For more information, please contact DMC Manager Dr. Tamara Paine at Tamara.Paine@va.gov.
Career Development: VHACADEReview@va.gov
Clinical Trials: clin-review@va.gov
General Mailbox: VHABLRD-CSRD@va.gov (Please note this is a shared mailbox that should be used for general questions that will be triaged by staff to the appropriate individual.)
Just-in-Time Mailbox: VHACOBLCSRDJIT@va.gov
Scientific Portfolio/Program Managers: BLR&D and CSR&D Contact Information (va.gov)
Newsletter: Lucindia.Shouse@va.gov
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