VA Quality Scholars

We want to highlight and congratulate Katlin Harker, PT, DPT (VAQS Fellow Durham) as she was awarded the Certificate of Achievement in Pelvic Health Physical Therapy (CAPP-Pelvic) by the American Physical Therapy Association’s Academy of Pelvic Health!👏

A round of applause to Mony Fraer, MD, MHCDS, FACP, FASN, CHS, CPE (VAQS Fellow Iowa City) for completing his Fellows' Forum presentation today titled, "AIM@Diabetes." 👏

A round of applause to Jill Nelson, PhD (VAQS Fellow Minneapolis) for completing her Fellows' Forum presentation today titled, "Exploring Eating Disorders Care at Minneapolis VA." 👏

We want to congratulate Anna Gallion, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, EBP-C (@biodocboyd) for starting off our Fellows' Forum series with a presentation titled, "A Discharge Checklist to Improve Hospital to Nursing Home Transitions." It was a great presentation and we can't wait to hear more!

A final end of the year congratulations to Krysta Johnson-Martinez, MD, VAQS Alumni 2016 Atlanta! Dr. Johnson-Martinez will be the new VISN 8 Deputy Chief Medical Officer starting tomorrow, January 1st, 2025! 👏

Congratulations to Asiah Ruffin PhD, RN, VAQS Fellow Birmingham, on her recent graduation with her PhD! We enjoy seeing our fellows achieve their goals! 🙂

Congratulations to Danielle Olds, PhD, MPH, RN, VAQS Alumni Cleveland 2013, for being named the program faculty lead for the new program Training in Implementation: Actionable Research Approaches (TIARA). 👏

Happy Holidays from the VAQS Coordinating Center! 😊 We hope you have a joyous holiday season and we look forward to making 2025 a great year!

Congratulations to Megan Foradori, PhD, RN, MSN, VAQS Fellow Cleveland, who successfully defended her PhD dissertation (on Monday 12/2/24) at Case Western Reserve University! 👏

Congratulations to Anagha Cupples, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, VAQS Alumni Atlanta 2023 and Ingrid Duva, PhD, RN, VAQS Faculty Scholar Atlanta on their recent publication "Surgical Turnover Time Using Lean Six Sigma" in JAMA Surgery! 👏 Read more here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas…

Congratulations to Mia Barron, a 1st year fellow in Charleston, for receiving the Rheumatology Research Foundation Lawren H. Daltroy Preceptorship in Health Communication Award and being recognized at the American College of Rheumatology Convergence Conference in Washington, DC!

It's recruitment time! The VA Quality Scholars Program is recruiting qualified individuals to participate in a two-year advanced fellowship focused on developing leaders & scholars in healthcare improvement. Please see the brochure below for more information & feel free to share!

A successful #VAQSSI2022! A huge thank you to our plenary speakers @timcunninghamrn, Shannon Provost, Mark Upton, @WesElyMD and Tom Allin for sharing their passion and knowledge with our fellows and faculty! #VAQS #qualityimprovement

Congratulations to VAQS Rising Star Award recipient Dr. Shanina Knighton, and VAQS Paul Batalden Award recipient Dr. Christianne Roumie! #VAQS #VAQSSI2022 #VAQSAlumni

#VAQSSI2022 Stormy weather won’t stop the VA @qualityscholar’s from having loads of fun together!

Kicking off @qualityscholar Summer Institute 2022 with @UABVascular resident @AdamBanks3524 and other first year research fellows presenting the state of Birmingham VA employee wellness. #VAQSSI2022 @PatP29642557 @SuzieMiltner @EstradaElJefe

T-minus 4 Days until #VAQSSI2022 in Houston, TX!🥳First in-person VAQS conference since 2019! VAQS faculty and fellows - what are you looking forward to most? #VAQS #qualityimprovement #QualityEducation

@EstradaElJefe @SuzieMiltner @JessicaEngMD @FrenyShah1 @research_dee

#VAQSAlumni & #VAQSFaculty: any wisdom or advice you'd like to share with our incoming #VAQSfellows? VAQS Class of 2024 start the program this Friday!! #VAQS

Very proud of our 2022 Toronto U.S. Veterans Affairs Quality Scholars Program grads Andrew Wyllie, Jeanne Bouteaud, Jenny Shuster, and Maya Dahan (soon to be on Twitter) @qualityscholar @CQuIPS @chaim_bell @Brian_M_Wong - congratulations!