Research - San Francisco VAMC

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About the Program

The San Francisco VAMC has a large, well-funded research and development program including studies in —

biomedical research
health services
clinical and cooperative studies
rehabilitation

It has the largest funded research program in the Veterans Health Administration with a $78 million annual research budget. Areas of particular interest are: prostate cancer, aging, oncology, hypertension, stroke, cardiovascular disease, Hepatitis C, breast cancer, PTSD, substance abuse, neuroscience disease, health services research, and advanced medical imaging.

The Medical Center has three Medical Science Research Enhancement Award Programs (REAP) in neurology research, prostate cancer, and bone research; and one HSR&D REAP in aging research.

It is one of the few medical centers in the world equipped for studies using both whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy, and is the site of VA’s National Center for the Imaging of Neurological Diseases .

Over 220 active research projects are currently being conducted at San Francisco VAMC.

In 1988, the Northern California Institute of Research and Education (NCIRE)*, a private, non-profit, research corporation, was founded on the San Francisco VA Medical Center grounds to administer VA-approved research and related education funding.

Research Information

	Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
	Northern California Institute of Research and Education*
	VA Office of Research & Development
	Research Study Subject Recruitment

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