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COIN Investigators & Staff
Leadership | Administration | Core Investigators | Affiliate Investigators | Research Team | Fellows
Leadership
Directors
- Christine Jones, MD, MS
- Title: Co-Director, HSR&D COIN
Associate Professor, Medicine-Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine - Contact: Christine.Jones17@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Steven B. Zeliadt, PhD, MPH
- Title: Co-Director, HSR&D COIN
Research Professor, Health Services, University of Washington - Contact: Steven.Zeliadt@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
Associate Directors
- Laura C. Feemster, MD, MS
- Title: Acting Associate Director, HSR&D COIN
Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington - Contact: Laura.Feemster@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Joseph W. Frank, MD, MPH
- Title: Acting Associate Director, HSR&D COIN
Associate Professor, Medicine-Internal Medicine, University of Colorado - Contact: Joseph.Frank2@va.gov
- Location: Denver
Fellowship Directors
- Catherine T. Battaglia, PhD, MSHA, RN
- Title: PhD Fellowship Co-Director, Denver
Clinical Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Health Systems, Management & Policy, University of Colorado School of Medicine - Contact: Catherine.Battaglia@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Jacob A. Doll, MD
- Title: MD Fellowship Co-Director, Seattle
Assistant Professor, Medicine, University of Washington
Attending Physician, VA Puget Sound Health Care System - Contact: Jacob.Doll@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Charles C. Engel, MD, MPH
- Title: MD Fellowship Co-Director, Seattle
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington - Contact: Charles.Engel@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- John C. Fortney, PhD
- Title:PhD Fellowship Co-Director, Seattle
Research Career Scientist, Seattle Director, Division of Population Health
Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington - Contact: John.Fortney@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Sridharan Raghavan, MD, PhD
- Title: MD Fellowship Co-Director, Denver
Assistant Professor, Clinical Investigator; Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado - Contact: Sridharan.Raghavan@va.gov
- Location: Denver
Core Directors
- Kismet (Anna) Cordova, MPH
- Title: Director - Denver, Quantitative Research Core Seattle/Denver Center of Innovation
- Contact: anna.cordova@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Leah M. Haverhals, PhD, MA
- Title: Co-Director - Denver, Qualitative Research Core Seattle/Denver Center of Innovation
- Contact: Leah.Haverhals@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Chelsea Leonard, PhD
- Title: Co-Director - Denver, Qualitative Research Core Seattle/Denver Center of Innovation
Anthropologist and Qualitative Methodologist - Contact: Chelsea.Leonard@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- George Sayre, PsyD
- Title: Director - Seattle, Qualitative Research Core Seattle/Denver Center of Innovation
Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Services, University of Washington - Contact: George.Sayre@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Chris R Wilson, PhD
- Title: Director - Seattle, Quantitative Research Core Seattle/Denver Center of Innovation
Data Scientist - Contact: christopher.wilson2@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
Administration
- John C. Clark
- Title: Operations Officer – Denver HSR&D COIN
- Contact: John.Clark8@VA.gov
- Location: Denver
- Emily Locke
- Title: Operations Officer – Seattle HSR&D COIN
- Contact: Emily.Locke@VA.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Erica Tartaglione, BS
- Title: Seattle COIN Special Initiatives Manager
Seattle HSR&D Fellowship Coordinator
Seattle COIN DEI Co-Chair
VA Puget Sound Project Coordinator Group Co-Manager - Contact: erica.tartaglione@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Erica Valdez
- Title: Denver COIN Office Manager
- Contact: erica.valdez@va.gov
- Location: Denver
Core Investigators
- David Au, MD, MS
- Title: Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington
- Contact: David.Au@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Roman A. Ayele, PhD, MPH
- Title: Assistant professor adjunct at Colorado School of Public Health
- Contact: Roman.Ayele@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- David B. Bekelman, MD, PhD
- Title: Professor of Medicine and Nursing, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
- Contact: David.Bekelman@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Catherine Butler, MD, MA
- Title: Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology, University of Washington
- Contact: Catherine.Butler2@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Lisa S. Callegari, MD, MPH
- Title: Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Washington
Co-Chairs, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee - Contact: Lisa.Callegari@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Liron Caplan, MD, PhD
- Title: Associate Professor, Medicine-Rheumatology, University of Colorado
- Contact: Liron.Caplan@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Jessica A Chen, PhD
- Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington
- Contact: Jessica.Chen663@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Kristina A Crothers, MD
