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VASA VA S tatisticians’ A ssociation

VASA VA S tatisticians’ A ssociation. HSRD Breakfast Session 02/15/2008 7:00am. VASA Officers . President: Xiao-Hua Andrew Zhou VA Puget Sound Health Care System Vice President: Susan Loveland VA New England Health Care System Program Committee Chair: Roslyn Stone

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VASA VA S tatisticians’ A ssociation

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  1. VASA VAStatisticians’ Association HSRD Breakfast Session 02/15/2008 7:00am

  2. VASA Officers • President:Xiao-Hua Andrew Zhou • VA Puget Sound Health Care System • Vice President:Susan Loveland • VA New England Health Care System • Program Committee Chair:Roslyn Stone • VA Pittsburgh Health Care System • Acting Secretary:Christina Cho • VA Puget Sound Health Care System

  3. VASA Executive Committee • Mark Glickman - VA New England Health Care System • Stephen Hillis- CRIISP, Iowa City • Kelvin Lee- Palo Alto Cooperative Studies • Martin Lee – VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System • Susan Loveland - VA New England Health Care System • Cindy Christiansen –VA Bedford Health Care System • Roslyn Stone - VA Pittsburgh Health Care System • Linda Young-North Florida/South Georgia Health Care System • Xiao-Hua Andrew Zhou - VA Puget Sound Health Care System

  4. Mission • Promote & disseminate statistical methodological research relevant to VA studies; • Facilitate communication & collaboration among VA-affiliated statisticians; • Promote good statistical practice; • Increase participation & visibility of statisticians; • VA HSR&D • ASA Joint Statistical Meetings • Increase participation of statisticians in VA research merit review.

  5. VASA Members • 74 current members • VASA Members in the 15 Centers of Excellence • Ann Arbor, MI: 1 member • Bedford, MA: 4 members • Boston, MA: 6 members • Durham, NC: 7 members • Gainesville, FL: 5 members • Hines IL: 4 members • Houston, TX: 5 members

  6. VASA Members • VASA Members in the 15 Centers of Excellence • Indianapolis, IN: 1 member • Iowa City, IA: 1 member • Little Rock, AR: 1 member • Minneapolis, MN: 6 members • Palo Alto, CA: 7 members • Pittsburg, PA: 10 members • Seattle, WA: 2 member • Sepulveda, CA: 1 member

  7. Activities • VASA websitehttp://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/for_researchers/vasa/ • Mission • Current and upcoming VASA activities • Contact information

  8. Activities (con’t) • HSR&D National Meeting 2008 • Workshops: • Multilevel Models in Health Services Research-Christiansen • Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Health Care Costs-Zhou • Statistical Methods: • Differential Item Functioning in a Graded Response IRT Model: A Bayesian Approach to Item Discrimination-Glickman • Comparison of Statistical Methods to Account for Missing Race in VA Administrative Data-Mor • A Data Security Framework for Research Study Databases Using Metadata-Obrosky

  9. Upcoming Activities • JSM 2009- Washington, DC • August 2-6, 2009 • 2009 HSR&D National Meeting • Hosted by Ann Arbor COE

  10. Comments & Questions? • VASA contact information: • Xiao-Hua Andrew Zhou Andrew.Zhou@va.gov (206) 277-3588 - Christina Cho Christina.Cho@va.gov (206) 277-4170

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