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The VA San Diego Healthcare System’s Research & Development Service is one of the largest programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Four VASDHS investigators have received the William S. Middleton Award – the highest national VA research award – for their cutting edge and influential contributions to the study of kidney function, HIV/AIDS, alcohol/drug addiction and memory.
Among the largest research programs in the VA system:
- Over $55 million in research funding in 2011
- Over 200 principal investigators
- Over 500 research projects
Improving Patient care:
- Research focuses on Veteran health issues
- Staff stay abreast of medical breakthroughs
- Research attracts top quality physicians
- Participation in many large scale clinical studies
Areas of Research:
- Alcoholism & Addiction
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Anxiety Disorders
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Dermatology
- Diabetes
- Geropsychiatry
- Hearing Loss
- HIV/AIDS
- Infectious Diseases
- Liver Disease
- Lung Disease
- Memory
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- Mood Disorders
- Nursing
- OEF/OIF/OND Veteran Issues
- Pain Management
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Rehabilitation
- Shingles Vaccine
- Sleep Disorders
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Stroke
- Telemedicine
- Tobacco Cessation
- Traumatic Brain Injury
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Special research programs:
- Center of Excellence for Stress & Mental Health (CESAMH)
- Health Services Research & Development (HR&SD)
- Mental Illness Rehabilitation, Education, and Clinical Centers (MIRECC)
- VA Women’s Health Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN)
- Consortium on Spinal Cord Injury
- Million Veterans Program
- Center for Metabolic Research*
- Center for AIDS Research*
- Center on Interoceptive Dysregulation in Addiction*
* UCSD/VA San Diego Collaboration
For more information call (858) 552-8585, extension 7015.
The Veterans Medical Research Foundation (VMRF)
Founded as a non-profit corporation in 1989, it administers additional funds for research studies at the VA San Diego Healthcare System.
- Over $20 million annual budget
- Partially funds 112 VA researchers
- Is one of the largest of 84 active VA Foundations in the nation
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