- Title: Professor, Medicine and Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington
- Contact: Kristina.Crothers@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Marguerite Daus, PhD, RN
- Title: Core Investigator
- Contact: marguerite.daus@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Lucas M. Donovan, MD, MS
- Title: Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington
Investigator, VA HSR&D Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care - Contact: Lucas.Donovan@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Vincent S. Fan, MD, MPHDr
- Title: Associate Professor, Medicine - Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
- Contact: Vincent.Fan@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Margaret A. Fitzpatrick, MD, MS
- Title: Infectious Diseases Physician
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado - Contact: margaret.fitzpatrick@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Kelsey Flint, MD
- Title: Assistant Professor, Medicine-Cardiology, University of Colorado
- Contact: Kelsey.Flint@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Heather Gilmartin, PhD, NP
- Title: Research Nurse Scientist of VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
- Contact: Heather.Gilmartin@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Kristen E. Gray, PD, MS, BS
- Title: Research Assistant Professor, Health Services, University of Washington
- Contact: Kristen.Gray2@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Matthew F. Griffith, MD, MPH
- Title: Staff Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Physician,
Assistant Director of Medical/Surgical ICU at Rocky Mountain Regional VAMC,
Co-Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division - Contact: Matthew.Griffith@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Eric J. Hawkins, PhD
- Title: Associate Director of the Seattle Center of Excellence in Substance Addiction Treatment and Education (CESATE)
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington - Contact: Eric.Hawkins@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Paul L. Hebert, PhD
- Title: VA Health Services Research and Development
Research Professor, Health Services, University of Washington - Contact: Paul.Hebert2@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Christian D. Helfrich, PhD, MPH
- Title: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Health Services at the University of Washington School of Public Health
- Contact: Christian.Helfrich@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Kamal Henderson, MD
- Title: Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine
- Contact: Kamal.Henderson@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Paul Hess, MD
- Title: Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine
- Contact: Paul.Hess@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- P. Michael Ho, MD, PhD
- Title: Professor, Medicine-Cardiology, University of Colorado
- Contact: Michael.Ho@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Katherine D. Hoerster, PhD, MPH
- Title: Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington
- Contact: Katherine.Hoerster@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Paula Langner
- Title: Health Science Specialist
Senior Professional Research Assistant, Department of Biostatistics & Informatics, University of Colorado - Contact: paula.langner@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Cari R. Levy, MD, PhD
- Title: Investigator, HSR&D COIN
Professor, Medicine-Health Care Policy Research, University of Colorado School of Medicine - Contact: Cari.Levy@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Alyson J. Littman, PhD, MPH
- Title: Research Professor, Epidemiology, University of Washington
- Contact: Alyson.Littman@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Karin M. Nelson, MD, MSHS
- Title: Professor of Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Health Services, University of Washington
- Contact: Karin.Nelson@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Ann M. O’Hare, MD
- Title: Professor, Division of Nephrology, University of Washington
- Contact: Ann.OHare@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Ashok Reddy, MD, MS, BS
- Title: Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Patient-Aligned Care Teams (PACT)
Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, University of Washington - Contact: Ashok.Reddy@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Amneet Sandhu, MD
- Title: Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado
- Contact: Amneet.Sandhu2@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Linnaea Schuttner, MD, MS
- Title: Investigator Seattle-Denver COIN
Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, University of Washington - Contact: linnaea.schuttner@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Joseph A Simonetti, MD
- Title: Assistant Professor, Clinical Investigator, Program for Injury Prevention, Education & Research; Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado
- Contact: Joseph.Simonetti@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Emily C. Williams, PhD, MPH
- Title: Professor, Health Services, University of Washington
- Contact: Emily.Williams3@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Edwin S. Wong, PhD, MA
