May 13-14: va augusta hosts research week to highlight positive impact of research and innovation on local veteran health care | va augusta health care | veterans affairs

Augusta , GA — VA Augusta Health Care System’s Research team will celebrate Research Week by holding two days of discussions, presentations, competitions, and a research facility tour May

13-14 at the VA Augusta Downtown campus (950 15th Street). “VA Augusta is part of the nationally renowned VA research community, which is nearly a century old and has three Nobel prize

winners among its ranks,” said Dr. Amado Alejandro Báez, M.D., PhD, VA Augusta’s Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Development. “VA Augusta stands at the center of that tradition

with a focus on the real-world, beneficial impact of our research on the lives of local Veterans. Research Week is a chance to highlight the cutting-edge facilities and programs that drive

that focus.” On Tuesday, May 14, at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., VA Augusta will offer guided tours of its research facilities to members of the media and other attendees (please email

[email protected] to coordinate). In addition, Research Week participants will discuss renal, vision, lung injury, brain and lung, and PTSD research projects. And as part of a

competition, a committee of experienced researchers will judge presentations and posters by postdoctoral researchers and physicians. VA Augusta Health Care System employs about 2,700

employees who serve more than 50,000 unique Veteran patients each year in Georgia and South Carolina. In addition to the Medical Center’s two campuses in Augusta, it operates three VA

outpatient clinics in Aiken, South Carolina, and Athens and Statesboro, Georgia. Media interested in the May 14 tours or VA Augusta Research Week can contact Will Martin, Chief of Public

Affairs, at [email protected]. ###