See our July 2023 newsletter announcement for detailed project summaries and co-investigators.

• Derrecka Boykin, PhD

  • Project Title: Piloting a Gender-Sensitive Brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Group Treatment for Women Veterans with Chronic Pelvic Pain
  • VA Location: Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX

• Joseph Frank, MD, MPH

  • Project Title: Feasibility and Acceptability of Group Pain Reprocessing Therapy for Veterans with Chronic Back Pain
  • VA Location: VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Aurora, CO

• Alice Schmidt Kehaya, MD

  • Project Title: Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Women Veterans with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Comparison of Low, Medium and High Intensity Interval Training
  • VA Location: VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR

• Erin Reilly, MEd, PhD & Victoria Ameral, PhD

  • Project Title: Feasibility and Acceptability of an Online Acceptance and Mindfulness Based Program for Chronic Pain and Substance Use
  • VA Location: VA New England Healthcare System, Bedford, MA

• Maria Silveira, MD, MA, MPH

  • Project Title: Buprenorphine Rotation to Reduce LTOT in Veterans with Chronic Cancer Pain
  • VA Location: Ann Arbor VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI

• Jessica Wyse, PhD, MPP

  • Project Title: An Exploratory Investigation of VA Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) Policy
  • VA Location: VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR

See our May 2022 newsletter announcement for detailed project summaries and co-investigators.

• Ashley Griffin, PhD & Sarah Javier, PhD

  • Project Title: Proactive Messaging to Facilitate Veteran Engagement in Non-Pharmacological Pain Treatments
  • VA Location: VA Palo Alto Health Care System

• Meilen Chang Munoz, MD, PhD, MS

  • Project Title: Engaging Hospitalized Veterans in Non-Pharmacological Treatments for Chronic Pain
  • VA Location: Sacramento VA Medical Center

• Charles Penza, CD, PhD

  • Project Title: Pilot Study Testing the Feasibility to Implement Virtual Monitoring of Pain, Enjoyment of Life, and General Activity (PEG) for Veterans Seeking On-Station Chiropractic Care
  • VA Location: VA Orlando Healthcare System

• Victoria Powell, MD

  • Project Title: Association of Nociplastic Features with Functional Status and Treatment Utilization in Aging Veterans with Chronic Low Back Pain
  • VA Location: LTC Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center

• Danielle Wesolowicz, PhD

  • Project Title: Development of a Group Psychotherapy Protocol for Pain and Co-occurring Substance Use
  • VA Location: VA Connecticut Healthcare System

See our August 2021 newsletter announcement for detailed project summaries and co-investigators.

• Rendelle Bolton, PhDc, MPH, MSW, MA

  • Project Title: Organizational Context and Variation in CIH Use among Veterans with Chronic Pain within the Whole Health System of Care
  • VA Location: VA Bedford Healthcare System

• Mary A. Driscoll, PhD

  • Project Title: Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy: A Feasibility Pilot in Women Veterans with Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions
  • VA Location: VA Connecticut Healthcare System

• Carolyn Gibson, PhD, MPH & Francesca Nicosia, PhD, C-IAYT

  • Project Title: A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study of Integrated Tele-Yoga Therapy for Midlife and Older Women Veterans with Chronic Pain
  • VA Location: San Francisco VA Health Care System

• Aimmee Kroll-Desrosiers, PhD

  • Project Title: Exploring Pain Management Strategies for Perinatal Veterans
  • VA Location: VA Central Western Massachusetts

• Jessica Ma, MD

  • Project Title: Optimizing Opioid Safety in End-Stage Kidney and Liver Disease
  • VA Location: VA Palo Alto, Durham VA, and VA Connecticut

• Hilary Mosher, MD

  • Project Title: Admission as Disruption? A Retrospective Cohort Study of Buprenorphine Treatment Continuation in Hospitalized Veterans
  • VA Location: Iowa City VA

• Krista Scorsone, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC

  • Project Title: A Pilot Study Evaluating Acceptability and Feasibility of Text-Messaging Based Assessment for Rural Veterans with Chronic Pain
  • VA Location: VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System

See our October 2020 newsletter announcement for detailed project summaries and co-investigators.

• Thiru M. Annaswamy, MD, MA

  • Project Title: Feasibility, Pain and Functional Outcomes of a Novel Mixed Reality Based System to Manage Phantom Pain for Patients with Lower Limb Amputation: A Pilot Study
  • VA Location: North Texas VA Healthcare System

• Gregory P. Beehler, PhD, MA

  • Project Title: A Modified Hub and Spoke Model to Improve Access to MOUD
  • VA Location: VA Western New York

• Christopher Fowler, PhD

  • Project Title: Development of A Virtual Reality Toolbox for Chronic Pain Self Management among Veterans
  • VA Location: James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital Tampa

• Alison (Lewei) Lin, MD

  • Project Title: VHA Clinician Attitudes and Practices Regarding Buprenorphine Treatment and Impact on Patient Outcomes in Veterans with Opioid Use Disorder
  • VA Location: VA Ann Arbor

• Allyson Varley, PhD, MPH

  • Project Title: Understanding primary care experience for homeless-experienced veterans with cooccurring pain and addiction
  • VA Location: Birmingham VA Medical Center