Previous Rapid Start Funding Awardees
2024 Awardees
See our April 2024 newsletter announcement for detailed project summaries and co-investigators.
Anne Black, PhD
- Project Title: Barriers and facilitators to providers' use of the Personal Health Inventory (PHI) with Veterans on long-term opioid therapy
- VA Location: VA Connecticut
Rendelle Bolton, PhD, MPH
- Project Title: Cross-System Whole Health and Complementary and Integrative Health Resource Sharing for Chronic Pain Management
- VA Location: VA Bedford Healthcare System
Felice Indindoli, D.Ac., L.Ac., dipl Ac (NCCAOM)
- Project Title: Rapid Quality Improvement and Evaluation of an Acupuncture Therapy Clinic for Peri/Post Menopausal Women Veterans with Chronic Pain (A-MVP)
- VA Location: Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, Massachusetts; San Francisco VA Health Care System
Aimee Kroll-Desrosiers, PhD
- Project Title: Exploring the Use of Whole Health to Support the Care of Pregnant Veterans
- VA Location: VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System
2023 Awardees
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
2022 Awardees
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
2021 Awardees
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
2020 Awardees
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