Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC)
CIVIC HSR Center Expert and Stakeholder Forum
The HSR Center Expert and Stakeholder Forum (CESF) assists COIN leadership in reviewing progress toward goals and objectives, ensuring that CIVIC’s Strategic Plan continues to be relevant and aligned with the priorities of partners to produce research to improve the health and healthcare of Veterans, and providing input on potential changes to CIVIC operations. The CESF provides input on overcoming unanticipated obstacles, capitalizing on new opportunities, and facilitating dissemination of research products and communications among CIVIC investigators and VA leadership. CIVIC’s CESF includes representatives from each of CIVIC’s operational partners’ offices, VA Portland Health Care System’s primary academic affiliate (Oregon Health & Science University, or OHSU), research content and implementation experts, VA Portland Health Care System Associate Chief of Staff for Research & Development, VA Portland Health Care System Chief of Staff, and several Veterans from the community.
HSR Center Expert and Stakeholder Forum Members
| Name | Affiliation |
| David M. Cohen, MD | Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Development, VA Portland Health Care System |
| Karen Eden, PhD | Interim Chair, Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology (DMICE), Oregon Health & Science University |
| (Susan) Nicki Hastings, MD, MHS | Director, Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT), Durham COIN, Durham VA Health Care System |
| Todd Korthuis, MD, PhD | Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University; Lead of OHSU Section of Addiction Medicine |
| Jaimie Lusk, PsyD | Veteran & Reintegration Counselor, Salem Vet Center |
| Sahana Misra, MD | Chief of Staff, VA Portland Health Care System |
| Richard R. Owens Jr., MD | Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Director, Center for Mental Healthcare & Outcomes Research (CeMHOR), Central Arkansas Healthcare System |
| Friedhelm Sandbrink, MD | Director, National Pain Management Program, Washington, DC VA Medical Center |
| Tamara Schult, PhD, MPH | Health System Specialist, Employee Whole Health, Office of Patient Centered Care & Cultural Transformation, VHA |
| Susan Strickland, PhD, LCSW | Acting Deputy Director, Research & Evaluation, Suicide Prevention Program, Office of Suicide Prevention |
| Brian Yee, MD, DHA, FACP, FACHE | Chief Medical Officer, VISN 20 |
