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CCDOR Fellows

Daniel Elchert, PhD, LP
Licensed Psychologist/HSR Fellow

Daniel completed a PhD and MA from the Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations at the University of Iowa. After graduate school, he served as a Science & Technology Policy Fellow through the American Association for the Advancement of Science with appointments in the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (Majority) and the National Science Board of the National Science Foundation. Most recently, he was CEO of the National Register of Health Service Psychologists, a non-profit credentialing organization for health service psychologists.

Research Interests:

  • Mental and behavioral health
  • Measurement and statistics
  • Science and technology policy
  • Health professions education

Education:

  • BA, Psychology, St. Olaf College
  • MA, Measurement and Statistics, University of Iowa
  • PhD, Counseling Psychology, University of Iowa

Jillian (Jill) Nelson, PhD
VAQS Fellow

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Jill graduated from George Mason University with a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology. Her clinical and research interests lie in eating disorders and co-occurring psychopathology, including PTSD, substance use, and NSSI. During fellowship, Jill wishes to expand her research training in treatment implementation and dissemination, program development, and healthcare improvement. She aims to focus on developing a multidisciplinary eating disorders program at the Minneapolis VA to provide education to medical providers and Veterans, and improve the assessment and treatment of Veterans with eating disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions.

Research Interests:

  • Eating disorders
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder
  • Comorbidity
  • Transdiagnostic mechanisms

Education:

  • BS, Neuroscience, U of MN Twin Cities
  • PhD, Clinical Psychology, George Mason University
Check out a full publication list on Google Scholar.

Lyndsay Thompson, DNP, RN, AGCNS-BC
VAQS Fellow

 Lyndsay Thompson

Lyndsay is a Clinical Nurse Specialist. Her focus during her fellowship is engaging in quality improvement projects related to nursing care, implementing care delivery models, and quality metrics tracked within the VA system. One of her main projects currently is assisting in the implementation of a pressure injury prevention initiative for MVAHCS.

Research Interests:

  • Quality improvement
  • Process improvement
  • Geriatric care
  • Integrative health

Education:

  • BSN, Nursing, U of MN Twin Cities
  • DNP, Nursing, U of MN Twin Cities
  • Integrative Therapies and Healing Practices (graduate minor), U of MN Twin Cities
Check out a full publication list on Google Scholar.

Xong Yalo DNP, APRN, AGNP-C
VAQS Fellow

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Xong Yalo is a primary care adult-gerontology nurse practitioner. As a VA quality scholars fellow, Xong has a broad area of interest and is excited to focus on disease/disorder related quality improvement projects with a special interest in geriatrics.

Research Interests:

  • Quality improvement
  • Process improvement
  • Disease/Disorder-related QI
  • Geriatric care

Education:

  • BSN, Nursing, St. Catherine University
  • MSN, Nursing, St. Catherine University
  • DNP, Nursing, St. Catherine University