South Central MIRECC

To promote equity in engagement, access & quality of mental health care for Veterans facing barriers to care, especially rural Veterans. Not an official VA site

[IQuESt @IQuEStHouston]

⭐Check out this fellow! Juinell Williams, PhD has received the Winter 2024 Implementation Science for Health Equity Lab Training Grant!

This award supports the lab’s missions to improve equitable healthcare to ensure the best treatments are delivered to patients who need it most and enhance workforce capacity to dismantle harmful structures that disempower people from reaching their full potential. The award will be used to support Dr. Williams' goals of increased networking in her second year of fellowship and her training activity will focus collaborating with a VA operational partner under the mentorship of Dr. Eva Woodward.

#TrainingGrant #EquitableHealthcare #VeteransResearch #PsychologyFellow #SCMIRECC

[VA HSR @vahsrd]

What do you do when your implementation trial goes off the rails? The amazing @SJLandes and @Alisonh3 getting ready to share their expertise about how to get back on track at the @AcademyHealth D&I Conference.

[South Central MIRECC @SCMirecc]

Check out our new VA Cancer Care Commander guide. This guide shows ways to navigate the cancer care journey from diagnosis through treatment and beyond.

Developed by M. E. Nikityn, @AliAsgharAliMD, @DrJennBryan

https://t.co/q5szsTTtcW

[Brandon J. Griffin, PhD @BrandonJGriffin]

Studies show it can take up to 17 years for new medical treatments to become part of routine care! We are trying to shorten that timeline for people affected by #moralinjury by sharing free resources for the general public to learn about moral injury and its treatment. @SCMirecc

[RockyMountain MIRECC @RMIRECC]

Study results suggest that public health prevention & intervention efforts aimed at reducing the overall burden of physical health problems among male Veterans may mitigate the risk of firearm suicides.

Read details here: https://t.co/0BMwbve1iP

[South Central MIRECC @SCMirecc]

Our Provider’s Guide to Brief #CBT includes current literature, supplemental readings, and modules that address clinical applications. Download for free at https://t.co/9wkUSntgQs

[Brandon J. Griffin, PhD @BrandonJGriffin]

In health science, treatments take all the credit but nothing happens without measurement. Check out this podcast where I describe how @VAResearch is improving measurement of #moralinjury to enhance mental health and suicide prevention treatments. @SCMirecc @vahsrd @VA_PTSD_Info

[South Central MIRECC @SCMirecc]

Our Courage Group educational manual for #militarysexualtrauma draws on cognitive and behavioral principles to promote healing, self-discovery, and self-efficacy. Download for free at https://t.co/gcC7CGOZsw

[South Central MIRECC @SCMirecc]

Our November webinar on “Unmasking Sexual Acting Out Behaviors: A Brief Overview” is available for registration in VHA TRAIN for community clinicians. 1 free CE is available. Learn more and register: https://t.co/Ixb9GRBaiH

[Sara J. Landes, PhD @SJLandes]

I am an available faculty mentor & have ongoing #impsci @vahsrd #QUERI research projects with #DBT, #suicideprevention, and other interventions! This #postdoc would be a great fit if you are interested in #impsci & suicide prevention!  4/5
@BHQUERI @SCMirecc

[Sara J. Landes, PhD @SJLandes]

🚨 #Postdoctoral fellowship opening! The @SCMirecc offers a 2 year fellowship in #implementation science or health services #research.
#impsci #HSR #PhDchat #ECRchat #postdoc @ImplementCollab @ImpSciUW #SIRC24 @dis_sig 1/5
https://t.co/V3k0lABHpy

[BCM Clinician Resources @BCMCME]

Looking to meet your #CME #DEA licensing requirements for pain/opioid?

Did you catch this talk by Dr. Dindo from @IQuEStHouston @bcmhouston
in our monthly #CME newsletter?
https://t.co/ihcwEFQlHi

#CME newsletter:
https://t.co/nXEVzmFhdB

[South Central MIRECC @SCMirecc]

The Personalized Implementation of Virtual Treatments (PIVOT) team have seven Office of Rural Health-funded projects for fiscal year 2025. Congratulations to this group for the work they are doing in digital mental health and virtual treatment!

[Guohua Li @GuohuaLi2083126]

New suicide prevention learning module is developed for firearm training courses in Louisiana ⁦@VANewOrleans⁩ ⁦@InjuryEpi⁩ ⁦@SCMirecc⁩ ⁦@savir_org⁩ ⁦@afspnational�� https://t.co/WJvq8mGdRO

[South Central MIRECC @SCMirecc]

Check out our updated Calmer Life manuals for cbt and anxiety! These updated materials are "practice ready" with illustrations, modified patient vignettes, and changes to language and style. https://t.co/hOdg3E5Z7q

[South Central MIRECC @SCMirecc]

Check out our summer newsletter! We introduce our SC MIRECC awardees and share the latest on our research, clinical care and education initiatives.

https://t.co/qiaLmvM1my

[Brandon J. Griffin, PhD @BrandonJGriffin]

Thank you, @wehonorveterans, for starting the conversation about screening for #moralinjury in #Veterans at end of life. Prepared with support from @VA_PTSD_Info @VAResearch @vahsrd and @SCMirecc https://t.co/XZslgZikH1 via @YouTube

[IQuESt @IQuEStHouston]

Congratulations to our graduating fellows! 🎓 We hope you are leaving IQuESt inspired by your mentors and colleagues to continue improving the health of Veterans and patients across the nation.

VA Health Professions Education Evaluation & Research Fellows​: Laura Witte, DrPH, MPH​ and Mandi Sonnenfeld, PhD, MOT, OTR/L

VA Health Services Research ​Fellows: Haley Kolp, PhD, Mackenzie Shanahan, PhD​, and Jennifer Sloane, PhD, MS

Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC)​ Fellows: Jessica Meers PhD, DBSM, Maribel Plasencia, PhD, and Alan Sheinfil, PhD​

Gastroenterology T32 Research Program​ Fellow: Ronald Samuel, MD​

Pictured: (Top Row L to R) Jennifer Bryan, PhD, Mackenzie Shanahan, PhD, Haley Kolp, PhD, Laura Witte, DrPh, MPH, Javad Razjouyan, PhD, M Eng. (Director of Big Data Scientist Training Enhancement Program (BD-STEP)), Jessica Meers, PhD, Mandi Sonnenfeld, PhD, MOT, OTR
(Bottom Row L to R) Natalie Hundt, PhD (Program Director of Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC)​ Fellowship), Terri Fletcher, PhD (Program Director of VA Health Systems Research Fellowship), Kyler Godwin, PhD, MPH (Program Director of Health Professions Education Evaluation and Research (HPEER) Fellowship)

[South Central MIRECC @SCMirecc]

Our Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Strategies Guide for Anxiety and Trauma-Related Problems in Living can be downloaded for free at https://t.co/OD3pRYmJ4R.

Developers: Jeffry S. Bethay, PhD, BCBA, Jonathan Weinstein, PhD, and Whitney Stubbs, PhD

[South Central MIRECC @SCMirecc]

Check out our free Veteran Wellness Toolkit! It is for #Veterans who want to learn tools to improve their #wellness. It is self-paced and self-directed.
https://t.co/hcwoDIBTBp

Developers: @DrJennBryan Moushumi Sahu, Soumya Somani, and @AliAsgharAliMD