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VA's Health Systems Research  (HSR) has funded nineteen new Centers of Innovation (COINs) effective October 1, 2013. The new COINs will build on the successes of HSR's earlier Centers of Excellence (COEs) and Research Enhancement Award Programs (REAPs).

 

CSHIIP Partner Centers

The Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System has divisions at the Sepulveda and West Los Angeles campuses. The GRECCs are "centers of excellence" that are designed to improve health care and quality of life to older veterans through the advancement and integration of research, education and clinical achievements in geriatrics and gerontology into the total VA health care system and broader communities.

The Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers (MIRECC) was established by Congress with the goal of bringing best practices in mental health care into the clinical settings of the VA. The MIRECCs conduct research, produce clinical educational programs and products, and enhance clinical treatment to veterans. The mission of the Desert Pacific MIRECC is to improve the long-term functional outcome of patients with chronic psychotic mental disorders, including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and psychotic mood disorders.

The Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Center (PADRECC) at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System provides comprehensive care to patients with Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. The Center specializes in applying advanced surgical techniques to the treatment of Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, dystonia, and other movement disorders.

The Center on Enhancing Community Integration for Homeless Veterans - Toward Homelessness Recovery and Integration for Veterans (THRIVe) at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System is a Rehabilitation Research and Development Center that aims to understand, improve, and enhance community integration for homeless and recently housed Veterans. 
 

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 UCLA Health - General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research *

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Last updated: January 15, 2025

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