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May 31, 2024
HSR Announces Recipient of Best Research Paper of the Year Award
David Chan, Jr., MD, PhD
Congratulations to David Chan, Jr., MD, PhD, an investigator with HSR’s Center for Innovation to Implementation (Ci2i) and VA Palo Alto Health Care, on receiving the 2023 HSR Best Research Paper Award! The award honors an article or collection of articles that result from one or more HSR- or QUERI-funded investigations. Research studies must involve Veterans and be relevant to Veterans’ health and care, as well as to the VA healthcare system.
Dr. Chan received the 2023 HSR Best Research Paper Award for a paper he wrote with colleagues: “Is There a VA Advantage? Evidence from Dually Eligible Veterans.” Published in American Economic Review, the paper reports on a study of public versus private provision of healthcare for Veterans aged 65 and older who may receive care provided by VA and in private hospitals financed by Medicare. The study found that VA reduces 28-day mortality by 46 percent and that these survival gains are persistent. VA also reduces 28-day spending by 21 percent and delivers strikingly different reported services relative to private hospitals.
HSR thanks Dr. Chan for his outstanding work and contribution to the literature, which help VA improve the quality of healthcare for all Veterans.
HSR also thanks the Best Research Paper of the Year nominees for their important work and contributions to the field of health services research:
- Eric Apaydin, PhD, MPP, MS, of HSR’s Center for Healthcare Innovation, Implementation, and Policy (CSHIIP), for the article “Veterans Health Administration (VA) vs. Non-VA Healthcare Quality: A Systematic Review.” Journal of General Internal Medicine. April 2023.
- Matthew Bair, MD, MSHS, of HSR’s Center for Health Information and Communication (CHIC), for the article “Effect of Medication Optimization vs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Among U.S. Veterans with Chronic Low Back Pain Receiving Long-Term Opioid Therapy: A Randomized Clinical Trial.” JAMA Network Open. November 2022.
- Elizabeth Burkhart, PhD, of HSR’s Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare (CINCCH), for the article “Development of A Decision Support Tool to Prevent Community Acquired Pressure Injuries for Use in the Spinal Cord Injury Clinic Using the Delphi Technique.” Spinal Cord. October 2023.
- Brandon Griffin, PhD, of HSR’s Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research (CeMHOR), for the article “The Moral Injury and Distress Scale: Psychometric Evaluation and Initial Validation in Three High-Risk Populations.” Psychological Trauma. June 2023.
- Katherine Hoerster, PhD, MPH, of HSR’s Seattle-Denver Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care (DiSCoVVR), for the article “Effect of a Remotely Delivered Self-Directed Behavioral Intervention on Body Weight and Physical Health Status Among Adults with Obesity: The D-ELITE Randomized Clinical Trial.” JAMA. December 2022.
- Denise Hynes, PhD, of HSR’s Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC), for the article “Risk of Suicide-Related Outcomes After COVID Infection: Outcomes from an Emulated Trial of a Nationwide Observational Matched Cohort of U.S. Veterans.” Journal of General Internal Medicine. October 2023.
- Audrey Jones, PhD, of HSR’s Informatics, Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences Center (IDEAS), for the article “Quality of Depression Care for Veterans Affairs Primary Care Patients with Experiences of Homelessness.” Journal of General Internal Medicine. February 2023.
- Galina Portnoy, PhD, of HSR’s Pain Research, Informatics, Multimorbidities, and Education (PRIME) Center, for the article “Screening for Intimate Partner Violence Experience and Use in the Veterans Health Administration.” JAMA Network Open. October 2023.
- Sameer Saini, MD, MS, of HSR’s Center for Clinical Management Research (CCMR), for the article “Personalized Multilevel Intervention for Improving Appropriate Use of Colorectal Cancer Screening in Older Adults: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.” JAMA Internal Medicine. December 2023.
- Marilyn Schapira, MD, MPH, of HSR’s Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP), for the article “Lung Cancer Screening Decision Aid Designed for a Primary Care Setting: A Randomized Clinical Trial.” JAMA Network Open. August 2023.
- Sarah Wilson, PhD, of HSR’s Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT), for the article “Rolling Out PRIDE in All Who Served: Barriers and Facilitators for Sites Implementing an LGBTQ+ Health Education Group for Military Veterans.” Journal of General Internal Medicine. June 2023.
