Current Investigators
Kelli D. Allen, PhD
Research Health Scientist and Associate Director
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care
Durham VA Health Care System
Research Professor of Medicine
Thurston Arthritis Research Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Interests: Improving care for patients with osteoarthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions
Jean C. Beckham, PhD
Senior VA Research Career Scientist
Durham VA Health Care System
Research Co-Director and Genetics Core Leader
VISN 6 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center
Professor, with tenure
Division Director
Duke University Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine Division
Research Interests: Psychological and physical sequelae of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and smoking cessation among those with psychiatric disorders
Hayden B. Bosworth, PhD
Associate Director, COIN: Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care
Senior Career Scientist
Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University
Professor of Nursing, Duke University
Adjunct Professor in Health Policy and Administration at the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Research Interests: I am health services researcher with research interests comprise three overarching areas of research: 1) clinical research that provides knowledge for improving patients’ treatment adherence and self-management in chronic care; 2) translation research to improve access to quality of care; and 3) eliminate health care disparities.
Carolina P. Clancy, PhD, ABPP
Co-site Investigator, CSP-591 Comparative Effectiveness Research for Veterans with PTSD (CERV-PTSD)
Staff Psychologist
Local Evidence Based Psychotherapy Coordinator
Durham VA Health Care System
VISN 6 Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD Trainer and Consultant
Research Interests: Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Cathleen Colón-Emeric, MD, MHS
Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University
Associate Director, Clinical GRECC
Durham VA Health Care System
Research Interests: Fall and Fracture Prevention in Older Adults
David Edelman, MD
Staff Physician
Durham VA Health Care System
Professor of General Internal Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Research Interests: I study interventions that improve systems of care for chronic illness.
Stephen Freedland, MD
Staff Physician, Durham VA Health Care System
Professor of Urology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Director of Center for Integrated Research in Cancer and Lifestyle, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Co-director of Cancer Genetics and Prevention Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Associate Director for Faculty Development, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Editor-in-Chief, Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Disease
Consulting Editor, European Urology
Research Interests: Prostate Cancer
Daphne R. Friedman, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Medical Oncology
Duke University School of Medicine
Staff Physician, Hematology-Oncology
Durham VA Health Care System
Research Interests: Translational research in B-cell malignancies and oncology therapeutics
Jennifer M. Gierisch, PhD,
MPH
Core Investigator, Durham VA Center of for Health Services Research in Primary Care
Associate Director, Durham VA Evidence Synthesis Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Research Interests: Health Behavior Research, Health Communications, Evidence Synthesis, Patient Engagement
Karen M. Goldstein MD,
MSPH
Durham Site Lead VA Women’s Health Practice Based Research Network
Research Associate HSR&D
Assistant Professor, Dept. of General Internal Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Research Interests: Cardiovascular prevention for women Veterans
Timothy G Hammond MB, BS, BMed Sci, FABDA, FAPWCA, FAPWH
Professor, Nephrology Division
Department of Internal Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine &
Professor, Nephrology Section
Department of Internal Medicine
George Washington School of Medicine &
Staff Physician, Durham VA Health Care System
Research Interests: Drug metabolism
Christine M. Hunt, MD, MPH
Physician Affiliate
Durham VA Health Care System
Associate Professor of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Research Interests: Defining VHA Risk Factors for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease to Advance Identification in VHA Electronic Health Records
George L. Jackson, PhD,
MHA
Research Health Scientist and Implementation Science Lab/Core Director
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care
Durham VA Health Care System
Associate Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Research Interests: Healthcare Epidemiology; Health Services Research; Implementation Science
Rebecca C. Klein, PhD
Research Physiologist
Durham VA Health Care System
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Duke University Medical Center
Research Interests: Role of apolipoprotein E in CNS injury and disease
Rodger A. Liddle, MD
Chief, Gastroenterology
Durham VA Health Care System
Professor
Duke University School of Medicine
Research Interests: Gut sensing and communication between the gut and the brain
Christine E. Marx, MD, MA
Staff Psychiatrist; Durham VA Health Care System
Co-Director for Research, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC
Director, Interventions and Metabolomics Core, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC
Director, Psychiatry Fellowship Program, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC
Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine
Director, Translational Neuroscience Division, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine
Vice Chair for Faculty, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine
Research Interests: The overarching focus of our research efforts has been the translation of bench neurosteroid efforts to clinical trials in CNS disorders (including post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, schizophrenia, pain disorders, and Gulf War Illness), and the investigation of neurosteroids as candidate biomarkers of symptomatology and therapeutic response utilizing highly sensitive and specific mass spectrometry-based methodologies.
