Minneapolis VA Health Care System Research Service

Research Topic Areas

Researchers by Topic Area

Researchers below are grouped by key research focus areas identified by VA. Investigators who have main interests in more than one focus area are listed multiple times. You can use the list below to find investigators who have related research interests. To find investigators by name, refer to the alphabetical list of Research Investigators.

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Afghanistan & Iraq Veterans | Aging | Alcoholism | Alzheimer's Disease | Arthritis | Audiology & Speech Pathology | Basic Sciences | Behavioral Sciences | Biomechanics | Cancer | Cardiovascular Disorders | Caregivers | Clinical Epidemiology | Clinical Pharmacology | Complementary and Integrative Health | Depression | Dermatology | Drug Dependence | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Epidemiology | Gastroenterology | Geriatrics | Gulf War Veterans | Health Care | Health Care Delivery | Health Economics | Health Equity | Health Services | Hematology | Immunology | Infectious Diseases | Informatics | Kidney Disease | Medical Education | Mental Health | Molecular Biology | Nephrology | Neurology & Neurobiology | Neuropsychology | Nutrition | Obesity | Oncology | Ophthalmology | Orthopedic Surgery | Pain | Parkinson's Disease | Pathology | Pharmacy | Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | Preventive Medicine | Prostatic Disease | Prosthetics | Psychiatry | Radiology | Rehabilitative Medicine | Respiration & Pulmonary Disease | Respiratory Health | Rheumatology | Rural Health | Spinal Cord Injury | Suicide Prevention | Surgery | Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) | Urology | Vascular Surgery | Veterinary Medicine | Women's Health

Afghanistan & Iraq Veterans

• Tammy Butterick, PhD

Aging

• Kristine Ensrud, MD, MPH
• Lisa James, PhD

Alcoholism

• Eric Dieperink, MD
• Brittany Stevenson, PhD
• Paul Thuras, PhD

Alzheimer's Disease

• Tammy Butterick, PhD
• Adriana Hughes, PhD
• Jamie Starks, MD
• Shauna Yuan, MD

Arthritis

• Caitrin Coffey, MD
• David Ewart, MD

Audiology & Speech Pathology

• Ann St. Jacque, MA, CCC-SLP

Basic Sciences

• Patricia Grebenstein, PhD
• Mark Klein, MD
• Joshua Nixon, PhD

Behavioral Sciences

• Diana Burgess, PhD
• Scott Lewis, MD, PhD
• Katherine Miller, PhD
• Snežana Urošević, PhD

Biomechanics

• Sara Koehler-McNicholas, PhD
• John Looft, PhD

Cancer

• Khalil Ahmed, PhD
• Emiro Caicedo-Granados, MD
• Markus Gapany, MD
• Mark Klein, MD
• Betsy Kren, PhD
• Christopher Larocca, MD
• Anne Melzer, MD, MS
• Gloria Niehans, MD
• Joaquin Silva, MD
• William Stross, MD
• Janeen Trembley, PhD
• Christine Wendt, MD
• Erin Wetherbee, MD

Cardiovascular Disorders

• Selcuk Adabag, MD, MS
• Bradley Bart, MD
• Stefan Bertog, MD
• Hanna Bloomfield, MD, MPH
• Rebecca Brown, PhD, MEd, RN
• Selma Carlson, MD
• Yellapragada Chandrashekhar, MD
• Renee Colsch, PhD, RN
• Viorel Florea, MD, PhD
• Sharma Kattel, MD, PhD
• Alok Sharma, MD
• Venkat Tholakanahalli, MD, FHRS
• Orly Vardeny, PharmD, MS

Caregivers

• Laura Meis, PhD

Clinical Epidemiology

• Aaron DeVries, MD, MPH
• Tyler Drake, MD
• Howard Fink, MD, MPH
• Areef Ishani, MD, MS
• Sharma Kattel, MD, PhD
• Andrew Reinink, MD
• Scott Reule, MD
• Brent Taylor, PhD, MPH

