Event

Presentation title: The VA Center for Integrated Healthcare:  Advancing Research and Practice in Integrated Primary Care
Presenters: Gregory P. Beehler, Ph.D., M.A., Associate Director of Research; Paul R. King, Ph.D., Clinical Research Psychologist; Julie C. Gass, Ph.D., Clinical Research Psychologist.  (We are all from the VA Center for Integrated Healthcare in Buffalo with various UB affiliations.)
Brief Description:  This presentation will provide an overview of the mission and goals of the VA Center for Integrated Health (CIH), a VA-designated Center of Excellence in mental health care research and practice.  The role of integrated primary care as implemented in the VA health care system will be reviewed followed by examples of currently funded research led by CIH investigators in the areas of chronic pain management, post-deployment health, and team-based care for comorbid substance misuse and cardiovascular disease.

The Department of Psychiatry’s Academic Symposium is intended to provide a forum for promoting scholarly collaboration and activity in the Department. All residents, faculty and other trainees are invited and encouraged to attend. The topics range from reviews of current important topics in psychiatry to the presentation of specific scholarly projects of relevance to the field. Presenters come from both within and outside the Department of Psychiatry and we welcome interested faculty and trainees from outside the Department to present or attend this conference. The symposium recurs on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 11:30 AM-1:00 PM in Conference Room 1180A, ECMC and does not meet in July and December. If you have an idea for a scholarly project or presentation that you’d like to discuss in the future, please e-mail Dr. David Kaye at dlkaye@buffalo.edu.

David L. Kaye
Phone: 716-898-1064