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Dr. Richard M. Frankel is a qualitative health services researcher whose findings and original care delivery models have influenced the mechanics and culture of care in health systems as large as Kaiser Permanente. Dr. Frankel’s research examines patient-physician communication, non-verbal behavior and exam room computing during the medical encounter, health literacy, medical error, and patient safety.
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Investigator dahaggst@iupui.edu |
Dr. David A. Haggstrom is a General Internist and Physician Scientist at the Roudebush VAMC Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Center of Excellence in Implementing Evidence-Based Practice (CIEBP), a Research Scientist at the Regenstrief Institute,* and Assistant Professor at Indiana University*. Dr. Haggstrom completed Internal Medicine residency training at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center* and served as Ambulatory Care Chief Resident at the Milwaukee VAMC. More recently, he completed research fellowships at the National Cancer Institute* and University of California, San Francisco*, where he also earned a Master's of Advanced Studies in Clinical Research. Dr. Haggstrom's research applies transdisciplinary methods to health care delivery across the cancer continuum. For breast and colorectal cancer, he has studied cancer-screening, treatment, and follow-up care among cancer survivors. His areas of expertise include cancer health services and implementation research, quality improvement and evaluation of the collaborative and chronic care models, health care disparities, and patient-provider communication. Dr. Haggstrom also has applied research interests in medical informatics and personal health records. He is a Staff Physician at the Indianapolis VAMC.
Laura J. Myers, PhD
Dr. Myers’ research involves the use of administrative and clinical databases to (1) investigate healthcare quality in persons with comorbid medical and psychiatric conditions, with a particular emphasis on cancer, diabetes, and depression; (2) examine the quality and delivery of healthcare across the cancer continuum; and (3) develop methodology/algorithms to identify cancer cases. Her related research interests also include database methodology, outcomes research, cancer survivorship research, pharmacoepidemiology, psychiatric epidemiology, methods for database linkages, and testing the validity and reliability of information contained in disease registries. |
Investigator krebse@iupui.edu |
Dr. Erin E. Krebs is a General Internist, Physician Scientist at the Roudebush VAMC Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Center of Excellence in Implementing Evidence-Based Practice (CIEBP) and Regenstrief Institute, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Indiana University. Along with Center colleagues, Dr. Krebs has been at the forefront of research in chronic pain management in the primary care setting and overlap syndromes, especially pain and PTSD.
Dr. Krebs completed her fellowship as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she also earned her MPH in Health Care & Prevention. She is committed to strengthening the evidence-based standard of care for pain management and to developing and testing practical, cost-effective pain management tools for primary care. Dr. Krebs’ related research interests include mental health conditions that are commonly comorbid with chronic pain, pain measurement, and women’s health. She is a Staff Physician in the IU Center of Excellence in Women’s Health and Roudebush VA primary care clinics. Dr. Krebs completed Internal Medicine residency training at the University of Minnesota and served as Chief Resident at the Minneapolis VAMC.
Jason J. Saleem, PhD
Dr. Jason J. Saleem is a Research Scientist with the VA HSR&D Center on Implementing Evidence-based Practice, Roudebush VAMC and Assistant Research Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, IUPUI. His current research involves application of human factors engineering to enhance clinical information systems, including electronic decision support, as well as redesign of healthcare processes for improved safety. Dr. Saleem received his Ph.D. from the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at Virginia Tech in 2003, specializing in human factors. He earned an M.S. degree from Virginia Tech’s ISE Department and a B.S. degree from the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Industrial Engineering. During his graduate training and post-graduate experience, Dr. Saleem has been involved in the study and design of systems in complex domains such as industry, aviation, and healthcare, and has contributed original human factors investigations to the literature in each of these areas. |
mpsalyer@iupui.edu |
Dr. Michelle P. Salyers is a clinical psychologist and mental health services researcher focused specifically on implementing evidence-based practices for psychiatric rehabilitation, quality of care, and illness self-management. She has several federally-funded research and implementation projects, which examine Assertive Community Treatment and Illness Management and Recovery. She is Co-Director of the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Center of Indiana*, a state-funded technical assistance program for implementing community-based solutions for adults with severe mental illnesses.
She is Associate Research Professor in the Department of Psychology* of IUPUI. Dr. Salyers completed a clinical internship at Dartmouth Medical School, and was a NASMHPD Research Institute* postdoctoral fellow at the New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center. She serves on the Implementation and Management Research review panel for the Scientific Merit Review Board* of the VA Health Services Research and Development Service.
