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Center for Health Optimization & Implementation Research

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Investigators

    David Smelson, PsyD

         Investigator, CHOIR        

         Director, Translational Mental Health Research, Edith Nourse Rogers VA Medical Center

         Director, National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans, Bedford Node

         Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School

         David.Smelson@va.gov


EDUCATION

  • BPS, College for Human Services, New York, NY
  • MS, Upsala College, East Orange, NJ
  • PsyD, Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Homelessness
  • Mental, cognitive, and behavioral disorders
  • Substance abuse and addiction treatment
  • Treatment - observational

NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEADERSHIP ROLES

  • Co-Chair, VA Dual Diagnosis Task Force

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