Clinical Pharmacology

• Paulo Shiroma, MD

Complementary and Integrative Health

• Kelvin Lim, MD

Depression

• Princess Ackland, PhD, MSPH

Dermatology

• Andrea Bershow, MD
• Noah Goldfarb, MD

Diabetes

• Charles Billington, MD

Drug Dependence

• Hildi Hagedorn, PhD
• Joseph Westermeyer, MD, MA, MPH, PhD

Endocrinology & Metabolism

• Tyler Drake, MD
• Michael Johnston, MD, FACS
• Shalamar Sibley, MD, MPH

Epidemiology

• Kristine Ensrud, MD, MPH
• Steven Fu, MD
• Elizabeth Goldsmith, MD, PhD
• Adrienne Landsteiner, PhD, MPH
• Siamak Noorbaloochi, PhD

Gastroenterology

• Mohammad Bilal, MD
• Jennifer Haglund, MD
• Brian Hanson, MD
• Andrew Reinink, MD
• Shahnaz Sultan, MD
• Jake Theis, MD

Geriatrics

• David Atkinson, MD
• Howard Fink, MD, MPH
• Edward Ratner, MD

Gulf War Veterans

• Ronald Bach, PhD
• Peka Christova Savayan, PhD
• Apostolos Georgopoulos, MD, PhD
• Arthur Leuthold, PhD

Health Care

• Rebecca Brown, PhD, MEd, RN

Health Care Delivery

• Jonathan Alpern, MD
• Susan Diem, MD, MPH
• Dimitri Drekonja, MD
• Wei Duan-Porter, MD, PhD
• Timothy Wilt, MD

Health Economics

• William Stross, MD

Health Equity

• Jonathan Alpern, MD

Health Services

• Bradley Bart, MD
• Diana Burgess, PhD
• Elisheva Danan, MD, MPH
• Susan Diem, MD, MPH
• Wei Duan-Porter, MD, PhD
• R. Adams Dudley, MD, MBA
• Steven Fu, MD
• Allison Gustavson, PT, DPT, PhD
• Patrick Hammett, PhD, MA
• Shannon Kehle-Forbes, PhD
• Erin Krebs, MPH, MD
• Adrienne Landsteiner, PhD, MPH
• Maureen Murdoch, MD, MPH
• David Nelson, PhD
• Nina Sayer, PhD
• Michele Spoont, PhD
• Shahnaz Sultan, MD
• Brent Taylor, PhD, MPH

Hematology

• Ronald Bach, PhD

Immunology

• Thomas Griffith, PhD

Infectious Diseases

• Aaron DeVries, MD, MPH
• Dimitri Drekonja, MD
• Thomas Griffith, PhD
• Anjum Kaka, MD
• Ken Kunisaki, MD
• Muthu Narayan, DO, MPH
• Kristin Nichol, MD
• Alexa Pragman, MD, PhD
• Orly Vardeny, PharmD, MS

Informatics

• Anders Westanmo, PharmD, MBA

Kidney Disease

• Scott Reule, MD

Medical Education

• Melissa Atwood-Reichert, PharmD
• Jamie Starks, MD
• Ezgi Tiryaki, MD

Mental Health

• C. Sophia Albott, MD, MA
• Nicholas Davenport, PhD
• Jacob Finn, PhD
• Casey Gilmore, PhD
• Hildi Hagedorn, PhD
• Holly Hamilton, PhD
• Lisa James, PhD
• Kelvin Lim, MD
• Craig Marquardt, PhD
• Tasha Nienow, PhD
• Katherine Miller, PhD
• Elizabeth Possis, PhD
• Nina Sayer, PhD
• Scott Sponheim, PhD
• Michele Spoont, PhD
• Snežana Urošević, PhD
• Brittany Stevenson, PhD
• Joseph Westermeyer, MD, MA, MPH, PhD

Molecular Biology

• Betsy Kren, PhD
• Janeen Trembley, PhD

Nephrology

• Areef Ishani, MD, MS

Neurology & Neurobiology

• James Ashe, MD
• Khalafalla Bushara, MD
• Adam Carpenter, MD
• Apostolos Georgopoulos, MD, PhD
• Laura Hemmy, PhD
• Cornelius Lam, MD, PhD
• Scott Lewis, MD, PhD
• Vijaya Mavanji, PhD
• Robert McGovern III, MD
• Jose Pardo, MD, PhD
• Giuseppe Pellizzer, PhD
• Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD
• Ezgi Tiryaki, MD
• Carol Chu Yu, PhD
• Shauna Yuan, MD