Arlene A. Schmid, PhD, OTR
Dr. Arlene A. Schmid, a rehabilitation scientist, is involved in the VA Stroke QUERI and is interested in stroke rehabilitation and the development of fear of falling after stroke. She was previously funded as both a VA pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellow. Dr. Schmid has received a VA Career Development Award through RR&D and will be studying changes in social participation and community re-integration after stroke. Additionally, Dr. Schmid is working to develop a fear of falling and balance intervention for veterans who have survived a stroke. Dr. Schmid completed her occupational therapy BS/MS degree in Buffalo, NY and has been an occupational therapist for over 11 years. She received her PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Florida in 2005. In addition to her roles with the VA, Dr. Schmid is an Assistant Professor in the Indiana University Department of Occupational Therapy and is an affiliated scientist with the Indiana University Center for Aging Research. |
Investigator linwilli@iupui.edu |
Dr. Linda S. Williams is the Research Coordinator of the VA Stroke QUERI and Chief of Neurology for the Roudebush VAMC. She has developed a national reputation as a neurology health services researcher working to implement evidence to improve stroke care and outcomes.
Dr. Williams has developed the Stroke-Specific Quality of Life Scale (SS-QOL) and has conducted multiple federally-funded studies including a 5-year NINDS-funded study of a case management intervention for patients with post-stroke depression.
As Stroke Coordinator of the VA Stroke QUERI, she is instrumental in developing its research and implementation agenda, and she co-leads the QUERI’s goal group on stroke rehabilitation and recovery. Dr. Williams has received VA HSR&D funding for an implementation study to evaluate the effectiveness of extending the existing primary-care based annual depression screening tool to screen veterans for post-stroke depression. She is also co-PI on a project to examine existing tools to improve post-stroke risk factor management and a project to develop an electronic decision support tool to improve VA inpatient stroke care. Dr. Williams is committed both as a researcher and as a clinician to improving the quality of care for veterans with stroke, and to advancing the science of implementation by testing implementation intervention strategies in real world settings.
Dr. Williams completed medical school at Indiana University School of Medicine, and her neurology residency at the University of Rochester. She then completed fellowship training at Indiana University in Cerebrovascular Disease and Health Services Research. In addition to her roles at the VA, Dr. Williams is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Indiana University School of Medicine and a Research Scientist at the Regenstrief Institute, Inc.
Alan Zillich, PharmD
Dr. Alan J. Zillich is a Research Scientist at the Roudebush VA Center for Excellence in Implementing Evidence-Based Practices and Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Purdue University. He also holds appointments as Affiliate Research Scientist at the Indiana University Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research and Regenstrief Institute. He earned a bachelor of science in pharmacy and doctor of pharmacy degree from Purdue University. He also completed 2 years of clinical pharmacy residency training with an emphasis in primary care at the University of Kentucky and a two-year outcomes/health services research fellowship at the University of Iowa. Dr. Zillich’s research interests involve (1) the roles of professional collaborative relationships between pharmacists and other health care providers; and (2) the effectiveness of pharmacy-based services on improved medication prescribing, patient safety, and patient health outcomes, and (3) methods to improve prescribing and utilization of medications. His recent Research Career Development Award will support this work by examining factors associated with evidence-based medication prescribing in VA primary care. |
Fellow
Dr. Elaine R. Lipscomb received her doctorate in nutrition science from Purdue University. She has previous work experience as a Program Coordinator for a CDC-funded, state-based diabetes prevention and control program. Her research interests include primary prevention of obesity-related diseases and diabetes management, and translational and implementation research. She will primarily focus on the Managing Overweight/Obesity in Veterans Everywhere (MOVE) program during her fellowship.
Dr. Alissa L. Russ joined the Roudebush VAMC as an Associated Health Postdoctoral Fellow after receiving her doctorate from the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University in August 2007. During her graduate studies, she investigated the mechanisms behind renal ischemia and received several awards including the Geddes-Laufman-Greatbatch Award, Dimitris N.Chorafas Prize, and National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Ed Program (NSF-IGERT) Fellowship. In addition, Dr. Russ completed a clinical internship in nephrology/pediatric urology, which motivated her to explore how her expertise could be used to enhance patient care.
As a biomedical engineer, Dr. Russ brings a unique interdisciplinary perspective to the VAMC Health Services Research & Development Center. She is committed to improving healthcare systems and promoting cross-disciplinary research. Her research interests include the following: preventing adverse events associated with high-alert medications; applying human factors engineering to understand and improve medical systems; and developing novel mechanisms to enhance patient safety.
Dr. Rebekah Fox received her Ph.D. in Rhetorical Studies and Organizational Communication fromPurdue Universityin 2008. Her research domains include social and environmental movement persuasion, collective rhetoric, narrative theory, Communities of Practice (with specific attention to the nursing community), and high-reliability organizations. She employs a wide range of methodologies and will be focusing on network and cultural analysis, and MRSA reduction during her time as a fellow.
Dr. Kathleen Abrahamson received her Ph.D. in sociology from Purdue University in 2008. She is also a Registered Nurse with eleven years of clinical experience. Dr. Abrahamson’s research interests include psychosocial distress among cancer patients, issues surrounding long term care delivery, and the organization of nursing work. Her fellowship research currently focuses upon the Cancer Care Engineering project, as well as an examination of programs which address the quality of nursing home care.
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Reviewed/Updated Date: January 6, 2009 |