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MISSIONS OF VA Veterans of Armed Forces • Patient care • Research and education • Backup medical care to DOD • Cemetery management
>100 VA Hospitals Strong emphasis on clinician investigators
VA NOBEL LAUREATES 1977 - Andrew Schally New Orleans VA Hypothalamic releasing factors 1998 - Ferid Murad Palo Alto VA - NO 1977 - Rosalyn Yalow Bronx VA - RIA
COOPERATIVE STUDIES PROGRAM Cardiac Surgery CSP #4 – Coronary artery surgery I (1965-1975) CSP #28 – Coronary artery surgery II (1970-1992) CSP #90 - Prognosis and Outcome Following Heart Valve Replacement (1975-1997) CSP #207 - Anti-platelet Therapy After CABG (1983-1991) CSP #385 - Urgent Revascularization in Unstable Angina (AWESOME, 1995-2000) CSP #411 - The coronary artery revascularization prophylaxis (CARP) trial (ongoing) CSP #474 – Radial artery vs saphenous vein grafts in CABG (ongoing) CSP #517 – Outcomes following myocardial revascularization: On & off cardiopulmonary bypass (ongoing)
MERIT REVIEW SUB-COMMITTEES 26 Aging & clinical geriatrics Infectious Diseases (A,B) Cardiovascular studies (A,B) Mental Health & Bipolar PTSD Clinical Research Program Mental Health Schizophrenia & Cog Endocrinology (A,B) Nephrology Gastroenterology Neurobiology (A-E) General Medical Science Oncology (A,B) Hematology Respiration Immunology (A,B) Surgery (A,B)
OLD 2-3 internal 1-2 external NEW 2-3 internal External only when necessary Reviews • External reviewers were experts working directly in grant area • Increasingly difficult to obtain, expensive
Page Limit • OLD • 15 pages of text • Figures and tables extra • NEW • 25 page limit • “NIH-type” format • Difficult to document 15 pages of text • Increasing amount of figures, tables • As payline decreased, preliminary data increased
Funding • Medical research < 3% VA budget • Almost 70% Investigator initiated • OLD • $150,000 • 5 year • NEW • $125,000 • 4 year max Payline?