Pre-Funded HSR&D Studies

Below are the projects that were selected for funding. These projects are currently going through the JIT compliance process and abstracts for these projects will become available on an individual basis as they receive funding.

NOTE: Abstracts for the pre-funded projects listed here will be available once they receive funding.

Project No.	Title	PI	Station
CDA 21-209	Patient-centered Quality Measurement for Opioid Use Disorder	Kelley, Alan	Salt Lake City, UT
CDA 22-041	Addressing Under- and Overuse of Colorectal Neoplasia Surveillance Among Veterans	Maratt, Jennifer	Indianapolis, IN
CDA 22-140	Veteran-Centered Transformation of Pulmonary Hypertension Organization into a Regional Model of Care in VA (TRANSPHORM-VA)	Gillmeyer, Kari	Boston, MA
CDA 22-194	Addressing Health Equity in Tobacco Cessation Treatment for Historically Underrepresented Veterans	Dawson, Darius	Houston, TX
CDA 22-197	VA's virtual care initiatives and suicide prevention	Gujral, Kritee	Palo Alto, CA
IIR 21-040	Reducing Veterans' Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Through Pharmacogenomics Informed Statin Prescribing	Voora, Deepak	Durham, NC
IIR 21-177	Transition to Cardiac Rehabilitation (T2CR) to Address Barriers of Multimorbidity and Frailty	Forman, Daniel	Pittsburgh, PA
IIR 22-011	Improving Value through Comprehensive Episodes of Emergency Care for Veterans	Kocher, Keith	Ann Arbor, MI
IIR 22-013	Type I Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of Primary Care Brief Mindfulness Training for Veterans	Possemato, Kyle	Syracuse, NY
IIR 22-033	Project OASIS: Optimizing Approaches to Select Implementation Strategies	Rogal, Shari	Pittsburgh, PA
IIR 22-062	The Impact of a Transitional Pain Service on Reducing Chronic Opioid Use Among Veterans Using Community Care for Orthopedic Surgery	Brooke, Benjamin	Salt Lake City, UT
IIR 22-070	Enhancing an Intervention for Smokers with Chronic Pain using IVR: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Smoking Cessation Counseling for Veterans	Bastian, Lori	West Haven, CT
IIR 22-071	Testing the Effectiveness of NAFLD Clinical Care Pathway in VA Primary Care	El-Serag, Hashem	Houston, TX
IIR 22-090	Randomized trial of Veteran peer navigators to promote Shared Decision Making for PSA screening	Makarov, Danil	New York, NY
IIR 22-132	Implementation of Innovative Treatment for Moral Injury Syndrome: A Hybrid Type 2 Study	Pyne, Jeffrey	No. Little Rock, AR
IIR 22-134	Homemaker Home Health Aide Use and Veteran-Centered Outcomes	Van Houtven, Courtney	Durham, NC
IIR 22-141	Combining a Smartphone App with Medications to Manage Heavy Drinking	Hawkins, Eric	Seattle, WA
IIR 22-144	Increasing Veterans' Social Engagement and Connectedness (CONNECTED)	Eliacin, Johanne	Indianapolis, IN
IIR 22-154	A learning health system approach to using Artificial Intelligence Enabled Decision Support (AEDS) for medication optimization in Veteran Care: An Immunosuppressants use case	Waljee, Akbar	Ann Arbor, MI
IIR 22-158	Improving Quality of End-of-Life Care for Veterans Receiving Hospice in Community Nursing Homes	Wachterman, Melissa	Boston, MA
IIR 22-163	Implementing a Decision Support Tool to prevent Community-Acquired Pressure Injury in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) in the Spinal Cord Injury Clinic	Burkhart, Elizabeth	Hines, IL
IIR 22-169	Multilevel Veteran-centric Intervention to Improve Precision Oncology	Becker, Daniel	New York, NY
IIR 22-171	Reducing Evictions, Homelessness, and Poor Health Outcomes Among Washington State Veterans: Integrating Novel State Data into Analytic and Predictive Models of Housing Insecurity	Hebert, Paul	Seattle, WA
IIR 22-172	Advancing Decisions about Virtual Service Encounters (ADViSE)	Kullgren, Jeffrey	Ann Arbor, MI
IIR 22-193	Lung Cancer Screening for Veterans Enrolled in Community Care: Modifiable Mechanisms to Improve Patient-Centered Outcomes	Slatore, Christopher	Portland, OR
IIR 22-199	Equity-Focused Implementation of LGBTQ-Affirmative Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Hybrid Implementation-Effectiveness Trial	Wilson, Sarah	Durham, NC
IIR 22-201	Understanding perceived access and receipt of gender-affirming treatments among transgender Veterans	Jasuja, Guneet	Bedford, MA
IIR 22-204	Surveillance of Modifiable Social Determinants of Health for Prioritizing Wraparound Supports	Yu, Hong	Bedford, MA
IIR 22-221	Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches to Improve TBI Outcomes in Veterans	Zeng, Qing	Washington, DC
IIR 23-012	Advancing Health Equity by Understanding the Impact of Race on PTSD Symptom Improvement Following Evidence-Based Psychotherapy	Maguen, Shira	San Francisco, CA
IIR 23-020	Harnessing Active Relationships within VA ICUs to Engage Surrogates and Care Teams (HARVEST)	Valley, Thomas	Ann Arbor, MI
IIR 23-061	Evaluating the Impact of Medical Foster Home Coordinator Effort and Experience on Costs	Veazie, Peter	Canandaigua, NY
PPO 22-161	Co-Design and Pilot testing of Peer-led Community Outreach to Improve Equity, Veteran-Centeredness and Uptake of Lung Cancer Screening	Wiener, Renda	Boston, MA
PPO 22-211	Mental Health Clinician / Chaplain Collaboration (MC3): A Pilot Study	Pyne, Jeffrey	No. Little Rock, AR
PPO 23-029	A Pilot Feasibility and Acceptability Study of a Relational Playbook and Coaching Intervention for Cardiology Teams to Enhance Employee Well-being and Veteran Care	Gilmartin, Heather	Aurora, CO
PPO 23-045	Systems Analysis of Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention during the COVID-19 Pandemic	Keating, Julie	Madison, WI
SDR 21-267	Virtual Hope Box Enhanced Facilitation in High-Risk Suicidal Veterans	Bagge, Courtney	Ann Arbor, MI
SDR 22-148	Incentivizing Lethal Means Safety Among Veterans at Risk for Suicide	Khazanov, Gabriela	Philadelphia, PA
SDR 23-066	Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial of VA S.A.V.E. Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training for Veterans' Close Supports	Teo, Alan	Portland, OR
POU 23-001	EVOLVE: Emulated trial of the VOice study for improving pain and reducing Long-term opioid use for VEterans	Edmond, Sara	West Haven, CT
CDA 24-112	Improving the Telehealth Delivery of Care for Older Veterans with Cancer and Cognitive Impairment	Huang, Li-Wen	San Francisco, CA

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