Neuropsychology

• Melanie Blahnik, PsyD
• Laura Hemmy, PhD
• Adriana Hughes, PhD
• Tasha Nienow, PhD

Nutrition

• Catherine Kotz, PhD

Obesity

• Charles Billington, MD
• Patricia Grebenstein, PhD
• Catherine Kotz, PhD
• Vijaya Mavanji, PhD
• Shalamar Sibley, MD, MPH

Oncology

• Emiro Caicedo-Granados, MD
• Elizabeth Ester, MD
• Joaquin Silva, MD

Ophthalmology

• Karen Armbrust, MD, PhD

Orthopedic Surgery

• Patrick Yoon, MD

Pain

• Beth DeRonne, PharmD
• Elizabeth Goldsmith, MD, PhD
• Patrick Hammett, PhD
• Erin Krebs, MPH, MD
• Brian Martinson, PhD
• Casey Okamoto, DC
• Tonya Rich, PhD
• Rebecca Vogsland, DPT

Parkinson's Disease

• James Ashe, MD
• Robert McGovern III, MD

Pathology

• Gloria Niehans, MD

Pharmacy

• Melissa Atwood-Reichert, PharmD
• Beth DeRonne, PharmD

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

• Princess Ackland, PhD, MSPH
• C. Sophia Albott, MD, MA
• Peka Christova Savayan, PhD
• Seth Disner, PhD
• Shannon Kehle-Forbes, PhD
• Craig Marquardt, PhD
• Laura Meis, PhD
• Katherine Miller, PhD
• Maureen Murdoch, MD, MPH
• Melissa Polusny, PhD
• Paul Thuras, PhD

Preventive Medicine

• Hanna Bloomfield, MD, MPH
• Kyle Lehenbauer, MD
• Kristin Nichol, MD
• Anders Westanmo, PharmD, MBA
• Timothy Wilt, MD

Prostatic Disease

• Khalil Ahmed, PhD
• Philipp Dahm, MD

Prosthetics

• Andrew Hansen, PhD

Psychiatry

• David Atkinson, MD
• Eric Dieperink, MD
• Holly Hamilton, PhD
• Paulo Shiroma, MD

Radiology

• Elizabeth Ester, MD
• Jake Theis, MD

Rehabilitative Medicine

• Melanie Blahnik, PsyD
• Casey Gilmore, PhD
• Allison Gustavson, PT, DPT, PhD
• Andrew Hansen, PhD
• Sara Koehler-McNicholas, PhD
• Larisa Kusar, MD
• John Looft, PhD
• Christine Olney, PhD
• Tonya Rich, PhD
• Ann St. Jacque, MA, CCC-SLP
• Brionn Tonkin, MD
• Rebecca Vogsland, DPT

Respiration & Pulmonary Disease

• Benjamin Henkle, MD, MPH
• Ken Kunisaki, MD
• Anne Melzer, MD, MS
• Alexa Pragman, MD, PhD
• Christine Wendt, MD
• Erin Wetherbee, MD

Respiratory Health

• Arianne Baldomero, MD
• Benjamin Henkle, MD, MPH
• David MacDonald, MD, MS

Rheumatology

• Caitrin Coffey, MD
• David Ewart, MD

Rural Health

• Arianne Baldomero, MD

Spinal Cord Injury

• Byron Eddy, DO
• Christine Olney, PhD

Suicide Prevention

• Carol Chu Yu, PhD

Surgery

• Derrick Green, MD
• Michael Johnston, MD, FACS
• Christopher Larocca, MD
• Steven Waisbren, MD, PhD

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

• Nicholas Davenport, PhD
• Seth Disner, PhD
• Jacob Finn, PhD
• Anita Sim, PhD
• Scott Sponheim, PhD
• Brionn Tonkin, MD

Urology

• Philipp Dahm, MD

Vascular Surgery

• Derrick Green, MD
• Daniel Ihnat, MD
• Steven Santilli, MD, PhD, MBA

Veterinary Medicine

• Matthew Rassette, DVM

Women's Health

• Renee Colsch, PhD, RN
• Elisheva Danan, MD, MPH

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