CCDOR Fellows
Rebecca Brown, PhD, MEd, RN Rebecca Brown is a nurse scientist. The focus of her dissertation research was to expand recognition of peripheral artery disease (PAD) symptoms with the ultimate goal of improving detection and treatment of individuals with PAD. In her work, she uses quantitative and qualitative research methods to generate new knowledge and works with interdisciplinary teams to comprehensively translate science into practice. Her next area of research focuses on screening, clinical decision support, and symptom management for Veterans with PAD. |
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Collin Calvert, PhD, MPH Collin Calvert is a social epidemiologist and methodologist. His research interests include policy outcome evaluation, substance use, cancer, violence and injuries, and chronic pain. He has assisted with and led studies on a variety of topics, including interventions to prevent cognitive decline, awareness of alcohol as a cause of cancer, the effects of marijuana legalization on traffic crashes, and methods for preventing gun violence. Having employed and taught both quantitative and qualitative research methods, Collin strives to explain complex concepts clearly to a broad audience. |
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Renee Colsch, PhD, RN, SCRN, CQ Renee is a nurse scientist, associate professor, and OIF Air Force veteran. Her research interests are in women’s health, quality of life, sex differences, stroke and cardiovascular disease. Specifically, she aims to reduce health inequities among stroke and disenfranchised minority women and veteran women through symptomatology health promotion and prevention. Renee is an active member in the American Heart and Stroke Association and an active community member for the Combat Veterans Association. |
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Patrick Cruitt, PhD Patrick is a VA Quality Scholar (VAQS) Fellow and clinical psychologist. He is interested in interprofessional collaboration and improving mental health care in integrated settings. His research focuses on personality assessment, personality functioning in later life, and the interaction between personality and stressful life events (e.g., unemployment) in predicting health outcomes. |
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Jillian Fish, PhD Jill Fish, PhD is a counseling psychologist. The focus of her research and clinical practice is transforming social institutions to be more just and equitable for Native American and Indigenous peoples. Towards this end, she strives to integrate science, practice, and culture in her work, in which she uses innovative story-based strategies, traditional medicines, and cultural modalities of healing to promote the health and well-being of Native American and Indigenous peoples. She is a member of the Tuscarora Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. |
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Jessica Friedman, PhD, MPH, MSc Jessica Friedman is an Epidemiologist and Health Services Researcher. Her research focuses on reproductive health and the intersections of chronic pain management and mental health. She is currently developing a portfolio of research focused on reproductive autonomy and gendered dimensions of trauma and chronic pain. In addition to her research, she is actively engaged in several quality improvement and evaluation initiatives to improve health outcomes for Veterans. |
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Wendy Miller, MD Dr. Miller is a general internist with an interest in in addiction research, specifically access to medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder. Her current research focus areas are addiction treatment implementation and reducing harms. |
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Alexander Thompson, DNP, PMHNP-BC Alex is psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. His primary practice experience is with patients who have severe mental illness. Prior to completion of his DNP degree at the University of Minnesota he worked as an inpatient psychiatric nurse on a high-acuity unit. Primary areas of interest for research and quality improvement including psychiatric care delivery, methods for patient engagement and activation for patients with severe acute psychiatric symptoms and innovations in psychiatric nursing practice. |
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Past CCDOR Fellow (last 5 years)
Fellowship Years / Type | Position after CCDOR | Website | |
Amanda Christensen, BS, RN, DNP | 2020-2022/ VAQS | ||
Allison Gustavson, PhD | 2019-2021 / HSR | Investigator, CCDOR | NIH |
Joyce Brettner, DNP, MAHS, RN-BC | 2019-2021 / VAQS | Assistant Professor in Nursing, St. Catherine University | |
Noah Venables, PhD | 2019-2020 / VAQS | Investigator, CCDOR | Google Scholar |
Patrick Hammett, MA, PhD | 2018-2020 / HSR | Statistician, CCDOR | Google Scholar Page |
Lauren Mitchell, PhD | 2018-2020 / HSR | Assistant Professor, Emmanuel College, Boston MA | Google Scholar Page |
Kerry Sheets, MD | 2018-2020 / HSR | Geriatrics Faculty at Hennepin Healthcare | Google Scholar Page |
Elizabeth Goldsmith, MD, MS | 2017-2019 / HSR | Investigator, CCDOR | Google Scholar Page |
Helen Valensten-Mah, PhD | 2017-2018 / HSR | Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow, Minneapolis VA Health Care System | Google Scholar Page |
Erika Pinsker, PhD, MPH | 2016-2018 / HSR | Research Scientist III, California Tobacco Control Program, California Department of Public Health | Google Scholar Page |