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CSHIIP Leadership | Brandon Yarns, MD, MS, BME

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Elizabeth Yano, PhD, MSPH, CSHIIP Director

Brandon Yarns, MD, MS, BME

Assistant Director, VA HSR Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation & Policy, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Staff Psychiatrist, Geriatric Mental Health Section, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Health Sciences Clinical Instructor, UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
VA Clinical Science Research Career Development Awardee
Email: Brandon.Yarns@va.gov

   

Dr. Brandon C. Yarns is a geriatric psychiatrist and clinical/health services researcher at VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and UCLA. As Assistant Director for CSHIIP, he helps to facilitate the Center’s scientific scans of VA research proposals and to operationalize the Center’s strategic plan and impact goals. Dr. Yarns has received a VA Clinical Science Research Career Development Award and VA Health Systems Research Merit Review Award, and his areas of expertise include chronic pain, aging, and emotional awareness and expression therapy (EAET).

 

Research Focus:

  • Psychotherapy for chronic pain
  • Culture, gender, and sexuality in pain and aging
  • Geriatric psychiatry educational research

Selected Publications:

  • Yarns BC, Jackson NJ, Alas A, Melrose RJ, Lumley MA, Sultzer DL. Emotional Awareness and Expression therapy or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Older Veterans with Chronic Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open 2024;7(6):e2415842
    Yarns BC, Molaie AM, Lumley MA, Zhu TA, Jazi AN, Ganz DA, Melrose RJ. Video telehealth emotional awareness and expression therapy for older U.S. military veterans with chronic pain: A pilot study. Clin Gerontol 2024;47(1):136-148
  • Yarns BC, Lumley MA, Cassidy JT, Osato S, Schubiner H, Sultzer DL. Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET) Achieves Greater Pain Reduction than Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) in Older Adults with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Preliminary Randomized Clinical Trial. Pain Med 2020;21(11):2811-2822
  • Jin J, Yarns BC. The Impact of Stressful Life Events on Centralized Pain and Pain Intensity: A Combined Model Examining the Mediating Roles of Anger and Perceived Injustice Among Racially Minoritized Adults with Chronic Pain. J Pain 2024;24(11):104642
  • Conroy ML, Yarns BC, Zdanys KF, Lane C, Pietrzak RH, Forester BP, Kirwin PD, Wilkins KM. The AAGP Scholars Program: Predictors of Pursuing Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Training. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2021;29(4):365-374

 Last updated: March 24, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

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