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Mission: To Improve life for “those who have borne the battle”. Our research and development program enhances our ability to provide state-of-the-art medical techniques and treatments to veterans.
Research Units at the Durham VAMC:
Cooperative Studies
Cooperative Studies are patient care research projects in which multiple VA Medical Centers participate in a single project. The network of VAs (with its very large system and well-defined population) facilitates these multi-center studies.
GRECC
The mission of our Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center is to improve the care of older veterans through integrated research, education and clinical activity. Our research activities includes basic biomedical, applied clinical, health services and rehabilitation research.
Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D)
HSR&D works to develop strategies that enhance the delivery, quality, and cost efficiency of primary care among veterans. These objectives are strategically pursued through support of research investigators, funded research, and teaching programs.
Medical Research (Clinical Science Research & Biomedical Laboratory Research)
Medical Research Service supports basic and clinical investigations of the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases common to our veterans. These innovative studies concentrate on basic mechanisms of disease and translate these findings to clinical use.
Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC)
The VISN 6 MIRECC is organized as a translational medicine center in which the overarching goal is the clinical assessment and treatment of post-deployment mental illness. The MIRECC’s organizational structure includes four major components: Clinical, Research, Education, and Evaluation.
Rehabilitation Research
Rehabilitation Research investigates the use of devices, procedures, and activities to treat disability and to help patients with disabilities to live more functional and independent lives.
Research Facilities:
• More than 140 Investigators
• More than 400 Active Research Projects
• More than 60,000 square feet of research space
Current Projects:
Cooperative Studies
• Treatment for military service related chronic PTSD
• Clinical outcomes utilizing revascularization and aggressive drug evaluation
• Treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm
• Optimal management of patients with HIV infection
• Prevention of shingles
• Chemoprevention
GRECC
• Hypertension in the Elderly and African Americans
• Complications Associated with Aging and Diabetes
• Immune function and aging
Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D)
• Lowering blood pressure
• Quality of lung and colorectal cancer care
• Risk factors for colon cancer
• Health-related quality of life for the elderly
• End of life issues
• Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia
• Smoking cessation
• Psychiatric advanced directives and severe mental illness
• Telemedicine research for diabetic retinopathy and dermatology
• Racial differences in access and utilization of health care
• Health care for women veterans
Medical Research (Clinical Science Research & Biomedical Laboratory Research)
• Substance abuse and mental health issues
• Genetic mechanisms of cancer development
• Vaccines for cancer treatment
• Treatment of heart disease
• Nerve injury and repair
• Diabetes
• Osteoarthritis
• Neurological diseases such as ALS,
• Parkinson’s Disease and Epilepsy
• Mechanisms of high blood pressure
• Mechanisms of blood clotting
• Obesity, dieting, and health
• Autoimmune diseases
Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC)
• Neuropsychiatric symptoms in OEF/OIF era veterans
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
• Genetic mechanisms of PTSD
• Brain activation and PTSD
• PTSD intervention and prevention approaches
• Symptoms and treatments related to schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and stress related disorders.
• Needs assessment of OEF/OIF veterans and their families
Rehabilitation Research
• Exercise counseling to improve function in older patients
• New methods for rehabilitation of stroke patients with memory problems
• Testing use of medications combined with physical therapy for stroke patients
• Cartilage and meniscus damage and repair
• Tele-rehabilitation to improve use of mobility aids and safety in the home
• Measuring changes in walking with various diseases
• Changes in cartilage and meniscus with arthritis
Contacts about program information:
GRECC
Dr. Ken Schmader
Interim GRECC Director,
Email: Scmad001@mc.duke.edu
Phone: (919) 286-0411 Ext. 6932
Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D)
Dr. Eugene Oddone
Director, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care
Email: Oddon001@mc.duke.edu
Phone: (919) 286-0411 Ext. 6936
Medical Research (Clinical Science Research & Biomedical Laboratory Research)
Bradley Olson
Administrative Officer, Medical Research
Email: Bradley.Olson@va.gov
Phone: Phone: (919) 286-0411 Ext. 6936
Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC)
Perry Whitted
Program Manager, V6 MIRECC
Email: Perry.Whitted@va.gov
Phone: (919) 286-0411 Ext. 5106
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