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Full Accreditation,
Awarded September 2008
The mission for VAPHS is to care for America's veterans by providing excellent health care, training their future providers, and advancing medical knowledge through research. VAPHS also has the distinction of being awarded for National Centers of Excellence:
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP) develops and supports research, education, policy making, and dissemination that focuses on disparities related to race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and comorbid illness in patients with conditions prevalent in the veteran population, such as cardiovascular disease, HIV, and alcohol and substance abuse;
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) facilitate research to investigate barriers to care in the elderly in an effort to determine why therapies that are known to be effective are not uniformly applied;
Mental Illness Research Education Clinical Center (MIRECC) is a national VA research program focused on mental health care, and the VISN 4 MIRECC focuses specifically on comorbid general medical, mental health, and/or substance use disorders;
Wheelchairs and Associated Rehabilitation Engineering (WARE) and the Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL), a part of WARE, seek to continuously improve the mobility and function of people with disabilities through advanced engineering in clinical research and medical rehabilitation.
VAPHS has research activities involving
more than 123 investigators. Major disciplines are represented in over 260 projects. Major research emphasis includes clinical trials, clinical science research, health services research, rehabilitation research and related technologies, basic science, and animal research.
In FY 2006, VAPHS received approximately 24 million dollars in research funding from VA Health Services and Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), private funding sources, and various pharmaceutical companies.
- Research Office Administrative
Contact Information
- Veterans Information on Research
- Research Investigators and Staff Information
Participation in Research
"I'm a Veteran. Should I Participate
in Research?"
These materials provide basic information about VA research and summarize Veterans' rights and welfare. The materials cover topics such as:
- What is a research study?
- Are there benefits to being
in a research study?
- Are there risks or side effects in
a research study?
- What questions should
I ask before I agree to take part
in a research study?
- What is informed consent?
Information Booklet
Handout
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Contact Information
Research Office
Research & Development
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
7180 Highland Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Ali F. Sonel, MD, FACC, FACP
Research & Development
Associate Chief of Staff
(412) 954-5381
Nicholas Squeglia
Administrative Officer, R&DD
(412) 954-5387
Research Investigators &
Staff Information
Research Committees
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Acting Chair - George Doughtry, MD
IRB Coordinator - Kathleen Parks
Research & Development Committee
Chair- Gretchen Haas, PhD
Contact Person- Shannon Reichel
Institutional Biosafety
Committee (IBC)
Chair- Miguel Estevez, MD
Contact Person- Elizabeth Toth
Institutional Animal Care &
Use Committee (IACUC)
Chair- Patricia Eagon, PhD
Contact Person- Elizabeth Toth
Please bookmark the following link
below for further guidance regarding research at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System:
If you have any comments, concerns or complaints regarding research conducted within the VAPHS please contact the Office of Research.
Phone: 412-954-5381
E-mail: VHAPTHResearchCompliance@va.gov
Postal address:
Research and Development
7180 Highland Drive,
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Your communication will be acknowledged and handled as confidential.
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