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The VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP) is a national HSR&D Center of Innovation with sites at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and the Corporal Michael Crescenz Medical Center in Philadelphia. The schools of health sciences at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pennsylvania are CHERP's academic affiliates. CHERP was established in 2001 with the focus on detecting, understanding, and reducing disparities in health and health care in vulnerable populations.
Learn more about implementation of Safer Aging through Geriatrics-Informed Evidence-based practices.
Meet the Investigators
Robert Burke, MD, MS, FHM is a Director of Research in Hospital Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, an academic hospitalist at the Corporal Michael Crescenz VAMC, COIN Investigator with the VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP)and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine.
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The Importance of the Veteran's Voice
Three members of CHERP's Veterans Community Advisory Board authored an article about their experiences working with VA researchers to incorporate Veterans' voices in both the design and implementation of VA studies.
Research Funding Opportunities
CHERP funds pilot research projects that support our mission to advance the quality and equity of health and health care for Veterans. Currently, CHERP is accepting applications for the Eugene Marsh CHERP Pilot Research Program. Read about Dr. Marsh and how to apply for the research funding here.
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Featured Funded Research
Access, Quality and Equity of Anticoagulants in Veterans with Atrial Fibrillation — HSR&D (CDA 20-049)
Racial Bias in a VA Algorithm for High-Risk Veterans — HSR&D (SDR 20-361)
