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News and Recognition

  • Dr. Diana Burgess published results of her LAMP trial in JAMA Internal Medicine (Aug 2024). This trial examined  two scalable, telehealth mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) versus usual care for Veterans with chronic pain. They found that both approaches to delivering MBIs could help accelerate the implementation of nonpharmacological pain treatment in the VA and other healthcare systems. This publication was featured in 24 news stories from 18 media outlets. Dr. Burgess was also invited to discuss findings on four podcasts/interviews (e.g., CBS Radio, Migraine Science Collaborative, PainRelief.com, and “The Mission Continues” podcast). https://jamanetwork.altmetric.com/details/166478995/news
  • Dr. Elisheva Danan and the Minneapolis Evidence Synthesis Program conducted a systematic review on treatments for genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM), funded by AHRQ and PCORI. In addition to the published AHRQ report, the review findings were published in Annals of Internal Medicine, presented at the Menopause Society Annual Meeting, and are being used by the American Urological Association to inform clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of GSM.  The primary review publication was featured in 12 media outlets, including Medscape and Helio, covered by both NEJM “Journal Watch” and JAMA “Medical News in Brief,” and has an Altmetric score of 88, ranking in the top 5% of all research outputs.  Annals of Internal Medicine also created a video summary of this study, and published an accompanying editorial. Helio developed an infographic of results and shared on their X (Twitter) account.
  • Dr. Arianne Baldomero conducted groundbreaking research on COPD care for Veterans in rural clinics, which found that longer drive time was associated with less frequent receipt of guideline-recommended health care services across multiple components of care. This work also identified barriers to COPD care in rural communities and disparities in outcomes for COPD patients in rural areas (e.g., more hospitalizations and deaths). In FY23, her work was published in 3 journal articles (JAMA Network Open, JGIM Special Issue on Veterans’ Access to Care, International Journal of COPD). It was also featured in over 7 media articles (e.g., Physicians Weekly, Healio), a video for the American Journal of Managed Care, and a VA ORD News Brief. Additionally, an abstract she presented at the 2022 CHEST conference was selected as one of 12 studies to be highlighted on a national-level press release. This work was personally recognized by the Minneapolis VAMC Director.
  • Dr. Anne Melzer was interviewed for "CHEST Advocate," a new publication by the American College of Chest physicians, to discuss her work in tobacco control and lung cancer screening implementation (Aug. 2023) https://www.chestnet.org/guidelines-and-topic-collections/publications/chest-advocates/serving-and-smoking
  • Dr. Areef Ishani presented results of his CSP-funded Diuretic Comparison Project (DCP) during the prestigious American Heart Association conference and completed a press interview with AHAScience News. An article describing the study and its clinical impact was also published in New Media Wire (Nov 2022).

Awards

  • Hildi Hagedorn, CCDOR core investigator, recently earned the HSR&D Health System Impact Award for her work to increase the implementation of evidence-based treatments for Veterans with substance use disorders. https://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/for_researchers/awards/hsrd_awards/awardees.cfm?award=2504
  • Anne Melzer received the Early Stage Investigator Project Award during Research Week at the Minneapolis VA
  • Elisheva Danan received the Distinguished Professor of Women’s Health Best Oral Abstract Award at SGIM 2023 for her abstract titled “VA patient and staff perspectives on self-collected testing for Human Papillomavirus (HPV)” (May 2023).
  • Allison Gustavson was awarded the Dorothy Briggs Memorial Scientific Inquiry Award which recognizes authors whose work have made measurable contribution to the knowledge base of physical therapy
  • Agnes Jensen, CCDOR Health Science Specialist, was awarded 2021 Civil Servant of the Year
  • Beth DeRonne, a Pharmacist on several CCDOR studies, was awarded 2019 Civil Servant of the Year
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