The Elizabeth Dole Center of Excellence for Veteran and Caregiver Research

Overview

• The Elizabeth Dole Center of Excellence (EDCoE) is a VA HSR-funded virtual center of excellence with the goals to expand VA capacity to enable Veterans to remain safely in their homes for as long as possible, and to support family and unpaid caregivers who are critical to successfully managing Veterans’ health conditions at home.
• Our multi-disciplinary team of multidisciplinary clinicians, health system researchers, and operational partners across seven VAMCs (San Antonio, TX; Salt Lake City, UT; Miami, FL; Palo Alto, CA; Durham, NC; Memphis, TN; Bronx, NY) collaborate to support excellence in innovation, evaluation, implementation, dissemination of best practices, and training of future generation of researchers.
• The work led by this unique center will enable a cycle of improvement that is vital to transform the VA into a Learning Healthcare System, and that will enable the VA to meet the needs of Veterans and caregivers in the decades to come.

EDCoE Aims

Aim 1	Implement and assess innovative interventions to improve home-and community-based services at each of the EDCoE VAMCs, using a hybrid implementation/effectiveness approach to evaluate feasibility and impact.
Aim 2	Develop, validate and refine targeted measures for evaluating home-and-community-based services based on Veteran, caregiver, and operational priorities.
Aim 3	Better match home-and community-based services based on Veterans’ and caregiver’s needs.
Aim 4	Identify and assess underrepresented caregivers, including youth, non-family caregivers, and survivors.
Aim 5	1. Expand VA capacity to deliver and assess home-and-community-based services and caregiver supports through disseminating findings 2. Support the development of the next generation of caregiver researchers

Leadership & Investigators

The Center consists of a multidisciplinary team that takes advantage of HSR’s virtual network of nationally recognized VA investigators and their university affiliates.

South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie Murphy VAMC, San Antonio, TX

Luci K. Leykum, MD, MBA, MSc, Director and PI Luci.Leykum@va.gov

Roxana Delgado, PhD, MS, PNAP, Co-I Roxana.Delgado@va.gov

Jacquelyn Roberson, MS, Program Manager Jacquelyn.Thompson@va.gov

VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT

Erin Bouldin, PhD, MPH, Co-I, Site PI and Lead, Data Analytic Core Erin.Bouldin1@va.gov

MaryJo (MJ) Pugh, PhD, RN, Co-I MaryJo.Pugh2@va.gov

Randall Rupper, MD, MPH, Co-I Randall.Rupper@va.gov

Miami VA Healthcare System, Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, Miami, FL

Stuti Dang, MD, MPH, Site PI and Lead, Innovation Core Stuti.Dang@va.gov

VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA

Ranak Trivedi, PhD, Site PI and Director of Pipeline Development Ranak.Trivedi@va.gov

Durham VA Health Care System, Durham, NC

Megan Shepherd-Banigan, PhD, MPH, Site PI Megan.Shepherd-Banigan@va.gov

VA Memphis Healthcare System, Lt Col. Luke Weathers, Jr. VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN

Jennifer Martindale-Adams, PhD, Site PI Jennifer.Martindale-Adams@va.gov

VA Bronx Healthcare System, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Orna Intrator, PhD, Site PI Orna.Intrator@va.gov

Contact Us

Interested in learning more about the EDCoE? Please contact us below:

Luci Leykum, MD, MBA, MSc, Director and PI: Luci.Leykum@va.gov

Jacquelyn Roberson, MS: Jacquelyn.Thompson@va.gov

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