Research

VA researchers are developing a new instrument for measuring bedsores, or pressure ulcers, using 3D cameras, tablet computers, and an algorithm. The work will mainly benefit Veterans with spinal cord injuries.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the single […]

Researchers with VA and the University of California San Diego have shown that gene therapy may be a solution for a heart problem brought on by diabetes.

The Million Veteran Program is research that hopes to understand how genes affect health. The largest database of its kind in the world, it will answer important questions affecting Veterans’ health.

Edwin Callahan volunteered to participate in the VA Million Veteran Program because genetics is a next frontier in medicine that will serve those who have served us, our Veterans.

Dr. Sol Solomon, an Air Force Veteran, has been associated with VA for nearly half a century. He now serves as chief of endocrinology and metabolism at the Memphis VA Medical Center and as an emeritus professor of endocrinology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Findings from clinical trials suggest mindfulness can aid in recovery from PTSD.

Dr. Erik von Rosenvinge, a U.S. Air Force Veteran, is the chief of gastroenterology for the VA Maryland Health Care System. He has been the lead local investigator for a series of large multicenter studies, including one on colorectal cancer screening for Veterans.

Dr. Mary Whooley is a board-certified physician and Director of Cardiac […]

Dr. Jacob Doll is a board-certified cardiologist and health services […]

The National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program recently […]

Dr. Ted Skolarus is a urologic oncologist—a physician who treats cancer of the urinary tract and male reproductive system. He is also an investigator at the VA Ann Arbor Health Care System in Michigan. His research is focused on survivorship care for men who have undergone treatment for prostate cancer.