Research is an important priority for the division and benefits from an extremely close relationship with the Iowa City VA, where many of our researchers are based. Areas of research focus include:
- Quality measurement and implementation research (Drs. Abrams, Johnson, Kaboli, Katz, Kuperman, Mosher, Reisinger, Vaughan-Sarrazin)
- Evidence-based infection prevention (Drs. Perencevich, Reisinger, Schweizer);
- Patient-centered screening and prevention (Drs. Hoffman, Katz, Scherer, Solimeo, Vander Weg)
- Community-based participatory research and obesity prevention (Dr. Laroche)
- Research methods and analytics (Dr. O'Shea)
- Learner assessment (Drs. Ferguson, Barlow)
- Diet quality, and modifiable lifestyle factors and their impact on health and disease (Dr. Wahls)
Key resources available for collaboration include:
- CADRE Center at the Iowa City VA (Director, Eli Perencevich, MD MS; Associate Director, Heather Reisinger, MD)
- Program in Bioethics and Humanities (Director, Lauris Kaldjian, MD, PhD)
- University of Iowa College of Public Health
- Veterans Rural Health Resource Center
- Patient-Aligned Care Team (PACT) Demonstration Laboratory (David Katz, MD, MSc, Samantha Solimeo, MD, and Mary Vaughan-Sarrazin, PhD)
- VA Quality Scholars Fellowship Program (Director, Hilary Mosher, MD)
- University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Care Center (Richard Hoffman, MD, MS, David Katz, MD, MSc, Mark Vander Weg, PhD)