- Title: Research Associate Professor, Health Services, University of Washington
Core Investigator, Veterans Administration Puget Sound Health Care System - Contact: Edwin.Wong@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Susan P.Y. Wong, MD, MS
- Title: Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology, University of Washington
- Contact: Susan.Wong2@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
Affiliate Investigators
- Lauren Abbate, MD, PhD
- Title: Director, RMRVAMC Geriatric Emergency Department
Medical Director Gerofit - Contact: lauren.abbate@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Evan Carey, PhD
- Title: COIN investigator and lead quantitative efforts for VACE
- Contact: Evan.Carey@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Jason A. Dominitz, MD, MHS
- Title:Seattle-Denver COIN Affiliate
Executive Director for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Veterans Affairs
Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington - Contact: jason.dominitz@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- George N. Ioannou, MD, MS
- Title: Professor, Gastroenterology, University of Washington
Director, VA Puget Sound Health Care System Hepatology - Contact: George.Ioannou@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Teresa S. Jones, MD
- Title: Associate Professor, Surgery-GI, Trauma, and Endocrine Surgery
- Contact: teresa.jones@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Michaela McCarthy, PhD
- Title: Health Services Research & Development
- Contact: Michaela.McCarthy@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Lauren McKown, PhD
- Title: Health Research Scientist
- Contact: Lauren.McKown@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Mayuree Rao, MD
- Title: Clinical Affiliate; Former Associate Health Fellow
- Contact: Mayuree.Rao@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- David E. Reed, II, PhD
- Title: Clinical Affiliate; Former Associate Health Fellow
- Contact: David.Reed7@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Comilla Sasson, MD, MHS
- Title: Associate Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado
- Contact: Comilla.Sasson@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Laura Scherer, PhD
- Title: Associate Research Professor, Medicine-Cardiology, University of Colorado
- Contact: Laura.Scherer@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Stephen Waldo, MD
- Title: National Director, VA Clinical Assessment, Reporting and Tracking (CART) Program
Associate Professor, Medicine-Cardiology, University of Colorado - Contact: Stephen.Waldo@va.gov
- Location: Denver
Research Team Members
- Ellen Ahlness, PhD
- Title: Qualitative Methodologist, Research Health Science Specialist
- Contact: ellen.a.ahlnessabdulmuminov@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Brigid Connelly, BA
- Title: Health Science Specialist, Seattle-Denver COIN
- Contact: Brigid.Connelly@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Kelty Fehling, MPH
- Title: Health Science Specialist, Seattle-Denver COIN
- Contact: Kelty.Fehling@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Jess Indresano, MPH
- Title: Health Science Specialist, Seattle-Denver COIN
- Contact: jessica.indresano@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Lynette R. Kelley, FNP
- Title: Research Nurse Practitioner/Clinical Analyst
- Contact: lynette.kelley@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Kate Magid, MPH
- Title: Health Science Specialist, Seattle-Denver COIN
- Contact: kate.magid@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Demetria M. McNeal, PhD, MBA, CPTD
- Title: Health Science Specialist, Seattle-Denver COIN
- Contact: demetria.mcneal@cuanschutz.edu
- Location: Denver
- Ashley Mog, PhD, MSc
- Title: Qualitative Methodologist
- Contact: ashley.mog@va.gov
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- Location: Seattle
- Valentina Petrova, MA, MAIS
- Title: Qualitative Team Lead
- Contact: Valentina.Petrova@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Adnan Syed, BS
- Title: Professional Research Assistant, Seattle-Denver COIN
- Contact: Adnan.Syed3@va.gov
- Location: Denver
Post-Doctoral Fellows
- Jake Cotton, MD
- Title: MD Research Fellow
- Contact: jake.cotton@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Madeline Frost, PhD, MPH
- Title: PhD Fellow, VA Advanced Fellowship in Health Services Research and Development
- Contact: madeline.frost@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- Jeremy Bryce Graber, PT, DPT
- Title: VA Advanced Research Fellow, Rehabilitation Scientist
- Contact: jeremy.graber@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Luis M. Perez, PhD, RD
- Title: Allied Health Research Fellow
- Contact: luis.perez2@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Mattie Pontiff, DPT, PhD
- Title: Allied Health Research Fellow
- Contact: mattie.pontiff@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- Michelle Rauzi PT, DPT, PhD (c), ATC
- Title: Health Services Research & Development Fellow
- Contact: michelle.rauzi@cuanschutz.edu
- Location: Denver
- Jonathan Staloff, MD, MSc
- Title: MD Fellow
- Contact: Jonathan.Staloff@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
The diverse substantive, methodological, and clinical expertise across our investigators and staff is invaluable to VA health care research and delivery.