Micah T. McClain, MD, PhD
Staff Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases
Durham VA Health Care System
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Duke University Medical Center
Research Interests: Host-based biomarkers for the diagnosis of infectious diseases
Scott D. Moore, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine Division
Duke University Medical Center
Staff Physician
Durham VA Health Care System
Neuroscience laboratory chief
VISN 6 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center
Research Interests: Characterization of the role stress-related brain circuitry and transmitter systems in the reinforcing effects of drug reinforcement and characterization of risk factors for age-dependent cognitive dysfunction, including genotype and history of traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Miriam C. Morey, PhD
Associate Director of Research
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center
Durham VA Health Care System
Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics
Co-Director, Older Americans Independence (Pepper) Center
Duke University School of Medicine
Research Interests: Physical activity and physical function in aging
Kelly W. Muir, MD, MHSc
Ophthalmology Chief, Surgical Service
Durham VA Health Care System
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Duke Eye Center
Research Interests: Health Service Research in Glaucoma
Leila Mureebe, MD, MPH,
FACS
Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery
Durham VA Health Care System
Associate Professor of Surgery
Leader of the Vascular Outcomes Group
Duke University School of Medicine
Research Interests: Vascular and endovascular surgery
Bradly P. Nicholson, PhD
Director, Molecular Epidemiology Research Laboratory (MERL)
Durham VA Health Care System
Research Interests: Infectious Diseases
Jason A. Nieuwsma, PhD
Associate Director
Mental Health and Chaplaincy, Department of Veterans Affairs
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center
Research Interests: Religion / Spirituality and Health
Thomas J. Povsic, MD, PhDc
Associate Professor of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Director, Advanced Biomarkers Research, Duke Clinical Research Institute
Staff Physician
Durham VA Health Care System
Research Interests: Translation of novel basic therapeutics to clinical use
Dawn Provenzale, MD, MS
Director, Cooperative Studies Epidemiology Center
Durham VA Health Care System
Director, GI Outcomes Research, Duke University
Professor of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Research Interests: Risk stratification for GI cancer prevention, cancer quality of care, and Gulf War research
Karthik Raghunathan, MD,
MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Anesthesiology Service
Durham VA Medical Center
Research Interests: Patient safety, perioperative and intraoperative care
Kenneth Schmader, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Geriatrics
Duke University Medical Center
Director, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Durham VA Health Care System
Research Interests: Drugs, Infections and Vaccines in Older Adults
Rebecca Schroeder MD,
MMCi
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical School
Durham VA Health Care System
Research Interests: Operating Room Workload and Quality of Care; Transfusion Requirements in Cardiac Surgery III; Identification and Validation of Biomarkers of Biomarkers of Acute Kidney Injury Recovery; A Sample Collection Study to Validate the Astute Medical NephroCheckTM Test in Critically Ill Subjects at Risk for Acute Kidney Injury
H. Scott Swartzwelder,
PhD
Durham VA Health Care System
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University
Research Interests: Neurobiology of Addiction
Steven T. Szabo, MD, PhD
Staff Psychiatrist, Psychiatric Emergency Clinic
Mental Health Service Line
Durham VA Health Care System
VISN 6 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Divisions of Translational Neuroscience and Brain Stimulation and Neurophysiology
Duke University Medical Center
Research Interests: Experimental Therapeutics and Biomarkers in Psychiatry
Gregory A. Taylor, PhD
Research Biologist
Durham VA Health Care System
Associate Professor
Division of Geriatrics
Departments of Medicine; Molecular Genetics and Microbiology; and Immunology
Duke University Medical Center
Research Interests: Basic research of immunity, inflammation, and aging
Robert Tighe,MD
Staff Physician
Durham VA Medical Center
Assistant Professor
Duke University School of Medicine
Ephraim L. Tsalik, MD, MHS, PhD
Staff Physician, Emergency Medicine Service
Durham VA Health Care System
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine
Co-Director, Duke Scholars in Infectious Diseases
Duke University School of Medicine
Research Interests: Host-Pathogen Interactions and Infectious Disease Diagnostics Development
Christi S. Ulmer, PhD,
CBSM
Clinical Research Psychologist
Health Services Research & Development
Durham VA Health Care System
Assistant Professor
Duke University School of Medicine
Research Interests: Increasing Access to Behavioral Sleep Medicine and Health Correlates of Impaired Sleep
Elizabeth E.
Van Voorhees, PhD
Psychologist, Research
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences
Duke University Medical Center
Research Interests: Anger and aggression in combat Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder
Virginia Wang, PhD, MSPH
Research Health Scientist
Health Services Research and Development
Durham VA Health Care System
Assistant Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Research Interests: Health Services Research
J. Brice Weinberg, MD
Senior Research Career Scientist
Durham VAMC Center for Health Services Research
Vergil N. Slee Distinguished Professor of Healthcare Quality Management
Department of Health Policy and Management
Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Interests: Health Services Research in Primary Care
Karen Welty-Wolf, MD
Section Chief, Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Durham VAMC
Medical Director, Respiratory Care Services, Durham VAMC
Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center
Research Interests: Mechanisms of organ injury and recovery in sepsis
Christina D. Williams, PHD, MPH
Deputy Director, Cooperative Studies Program Epidemiology Center-Durham
Durham VA Health Care System
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Medical Oncology
Duke University School of Medicine
Research Interests: Health Services Research in Cancer Treatment and Outcomes/Health Disparities
John Williams Jr., MD, MHS
Director, Durham Evidence Synthesis Program
Durham VA Health Care System
Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry
Division of General Internal Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Research Interests: Evidence Synthesis, integrated mental health and primary care, and shared decision making
Christopher Woods, MD,
MPH
Chief, Infectious Diseases
Durham VA Health Care System
Professor of Medicine, Pathology and Global Health
Associate Directory, Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Director of Graduate Studies
Duke Global Health Institute
Research Interests: Applied Genomics and Infectious Disease Diagnosis and Epidemiology
Leah Zullig, PhD, MPH
Research Health Science Specialist
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care
Durham VA Health Care System
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Research Interest: Health Services Research in Cancer and Chronic Disease Management