Supporting our returning Veterans

VA researchers are working to make discoveries that will help Veterans with upper-limb amputation regain the function of their lost limbs. At the Providence VA Medical Center in Rhode Island, Dr. Linda Resnik and colleagues asked Veterans who had an upper-limb amputation to test the revolutionary DEKA arm at home. Read more

Dr. Katherine Iverson is a clinical psychologist and researcher in the Women's Health Division of the National Center for PTSD, located at the VA Boston Healthcare System. Her research focuses on women's health and trauma—in particular, intimate partner violence in women Veterans. Read more

Dr. Joseph Frank is a primary care physician and researcher at the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System in Denver. His research is focused on improving the safety and effectiveness of chronic pain care for Veterans. As a physician, he is particularly interested in how VA can provide chronic pain care in primary care settings. Read more

Nearly a third of U.S. Veterans experience clinically significant PTSD symptoms in their lifetime. Data taken from "High burden of subthreshold DSM-5 post-traumatic stress disorder in U.S. military veterans," World Psychiatry, June 2016.

Dr. Christine Timko is a research scientist at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. She will study the effectiveness of a new treatment to help Veterans with alcohol use disorders who transition from the hospital to an outpatient setting. Read more

Investigators at the Iowa City VA Health Care System in Iowa, are investigating the relationship between sexual assault, combat-related trauma, and infertility in male and female Veterans. Read more

A research team at the Atlanta VA Medical Center aims to find out if yoga can help with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in women Veterans. Dr. Ursula Kelly has started a clinical trial to study the benefits of yoga for Veterans who have experienced military sexual trauma and who also have PTSD. Read more

Researchers at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System examined the use of photography to help homeless or marginally housed Veterans express their feelings about their health. Most study participants said they felt positive about their experiences taking photographs. Read more

Veterans with upper-limb loss can benefit from using an advanced prosthesis like the DEKA arm, at least for part of their day, say researchers at the Providence VA Medical Center in Rhode Island. Read more

National Guard members can experience unique challenges when returning to the United States and their civilian lives. Researchers with the VA Ann Arbor Health Care System interviewed 78 OEF/OIF National Guard service members about their experiences with reintegration. Read more

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• Dr. David Atkins and Dr. Carolyn Clancy: Advancing high performance in Veterans health care

• VA researcher Ann McKee named Bostonian of the Year
• VA psychiatrist Dr. Elaine Peskind receives Paul B. Magnuson Award
• VA researcher receives DAV special recognition award
• HSR&D; Announces Best Research Paper of the Year Award Recipients