The Hefner VA Medical Center will celebrate National Research Week May 4-8 with a variety of activities.
Special research presentations will be held Tuesday through Thursday, and a display of research projects conducted by VA staff will be available for public viewing throughout the week. All events will be held in Room BC-115, Building 42, on the ground floor.
The following research presentations will be held from noon until 1 p.m.:
– Tuesday ó “Neuroimaging of Emotion and Cognition in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder” by Dr. Jasmeet Pannu Hayes of Duke University and the Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center of the Veteran Affairs’ Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network;
– Wednesday ó “Building Research Collaborations: Regional Assets and Sound Practices” by Dr. Marjorie Benbow of the N.C. Biotechnology Center at the Research Campus in Kannapolis;
– Thursday ó “Imaging the Effects of Chronic Drug Use on the Brain: Implications for Recovery” by Dr. Colleen Hanlon of Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Research is a critical Veterans Affairs mission that benefits veterans and the entire nation through scientific investigation. Researchers played key roles in developing devices and techniques that revolutionized health care such as the cardiac pacemaker, the CAT scan and liver and kidney transplants.
Today, Veterans Affairs is a leader in many areas of research, including AIDS, mental health, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, infectious diseases and spinal cord injury. Staff conduct biomedical, rehabilitation, clinical and health services research ó as well as large, multi-center clinical trials ó at more than 100 medical centers across the country.
For more information, contact the Hefner VA Public Affairs office at 704-638-3343.